Amy Said

This is a real 'Oh, no!' book. the children in my class bounced up and down with gasps of, I like to think, genuine horror as two children reduced their grandmother's house close to ruin during the course of an unbelievable day! The enormity of the devastation is only enhanced by Charlotte Voake's understated illustrations. Being rather literal-minded, I was trying to work out how the mess was to be cleared up and it was interesting that more than a few of my pupils were similarly disturbed by the story. Gran would seem to be either masochistic or aiming for sainthood!