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Sleepovers #3
Puffin The Seaside Sleepover.
Another instalment in Jacqueline Wilson's highly popular Sleepover series featuring Daisy and her friends - and Daisy's sister Lily.
The summer holidays have finally arrived, and Daisy is bored. Daisy is glad she won’t have to see her worst enemy Chloe for a while but she longs for a proper holiday at the seaside, building sandcastles, eating lots of icecream and maybe even spotting a mermaid in the sea. Daisy’s sister, Lily, wants to come too but, she uses a wheelchair which can make trips to the seaside tricky. Especially with all that sand!
Daisy’s summer gets a bit more exciting when she starts looking after her neighbours’ dog, Scruff. Daisy has always wanted a dog of her own to walk and cuddle! She knows Scruff would love a trip to the seaside just as much as her.
Will Daisy, Lily and Scruff get their icecream-filled dream holiday and maybe even have a Seaside Sleepover?
Sleepovers is one of Jacqueline Wilson's bestselling books and the series is perfect for newly confident readers who are navigating primary school friendship issues. Full of relatable details and gentle confidence-building messages, these books are a great place to start your Jacqueline Wilson journey.
The summer holidays have finally arrived, and Daisy is bored. Daisy is glad she won’t have to see her worst enemy Chloe for a while but she longs for a proper holiday at the seaside, building sandcastles, eating lots of icecream and maybe even spotting a mermaid in the sea. Daisy’s sister, Lily, wants to come too but, she uses a wheelchair which can make trips to the seaside tricky. Especially with all that sand!
Daisy’s summer gets a bit more exciting when she starts looking after her neighbours’ dog, Scruff. Daisy has always wanted a dog of her own to walk and cuddle! She knows Scruff would love a trip to the seaside just as much as her.
Will Daisy, Lily and Scruff get their icecream-filled dream holiday and maybe even have a Seaside Sleepover?
Sleepovers is one of Jacqueline Wilson's bestselling books and the series is perfect for newly confident readers who are navigating primary school friendship issues. Full of relatable details and gentle confidence-building messages, these books are a great place to start your Jacqueline Wilson journey.
- GenresChildrens
416 pages, Hardcover
First published April 10, 2025
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About the author
Jacqueline Wilson
398 books5,715 followersJacqueline Wilson was born in Bath in 1945, but spent most of her childhood in Kingston-on-Thames. She always wanted to be a writer and wrote her first ‘novel’ when she was nine, filling in countless Woolworths’ exercise books as she grew up. As a teenager she started work for a magazine publishing company and then went on to work as a journalist on Jackie magazine (which she was told was named after her!) before turning to writing novels full-time.
One of Jacqueline’s most successful and enduring creations has been the famous Tracy Beaker, who first appeared in 1991 in The Story of Tracy Beaker. This was also the first of her books to be illustrated by Nick Sharratt. Since then Jacqueline has been on countless awards shortlists and has gone on to win many awards. The Illustrated Mum won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award, the 1999 Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and was also shortlisted for the 1999 Whitbread Children’s Book Award.
Double Act won the prestigious Smarties Medal and the Children’s Book Award as well as being highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. The Story of Tracy Beaker won the 2002 Blue Peter People’s Choice Award.
Jacqueline is one of the nation’s favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world. She has sold millions of books and in the UK alone the total now stands at over 35 million!
In 2002 Jacqueline was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she was the Children’s Laureate. In 2008 she became Dame Jacqueline Wilson.
One of Jacqueline’s most successful and enduring creations has been the famous Tracy Beaker, who first appeared in 1991 in The Story of Tracy Beaker. This was also the first of her books to be illustrated by Nick Sharratt. Since then Jacqueline has been on countless awards shortlists and has gone on to win many awards. The Illustrated Mum won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award, the 1999 Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and was also shortlisted for the 1999 Whitbread Children’s Book Award.
Double Act won the prestigious Smarties Medal and the Children’s Book Award as well as being highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. The Story of Tracy Beaker won the 2002 Blue Peter People’s Choice Award.
Jacqueline is one of the nation’s favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world. She has sold millions of books and in the UK alone the total now stands at over 35 million!
In 2002 Jacqueline was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she was the Children’s Laureate. In 2008 she became Dame Jacqueline Wilson.
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April 20, 2025
This was such an easy, summery, sweet read - I think Jacky has really come into her own with writing great description and capturing the essence of a location, which is something I've noticed with a few of her other more recent books!
My main gripe comes with the supposed setting of the book, in terms of decades. I did enjoy the cameo, but I personally think it was the wrong one to use. Beauty Cookson would probably be at least thirty by now, having lived very much before the age of social media and drag queens being an accepted, and celebrated, norm - whereas Jess Beaker lives in a very similar seaside town, has a similar, sweet personality to Daisy, and also lives in the same time. She could have been a much more relevant character to include.
