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Myths and Magic Blog Tour
Posted on: May 23, 2026
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What I like most about blogging is the amazing people you meet. Esther Chilton is one of them. Not only is she a great writer and supporter of other writers, but she also provides wonderful writing prompts on her blog. She is writing a series of delightful books for children called Saffy’s Secret Quest under the pen name Esther Moonstomp and has just released book #2, Myths and Magic. I loved the first book, The Secret Dragon.
My review of The Secret Dragon:
This is a delightful read with magic, plenty of action, and a dragon! Not a regular scary dragon, but a beat-up, bedraggled, unattractive little thing. Saffy finds the dragon and learns some surprising things about herself. Kids just starting to read chapter books will enjoy this story. The illustrations are fabulous. I felt the story ended a bit abruptly, with many questions left unanswered. But there are five more books in the series, so I’m sure all will be revealed. A wonderful book to read with the young ones in your life.
I am happy to be stop #10 of the blog tour for Myths and Magic
The blurb:
Saffy has solved the first clue in her quest to save the magical world of Mandoreum from danger. Now it’s time to find the second.
She isn’t alone. Her new friend, Lily, a dragon from Mandoreum, wants to help. Together, they take a trip and uncover special stories and unexpected surprises.
But Saffy soon learns that first appearances are not always what they seem. And plotting in the background is a witch who will do everything she can to stop them…
Extract:
“It’s still raining,” Mum said, looking out the window. “I think it’s going to rain for the rest of your school holiday at this rate. Harry’s bored, so I thought we could take a trip to the museum this afternoon. They’ve got a new section which only opened this week.”
Saffy’s shoulders slumped. The museum was very interesting and she would like to see the new section. But she needed to find the book. She also didn’t want to be anywhere near Harry. He knew something strange was going on and he was determined to find out exactly what.
“We’ll set off in a few minutes. Okay?” Mum turned from the window and looked at her, eyebrows raised in question.
Saffy nodded. She knew she didn’t have much choice.
“Good,” Mum said and smiled. “See you downstairs.”
Saffy held her breath as Mum left the room. “We’ll never find the book,” she groaned.
“Yes, we will. You’re just trying too hard. Perhaps we need a break. What’s a museum?” Lily turned her head to one side, looking puzzled.
“It’s where you learn all about the past. There are lots of exciting things to see and do there,” Saffy said, cheering up a little.
“I’d like to learn about the human world in the past,” Lily said. “I think your past is very different to my past. Even the time is different.”
Saffy nodded thoughtfully. Lily had said something about ‘Mandoreum minutes’ when they had been looking for the first clue. She was just about to ask her what she meant when the dragon started bouncing up and down. “Lily, what’s wrong?”
Author bio:
Esther has been a freelance writer for over twenty-five years, regularly writing articles and short stories for magazines and newspapers such as Writers’ Forum, Writing Magazine, The Guardian, Best of British, The Cat, This England, Yours and The People’s Friend.
Winner of several competitions, including those run by Writing Magazine and The Global Short Story Contest, she has also had the privilege of judging writing competitions and relished being given the role of head judge of the Writers’ Forum monthly short story competition.
Esther loves writing but equally enjoys helping others, which she achieves in her role as a tutor for The Writers Bureau. Always on the lookout for a new challenge, she is taking the distance-learning college over at the end of July.
She has had two how-to books on writing published, with a third due out later this year, as well as two collections of short stories. Her second children’s book is coming out in May, where she writes under the name of Esther Moonstomp.
Blogs: https://estherchilton.co.uk
https://esthermoonstomp.co.uk
Buying links:
Amazon UK:
E-book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GX6T5C6R
Amazon US:
E-book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX6T5C6R
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