Another great find! This week’s featured work is the delightful, Ode to Icky by Maranda Russell, which will undoubtedly appeal to young children and parents alike. With its lovable and lazy protagonist and its very resourceful heroine, I think many a young reader may be set to thinking about how to bulk out their pocket money – so keep a vigilant eye on the pets!
Please come over and read more about this great little book at Mungai and the Goa Constrictor
Wouldn't it be just perfect to get everything you want in life without lifting a single finger or claw! Mungai thinks it would, and goes all out to get it in a humorous tale of greed, consumerism and the environment… and fermented apple juice!
Told through the eyes of animals, the reader is taken on a compelling journey through the jungle, together with a wealth of colourful and enjoyable characters, conspiracies and the unlikely friendships forged between the various species of the animal kingdom.
A timeless tale for children and adults alike
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Carte Blanche by Amelia Curzon 
I also had a giggle or 2 in reading about this book. Well done on the review, it is now on my list to pick up! Another one we picked up recently that we’ve been reading together as part of family time is “A Mango in the Hand” by Antonio Sacre. It’s told in proverbs so it’s been great for starting conversations with the girls about what they’ve learned. You can find it at http://www.antoniosacre.com, if anyone else checks it out I’d love to hear what kinds of responses you get from your kids.
I chuckled all the way through the reviews and thought the illustrations were great. Know this book will be a favorite of readers and listeners alike. KUDOS! Bette