I'm unsure if I mentioned this in my review of book two, but the jump from book one to book two in terms of logistical bits - the sudden rise of mobile phones and TikTok, LGBTQ+ acceptance, Makaton etc - just didn't quite compute in my head, especially when we think back to Lily's portrayal in book one. I wish Jacky chose to write a new book about a disabled character using a special wheelchair and Makaton... rather than trying to correct a book which, I think we can all agree, was written at a very different point in time and therefore will never show disabilities in an entirely accurate or positive light.
This was still a lovely story, but felt more like tying up loose ends than anything. It would be interesting to see how Jacky writes about other disabilities, going forward, like she did in 'Katy'. I loved Beauty's role, though, and the update on her mother and Mike - I very much appreciated how Dilly is now a business owner, and isn't in a romantic relationship!
Would really recommend this if you loved the original book, way back when.
My main gripe comes with the supposed setting of the book, in terms of decades. I did enjoy the cameo, but I personally think it was the wrong one to use. Beauty Cookson would probably be at least thirty by now, having lived very much before the age of social media and drag queens being an accepted, and celebrated, norm - whereas Jess Beaker lives in a very similar seaside town, has a similar, sweet personality to Daisy, and also lives in the same time. She could have been a much more relevant character to include.
I'm unsure if I mentioned this in my review of book two, but the jump from book one to book two in terms of logistical bits - the sudden rise of mobile phones and TikTok, LGBTQ+ acceptance, Makaton etc - just didn't quite compute in my head, especially when we think back to Lily's portrayal in book one. I wish Jacky chose to write a new book about a disabled character using a special wheelchair and Makaton... rather than trying to correct a book which, I think we can all agree, was written at a very different point in time and therefore will never show disabilities in an entirely accurate or positive light.
This was still a lovely story, but felt more like tying up loose ends than anything. It would be interesting to see how Jacky writes about other disabilities, going forward, like she did in 'Katy'. I loved Beauty's role, though, and the update on her mother and Mike - I very much appreciated how Dilly is now a business owner, and isn't in a romantic relationship!
Would really recommend this if you loved the original book, way back when.
July 17, 2025
I’d never read a Jacqueline Wilson book before, so I decided to find out what made her such a beloved author, so I picked up Seaside Sleepover, her newest story.
It follows Daisy, who's stuck at home for the summer, dreaming of seaside holidays, ice cream, and friends. 🧜♀️ But things aren’t so simple: her older sister Lily uses a wheelchair, and that makes beach trips a bit more complicated (ever tried pushing wheels through sand?). Still, Daisy’s determined to make their dream holiday happen, especially when she gets the chance to look after a scruffy, crazy dog named Scruff 🐶
What really stood out to me is how warm and inclusive the story is. There’s casual LGBTQ+ representation (the queer uncle!), disability is shown thoughtfully and positively through the sister and her best friend, who also sign in Makaton, and the characters feel like real kids with real issues.
💛🌊🍦 This is the kind of quiet, easy book I would have loved reading on the beach in summer when I was 6–9. Especially with the pretty illustrations – although it did throw me off that they eat pie and the illustration shows burgers? The book could also have done with another edit, as I found quite a lot of typos.
It follows Daisy, who's stuck at home for the summer, dreaming of seaside holidays, ice cream, and friends. 🧜♀️ But things aren’t so simple: her older sister Lily uses a wheelchair, and that makes beach trips a bit more complicated (ever tried pushing wheels through sand?). Still, Daisy’s determined to make their dream holiday happen, especially when she gets the chance to look after a scruffy, crazy dog named Scruff 🐶
What really stood out to me is how warm and inclusive the story is. There’s casual LGBTQ+ representation (the queer uncle!), disability is shown thoughtfully and positively through the sister and her best friend, who also sign in Makaton, and the characters feel like real kids with real issues.
💛🌊🍦 This is the kind of quiet, easy book I would have loved reading on the beach in summer when I was 6–9. Especially with the pretty illustrations – although it did throw me off that they eat pie and the illustration shows burgers? The book could also have done with another edit, as I found quite a lot of typos.
April 11, 2025
This was just okay. Not bad, but not great. I liked the cameo, and for once JW remembered the past story (cookie) correctly in terms of referring to Gerry’s abuse.
I wonder how long the time jump was in regard to the ending of cookie- I’m assuming a year or so? More? It was a little confusing. Dilly has a shop now, however disappointingly (have explained why in other posts) they still live with Mike. Beauty calls him uncle Mike now, and it’s hinted that him and Dilly aren’t together, but Beauty still hopes they will be (I thought anyway). She also described her rabbit at one point as since passed away, but it wasn’t super clear if she was referring to Birthday or her new rabbit from Sam.
Like the last sleepover book (tbsitw) it seems to be continuing the trend of making Daisy’s friends not look that great/disloyal like they did with Bella and Amy there. I thought at the end it was suggesting she was growing apart from Emily, which was a shame.
