Grade Level: 2 - 6
Series: Awesome Animals
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; Reprint edition (August 1, 2013)
Genre: Animals, fiction
Source: Won in a giveaway
My Rating: 4 of 5 stars
About the Book:
It's official, Awesome Animals are a hit! Kids all over are diving into these frantically funny, easy-to-read chapter books and they can't wait to find out what new tricks these hilarious animals will be up to next.
Merry Meerkat Madness is a hilarious holiday adventure and a must-read for little meerkat fans. It's Christmas in the Kalahari and the Really Mad Mob of meerkats are about to have a very Merry Meerkat Christmas!
This brand new title in the Awesome Animals series is certain to keep kids laughing and reading! Comical black and white cartoon-style illustrations capture the zany spirit of the story.
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About the Author:
Ian Whybrow is a prolific writer of children’s books since his first was published in 1989. He has written over 100 books for children, has been translated into 27 languages and is published in 28 countries.
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My Thoughts:
This book is a lot of fun. The African plains setting with meerkats and jackals and ostriches made for a unique backdrop for the story. I read this out loud to my kids and they loved it. They thought that Uncle Fearless was particularly funny and that the jackals were pretty scary. They really liked the meerkats' nicknames for everything and the way Fearless always said, "what what".
The story itself is cute and perfect to read at Christmas time. It is a story of bravery, selflessness, and giving.
My only criticism is that in the beginning it was hard to know what the meerkats were actually saying. They kept whipping out all these nicknames which made it difficult to read out loud as well as hard to understand. But once we figured out all the nicknames and character quirks, we were good.
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