{"id":7465,"date":"2026-04-13T12:21:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:21:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:21:44","slug":"frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse","status":"publish","type":"our-books","link":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr Crinklebottom will stop at nothing to tear down the trees which nest The Bird Stop Cafe. He always gets his own way no matter who gets hurt and the trees are the only thing standing between him and making a huge pile of cash. Can Frankie and Uncle Charlie stop the Crinklebottom curse and save the trees, or is this a challenge too far? Throw in a massive, angry cat and some mischievous magpies and the Private Investigators have well and truly got their work cut out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mr Crinklebottom will stop at nothing to tear down the trees which nest The Bird Stop Cafe. He always gets his own way no matter who gets hurt and the trees are the only thing standing between him and making a huge pile of cash. Can Frankie and Uncle Charlie stop the Crinklebottom curse and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2207,"template":"","book_tag":[22],"age_group":[26],"book_type":[1044],"book_author":[323],"class_list":["post-7465","our-books","type-our-books","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","book_tag-mystery","age_group-8-year-olds","book_type-paid","book_author-ewan-mcgregor"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFrankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse | Age 8+ | Little Reads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse by Ewan McGregor. For ages 8+. Mr Crinklebottom will stop at nothing to tear down... Available on Little Reads.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse | Age 8+ | Little Reads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse by Ewan McGregor. For ages 8+. Mr Crinklebottom will stop at nothing to tear down... Available on Little Reads.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Littlereads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1682082705868.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1669\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\\\/\",\"name\":\"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse | Age 8+ | Little Reads\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/ebookupload-1682082705868.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-13T12:21:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse by Ewan McGregor. For ages 8+. Mr Crinklebottom will stop at nothing to tear down... Available on Little Reads.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/ebookupload-1682082705868.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/ebookupload-1682082705868.jpeg\",\"width\":1669,\"height\":2560,\"caption\":\"Cover of Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse by Ewan McGregor\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Our Library\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\",\"name\":\"Little Reads\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Reading Mate\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Little-Reads-svg-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Little-Reads-svg-logo.svg\",\"width\":337,\"height\":69,\"caption\":\"Reading Mate\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse | Age 8+ | Little Reads","description":"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse by Ewan McGregor. For ages 8+. Mr Crinklebottom will stop at nothing to tear down... Available on Little Reads.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse | Age 8+ | Little Reads","og_description":"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse by Ewan McGregor. For ages 8+. Mr Crinklebottom will stop at nothing to tear down... Available on Little Reads.","og_url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/","og_site_name":"Littlereads","og_image":[{"width":1669,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1682082705868.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/","name":"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse | Age 8+ | Little Reads","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1682082705868.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-04-13T12:21:44+00:00","description":"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse by Ewan McGregor. For ages 8+. Mr Crinklebottom will stop at nothing to tear down... Available on Little Reads.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1682082705868.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1682082705868.jpeg","width":1669,"height":2560,"caption":"Cover of Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse by Ewan McGregor"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/frankie-sparrow-and-the-crinklebottom-curse\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Our Library","item":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Frankie Sparrow and the Crinklebottom Curse"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#website","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/","name":"Little Reads","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#organization","name":"Reading Mate","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Little-Reads-svg-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Little-Reads-svg-logo.svg","width":337,"height":69,"caption":"Reading Mate"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-books\/7465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-books"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/our-books"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"book_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_tag?post=7465"},{"taxonomy":"age_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age_group?post=7465"},{"taxonomy":"book_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_type?post=7465"},{"taxonomy":"book_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_author?post=7465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}