Author: Andy Cutbill
Illustrators: Andy Cutbill and Mark Stacey
Year: 2003
Publisher: Collins Picture Books, London
Age: 7 and above
No. of Pages: 32
ISBN: 978-0-00-786522-2
This is a hilarious tale that seems to engage all the imagination of a little boy. Penguins that steal a bed, moose dancing in the loo, zebras feasting on baked beans in the kitchen, elephants that have built a rocket to Jupiter. Now you know what I mean. :-)
Albie finds that his bed has been stolen from under him. That’s how the story begins.
Albie’s sister has been accidentally rocketed off to Jupiter. That’s how the story ends.
In between, are several animals who somehow come together to make a comical story. The illustrations are perfectly matched too! I loved the pompous expressions on the elephant scientists' faces.
Albie’s sister has been accidentally rocketed off to Jupiter. That’s how the story ends.
In between, are several animals who somehow come together to make a comical story. The illustrations are perfectly matched too! I loved the pompous expressions on the elephant scientists' faces.
Excerpt
“That?” said another elephant.
“Oh, that’s just a super-duper, intergalactic spacerocket.”
“But it’s built from my bed!” spluttered Albie.
“And the cooker and the downstairs loo!”
“It’s state-of-the-art,” said the elephant.
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