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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
A hilarious laugh out loud adventure featuring a house full of creatures big and small!
I have had my eyes on this book for AGESSSS! I think from around the time it came out! Why didn’t you buy it then, Mehsi? Well, Amazon either never had it in stock or it was highly overpriced. I could have bought the Kindle edition, but I could see from the preview at Amazon that the book was all in colour. Since my Kindle doesn’t do colours… it would be a shame to read it! But thankfully, I was visiting Library #1 and what was there? This book! In English!!!!!! dances
In this book we meet Indigo Wilde, a girl who was found by her explorer-parents in the wild. She was about to be eaten by a big ferocious tiger! This girl is quite special. She has little horn, rainbow streak in her hair, and I am sure there are other things going on with her! I love how caring and responsible she is. I mean, I am not sure if I was her age I would do all the things she did. Haha, not that I am lazy, but some of these tasks? Are just too much. She cares for the whole house. For all the animals. And I loved that she is so eager to do them, but I would have kinda also liked her be like meh about it. XD I loved that she quickly came up with smart plans and that the creatures of the house helped her out. Also big plus points to the fact she is a reader! Her room has stacks of books everywhere and it made me smile (plus, also maybe a bit jealous as the books she has lying around are pretty interesting and I would love to check them out).
I am normally not a fan of little brothers/sisters in stories, but I actually liked Indigo’s brother in this one! Like his sister he is a bit special. He is half-dragon. Plus, he cannot hear, so everyone around him does sign language. Which I absolutely loved.
The house is normally already quite chaotic with a lamacorn wandering around and eating bloomers, yeti twins playing sports, and some other creatures wandering around, but a new animal has arrived and it is up to Indigo to find out what is going on before the house breaks down. I loved the search and what is that creature. I was also thinking hard what it could be. We know it is fast, white, and loved chocolate, but that leaves so much room! I had a laugh at all the chaos that happened. So much chaos! But it also allowed us to meet other creatures from the house.
The neighbour was just annoying, a typical villain/Karen. I am glad that she got some comeuppance in this book. XD
I absolutely loved that we got some extra pages on the monsters along with fun notes and details! I would definitely love a separate book about these animals. Maybe later when the series is over? That we can add this one to the collection? Because yes, I will be buying this book!
The illustrations were fantastic and it delighted me that they were all in full colour! It just brought the book to life and I loved seeing all the creatures in their bright colours~
All in all, I really need book 2! I want to meet those parents, see what new creatures are coming, and more! I would recommend this one to all.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I have had my eyes on this book for AGESSSS! I think from around the time it came out! Why didn’t you buy it then, Mehsi? Well, Amazon either never had it in stock or it was highly overpriced. I could have bought the Kindle edition, but I could see from the preview at Amazon that the book was all in colour. Since my Kindle doesn’t do colours… it would be a shame to read it! But thankfully, I was visiting Library #1 and what was there? This book! In English!!!!!! dances
In this book we meet Indigo Wilde, a girl who was found by her explorer-parents in the wild. She was about to be eaten by a big ferocious tiger! This girl is quite special. She has little horn, rainbow streak in her hair, and I am sure there are other things going on with her! I love how caring and responsible she is. I mean, I am not sure if I was her age I would do all the things she did. Haha, not that I am lazy, but some of these tasks? Are just too much. She cares for the whole house. For all the animals. And I loved that she is so eager to do them, but I would have kinda also liked her be like meh about it. XD I loved that she quickly came up with smart plans and that the creatures of the house helped her out. Also big plus points to the fact she is a reader! Her room has stacks of books everywhere and it made me smile (plus, also maybe a bit jealous as the books she has lying around are pretty interesting and I would love to check them out).
I am normally not a fan of little brothers/sisters in stories, but I actually liked Indigo’s brother in this one! Like his sister he is a bit special. He is half-dragon. Plus, he cannot hear, so everyone around him does sign language. Which I absolutely loved.
The house is normally already quite chaotic with a lamacorn wandering around and eating bloomers, yeti twins playing sports, and some other creatures wandering around, but a new animal has arrived and it is up to Indigo to find out what is going on before the house breaks down. I loved the search and what is that creature. I was also thinking hard what it could be. We know it is fast, white, and loved chocolate, but that leaves so much room! I had a laugh at all the chaos that happened. So much chaos! But it also allowed us to meet other creatures from the house.
The neighbour was just annoying, a typical villain/Karen. I am glad that she got some comeuppance in this book. XD
I absolutely loved that we got some extra pages on the monsters along with fun notes and details! I would definitely love a separate book about these animals. Maybe later when the series is over? That we can add this one to the collection? Because yes, I will be buying this book!
The illustrations were fantastic and it delighted me that they were all in full colour! It just brought the book to life and I loved seeing all the creatures in their bright colours~
All in all, I really need book 2! I want to meet those parents, see what new creatures are coming, and more! I would recommend this one to all.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
funny
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
“Last Tuesday, just after teatime, world-famous explorers Philomena and Bertram Wilde discovered a baby crawling through the Jungliest Jungle of the Unknown Wilderness. The nine-month-old was being stalked by a huge and toothsome tiger…”
And here we meet 11-yo Indigo Wilde and her brother Quigley. The problem with having World-Famous Explorers as parents is that they’re not home much. It’s pretty much left to the two to look after the strange house on Jellybean Crescent and its magical Creatures.
