{"id":8948,"date":"2026-04-13T12:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-curio-collectors\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:30:20","slug":"the-curio-collectors","status":"publish","type":"our-books","link":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-curio-collectors\/","title":{"rendered":"The Curio Collectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The discovery of a long-lost carving sparks new friendships and unmasks a villainous plot in this captivating adventure from former Childrens Laureate Wales Eloise Williams.Lily and Tom travel the county with Ma Hawker, enthralling crowds with their amazing collection of curios. Always on the lookout for new wonders, Lily is tricked into buying a worthless bag of rubbish. But hidden within is a special piece of scrimshaw. A young woman called Flora Meriweather is desperate to buy the scrimshaw, hoping it can help her solve a mystery surrounding her late mother. But someone else also wants to get his hands on the scrimshaw and ensure that secrets stay hidden in the past. Can the Curio Collectors help the truth come to light?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The discovery of a long-lost carving sparks new friendships and unmasks a villainous plot in this captivating adventure from former Childrens Laureate Wales Eloise Williams.Lily and Tom travel the county with Ma Hawker, enthralling crowds with their amazing collection of curios. Always on the lookout for new wonders, Lily is tricked into buying a worthless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1973,"template":"","book_tag":[1045],"age_group":[26],"book_type":[1044],"book_author":[298],"class_list":["post-8948","our-books","type-our-books","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","book_tag-adventure","age_group-8-year-olds","book_type-paid","book_author-eloise-williams"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Curio Collectors | Age 8+ | Little Reads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Curio Collectors by Eloise Williams. For ages 8+. The discovery of a long-lost carving sparks new friendships and unmasks... 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\/the-curio-collectors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Curio Collectors | Age 8+ | Little Reads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Curio Collectors by Eloise Williams. For ages 8+. The discovery of a long-lost carving sparks new friendships and unmasks... Available on Little Reads.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-curio-collectors\/\" \/>\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-1704378256753.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"292\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"445\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\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\\\/the-curio-collectors\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-curio-collectors\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Curio Collectors | Age 8+ | Little Reads\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-curio-collectors\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-curio-collectors\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/ebookupload-1704378256753.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-13T12:30:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Curio Collectors by Eloise Williams. For ages 8+. The discovery of a long-lost carving sparks new friendships and unmasks... Available on Little Reads.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-curio-collectors\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-curio-collectors\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-curio-collectors\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/ebookupload-1704378256753.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/ebookupload-1704378256753.jpeg\",\"width\":292,\"height\":445,\"caption\":\"Cover of The Curio Collectors by Eloise Williams\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/the-curio-collectors\\\/#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\":\"The Curio Collectors\"}]},{\"@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":"The Curio Collectors | Age 8+ | Little Reads","description":"The Curio Collectors by Eloise Williams. For ages 8+. The discovery of a long-lost carving sparks new friendships and unmasks... 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\/the-curio-collectors\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Curio Collectors | Age 8+ | Little Reads","og_description":"The Curio Collectors by Eloise Williams. For ages 8+. The discovery of a long-lost carving sparks new friendships and unmasks... Available on Little Reads.","og_url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-curio-collectors\/","og_site_name":"Littlereads","og_image":[{"width":292,"height":445,"url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1704378256753.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-curio-collectors\/","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-curio-collectors\/","name":"The Curio Collectors | Age 8+ | Little Reads","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-curio-collectors\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-curio-collectors\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1704378256753.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-04-13T12:30:20+00:00","description":"The Curio Collectors by Eloise Williams. For ages 8+. The discovery of a long-lost carving sparks new friendships and unmasks... Available on Little Reads.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-curio-collectors\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-curio-collectors\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-curio-collectors\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1704378256753.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1704378256753.jpeg","width":292,"height":445,"caption":"Cover of The Curio Collectors by Eloise Williams"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/the-curio-collectors\/#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":"The Curio Collectors"}]},{"@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\/8948","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\/1973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"book_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_tag?post=8948"},{"taxonomy":"age_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age_group?post=8948"},{"taxonomy":"book_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_type?post=8948"},{"taxonomy":"book_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_author?post=8948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}