I liked her friendship with Beauty.
Same opinion RE Lily as I had in the last one. As it’s not much of a time jump (Daisy and Chloe’s sleepover parties are referred to as their last birthdays) it’s a shame they had to change Lily’s disability so drastically.
In the first sleepovers book, Lily hated camping because it was different, but she likes camping in this book. I don’t know whether you’d count that as a continuity error or not.
Natalie seemed a bit grumpier and spoilt this time round, she got on my nerves a bit. But we didn’t know her that well last time I guess, as she only popped up at the end.
I like Gary a lot- but I’m not sure what I think of the drag act bit. I’m aware that’s a controversial opinion. It’s the same opinion I have of these drag queen story time type events. Although to give Gary his due, he had permission from the parents and made sure he made it child appropriate including costume. I did think it unnecessary and mean when Emily relayed her mums thoughts to Daisy about Gary (disapproving of drag around your child is one thing, calling someone weird is another) though like I said JW seems to want to alienate Daisy’s friends from her in these new sleepover books and this is just another example of that.
I liked the new setting/holiday trip and the way she described the food and the picnic was making my mouth water. But yeah, too different from the original sleepovers (especially without a time jump) for me to really see it as canon.
It’s a shame it was so short, less than 200 pages. I sort of felt it was a bit unfinished, I’d have liked to see Emily and Daisy make up at the end, and see Emily (and Bella and Amy’s) faces when she heard that Chloe was there. Would be interesting if Chloe stopped her hostility at school. The afterword about the neighbour was a nice touch.
Would probably give the book as a whole 3/5.
I wonder how long the time jump was in regard to the ending of cookie- I’m assuming a year or so? More? It was a little confusing. Dilly has a shop now, however disappointingly (have explained why in other posts) they still live with Mike. Beauty calls him uncle Mike now, and it’s hinted that him and Dilly aren’t together, but Beauty still hopes they will be (I thought anyway). She also described her rabbit at one point as since passed away, but it wasn’t super clear if she was referring to Birthday or her new rabbit from Sam.
Like the last sleepover book (tbsitw) it seems to be continuing the trend of making Daisy’s friends not look that great/disloyal like they did with Bella and Amy there. I thought at the end it was suggesting she was growing apart from Emily, which was a shame.
I liked her friendship with Beauty.
Same opinion RE Lily as I had in the last one. As it’s not much of a time jump (Daisy and Chloe’s sleepover parties are referred to as their last birthdays) it’s a shame they had to change Lily’s disability so drastically.
In the first sleepovers book, Lily hated camping because it was different, but she likes camping in this book. I don’t know whether you’d count that as a continuity error or not.
Natalie seemed a bit grumpier and spoilt this time round, she got on my nerves a bit. But we didn’t know her that well last time I guess, as she only popped up at the end.
I like Gary a lot- but I’m not sure what I think of the drag act bit. I’m aware that’s a controversial opinion. It’s the same opinion I have of these drag queen story time type events. Although to give Gary his due, he had permission from the parents and made sure he made it child appropriate including costume. I did think it unnecessary and mean when Emily relayed her mums thoughts to Daisy about Gary (disapproving of drag around your child is one thing, calling someone weird is another) though like I said JW seems to want to alienate Daisy’s friends from her in these new sleepover books and this is just another example of that.
I liked the new setting/holiday trip and the way she described the food and the picnic was making my mouth water. But yeah, too different from the original sleepovers (especially without a time jump) for me to really see it as canon.
It’s a shame it was so short, less than 200 pages. I sort of felt it was a bit unfinished, I’d have liked to see Emily and Daisy make up at the end, and see Emily (and Bella and Amy’s) faces when she heard that Chloe was there. Would be interesting if Chloe stopped her hostility at school. The afterword about the neighbour was a nice touch.
Would probably give the book as a whole 3/5.
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May 11, 2025
Perfect summer read
This is one of the best Jacqueline Wilson books in my opinion! A perfect summer read. It is quite a long book but didn't take long to read at all! The pictures were beautifully illustrated as always and it was just all in all amazing!
This is one of the best Jacqueline Wilson books in my opinion! A perfect summer read. It is quite a long book but didn't take long to read at all! The pictures were beautifully illustrated as always and it was just all in all amazing!
May 7, 2025
An easy, enjoyable read that takes a while to get to the titular seaside sleepover but is fun throughout regardless. Glad that Scruff got his happy ending.
May 25, 2025
very nice book
July 8, 2025
Amazing read!Good for tweens and early teens.Very relatable.LOVE Jacquline❤️
August 28, 2025
Read this a while ago, wasn't what I quite expected it to be tbh.
honestly it dragged a bit but enjoyable at the same time
honestly it dragged a bit but enjoyable at the same time
December 22, 2025
Adorable. Love seeing excellent drag queen rep and LGBTQIA love so naturally in a kids book.
December 18, 2025
awesome amazing book I loved it
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