A lively and amusing, full colour story in rhyming form relating the incredible adventures of a boy as he celebrates his eighth birthday by going on a memorable journey to the jungle with his very unusual grandmother. A Welsh version of the story is available.

Stori fywiog a doniol mewn lliw-llawn ar ffurf mydr ac odl yn adrodd hanes anturiaethau anhygoel bachgen wrth iddo ddathlu ei ben-blwydd yn wyth oed drwy fynd ar daith gofiadwy i'r jyngl gyda'i fam-gu hynod iawn. Mae fersiwn Cymraeg o'r stori ar gael.

In rhyming verse Siân Lewis tells the story of Josh, whose Gran has a magical touch for healing animals and a pair of magic boots which take her to the sick animals wherever they are. It may be

A bat with a bruise or a snake with an ache,
A mouse that had hiccups while eating a cake,
An owl that feels foul or a Jumbo that’s glum,
An eel with a really bad pain in its tum . . .

Josh has never been with Gran on one of her journeys until his eighth birthday, when they go to the jungle to help some snakes. Children will enjoy the clever verse and the lively story as well as the colourful, cartoon-like illustrations by Gillian Roberts. Like the verse, the illustrations are clever and lively. Each picture has many small details that the readers will enjoy finding, from mice reading around a lighted candle, to tiny animals peering out from behind jungle plants. For 4 to 7 year olds, this is a fun-filled story which may well introduce them to rhyme and rhythm.

Gertrude Clancy

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