Killer Mushrooms Ate My Gran
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This issue’s cover is from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Monkey Puzzle. Written in rhyme, this agreeable story has butterfly helping little monkey to find his mum. Scheffler’s distinctive, entertaining and strongly characterised illustrations make good use of the page as little monkey meets lots of jungle inhabitants before being reunited with his mum. Thanks to Macmillan Children’s Books for their help in producing this July cover.
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Killer Mushrooms Ate My Gran
Maggot's Gran is a feisty character. So, when she risks the dangers of Jack Dash's deserted mushroom farm in an effort to discover what has happened to the mysteriously vanished Jack, her 'gentleman friend', Maggot feels he must offer his assistance. Only hefty doses of the strong green tea, which might or might not contain dehydrated frogs and caterpillars, saves Maggot from transmogrification into a fungus and rescues Gran as she is about to reach the point of no return. Further troubles ensue as spores from the killer mushrooms reach Maggot's school, and again the mysterious magical tea is the weapon of choice in a frenetic mushroom busting operation. All lighthearted fun, with some interesting information about the secret life of mushrooms.
