Easton, an experienced children's fiction author, has created an endearingly funny family, whose problems ring with poignancy. Chloe is a charming, vulnerable heroine that you root for throughout. The second of this planned series is due in September and I can't wait to read it.

- Julia Llewellyn Smith, The Telegraph

School, friends and the chaos of family life, told with great warmth and charm. From the author of the well-received <i>Boys Don't Knit</i>

The Bookseller

It's a warm story, rather poignant at times, about an endearing, funny family that really tries to pull together despite the disasters and it's really held together with warmth and love.

South Wales Evening Post

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This is a funny and heart-warming tale proving that perfect family life comes in many forms<b></b>

- Louise Heines, The Guardian

This book has made me belly laugh more than any other book I have read this year. T. S Easton had a wickedly delicious sense of humour and any child (or any adult!!!) will be giggling away to themselves throughout this book (...)Children aged 9-99 will adore this book! (...) can't recommend it highly enough!

My Chestnut Reading Tree

This is a funny and interesting book (...) my favourite character was Chole because she is very warm-hearted and friendly (...) I'd recommend this book to people who like <i>Tom Gates</i> or <i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid</i>

National Geographic Kids Magazine

I really like this book because it is obviously very funny, but it also seems very true in some aspects for children who are in the same position as Chloe with a troublesome sibling and a very problematic house

Powered by Reading

This is a great book, about friendship and annoyance. It is great!

Mango Bubbles Books

<i>Our House</i><i> </i>is aimed at 8 to 12 year olds, who will love it, but it has that precious special ingredient: It appeals to any adults who may pick it up as it is funny and sees family life with a wry eye

Cat and Mouse Reading

The cover invites us to meet the Deal family: clumsy, chaotic and mad as a bunch of daffodils and the readers will not be disappointed (...) Chloe's humourous anecdotes (...) keep the story bubbling along, and teachers and librarians may well be reminded of the Hilary McKay novels with serious themes running through the humour (...) Definitely recommended

- Diana Barnes, The School Librarian

An entertaining and charming story about an eccentric, loveable family - 'Endearingly funny' 5-star review, Telegraph Chloe Deal is observant. Every day she notices small details - like how Front Door always refuses to open when it's raining; how whatever task he sets out to do, Daddy usually ends up snoozing to the radio in his shed; how her younger sister Daisy muddles her similes but never her fashion sense, and how Mummy's nostrils flare when Dad forgets to mow the lawn, again. So when Chloe starts a school project about her house, she ends up cataloguing the chaotic balancing act of her family along with it. In the run up to the school holidays (and Chloe's birthday), disaster follows disaster at home and school. Mummy's patience is beginning to unravel. Can Chloe get the house, her siblings and her father in shape before it's too late?
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how her younger sister Daisy muddles her similes but never her fashion sense, and how Mummy's nostrils flare when Dad forgets to mow the lawn, again. So when Chloe starts a school project about her house, she ends up cataloguing the chaotic balancing act of her family along with it.
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Easton, an experienced children's fiction author, has created an endearingly funny family, whose problems ring with poignancy. Chloe is a charming, vulnerable heroine that you root for throughout. The second of this planned series is due in September and I can't wait to read it.
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MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS meets OUTNUMBERED in a funny and charming story about an eccentric, loveable family
BOYS DON'T KNIT was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, shortlisted for both the Leeds Book Award and Peter's Book Award, and won the Coventry Inspiration Book Award 2015

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781848125674
Publisert
2016-04-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Piccadilly Press
Vekt
202 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
JC, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter

Biographical note

Tom Easton is the author of over forty books, including books on vampires, pirates, teen girl boxers and teen boy knitters. He lives in Surrey with his wife and three children. He enjoys cycling, eating pasta and smiling at cats. Find out more about Tom on Twitter: @TomEaston