You just need to check in on the Abracadarium, a compilation of the most amazing creatures, to find out what they eat and just how, er, dangerous they are!
But whom they need to mind most, are not these but them NOSY NEIGHBOURS! 😑😵💫
In book 2, the parents go missing! And I’m so enamoured of the scapes Indigo and Quigley visit in the wilderness. Love!
I thought it far better to show rather than tell you about this book. It reminds me very much of the Ottoline and the Yellow Cat series - go see my Goodreads review of that too, about the Littlest One who was 6 when she read them!
I think I’d recommend this to budding young readers 7+, who are ready for a little more complexity but with the comfort of lots of mesmerizing pictures by the amazing Pippa Curnick ❤️
📚: @definitelybookskids
And here we meet 11-yo Indigo Wilde and her brother Quigley. The problem with having World-Famous Explorers as parents is that they’re not home much. It’s pretty much left to the two to look after the strange house on Jellybean Crescent and its magical Creatures.
You just need to check in on the Abracadarium, a compilation of the most amazing creatures, to find out what they eat and just how, er, dangerous they are!
But whom they need to mind most, are not these but them NOSY NEIGHBOURS! 😑😵💫
In book 2, the parents go missing! And I’m so enamoured of the scapes Indigo and Quigley visit in the wilderness. Love!
I thought it far better to show rather than tell you about this book. It reminds me very much of the Ottoline and the Yellow Cat series - go see my Goodreads review of that too, about the Littlest One who was 6 when she read them!
I think I’d recommend this to budding young readers 7+, who are ready for a little more complexity but with the comfort of lots of mesmerizing pictures by the amazing Pippa Curnick ❤️
📚: @definitelybookskids
Packed with magical creatures, rainbow poo and colourful chaos, this looked to be a surefire winner in our house!
Both kids (8 & 5) loved the wonderful, full-colour illustrations throughout, which are bursting with vibrant details, and the characters were well-conceived and clever.
I think the only issue we had here was that there were a lot of characters and a lot of action, but not a lot of plot to hang it all on. The story involves Indigo and her brother Quigley chasing up and down through their house after a strange new monster that is on the rampage, visiting most of their unusual house guests as they go. But we didn't get to stay anywhere or with anyone long enough to get a real feel for them before they were off again chasing the next disaster, right up to the rather sudden end.
I would have loved for this to either be a picture book, with all of the characters and colour but less detail, or for it to have been slightly longer and given us a chance to get to know everyone a bit BEFORE the mysterious monster rocks up and starts wreaking havoc.
That said, this is such a promising set-up that we absolutely HAVE to get the next book, so this might turn out to be a fave series yet!
Both kids (8 & 5) loved the wonderful, full-colour illustrations throughout, which are bursting with vibrant details, and the characters were well-conceived and clever.
I think the only issue we had here was that there were a lot of characters and a lot of action, but not a lot of plot to hang it all on. The story involves Indigo and her brother Quigley chasing up and down through their house after a strange new monster that is on the rampage, visiting most of their unusual house guests as they go. But we didn't get to stay anywhere or with anyone long enough to get a real feel for them before they were off again chasing the next disaster, right up to the rather sudden end.
I would have loved for this to either be a picture book, with all of the characters and colour but less detail, or for it to have been slightly longer and given us a chance to get to know everyone a bit BEFORE the mysterious monster rocks up and starts wreaking havoc.
That said, this is such a promising set-up that we absolutely HAVE to get the next book, so this might turn out to be a fave series yet!
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Binnenkort verkrijgbaar in het Nederlands! Oudere review, ik realiseerde me ineens hem nooit geplaatst te hebben. Ben het er nog steeds mee eens!
Ik vind de illustraties echt heel mooi. Tof dat er een paar zijn van zo'n hele pagina, maar dat er tussendoor ook vanalles en nogwat gebeurt. Er is vaker wel iets op een pagina te zien dan alleen tekst, en dat vind ik heel goed werken voor de leeftijdscategorie 7-9.
Ook het verhaal vind ik heel leuk, lekker knotsgek en er gebeurt superveel en allerlei gekke dingen, ik geniet er erg van! Leuk ook dat er steeds zo veel tegelijkertijd gebeurt en het gewoon chaos is, heerlijk. Leuke gekke vergelijkingen zitten er in, daar geniet ik ook van, en wat leuke verzonnen woorden. Ook is het goed geschreven vind ik, want ik zie allerlei situaties al helemaal voor me, ook al heb ik de illustratie nog niet bekeken. Of het nou de chaos is met de purrmaid en de overstroming, of de zure buurvrouw in het nest van de glamingo. Die beesten ook, geweldig. Zoals je merkt geniet ik erg van het boek!
Ik ging mijn man ook over dit boek vertellen en dingen eruit laten zien en dat is een goed teken, dat doe ik niet altijd. Als ik soms hardop moet lachen om leuke details en ik lees het voor (zoals de zeiknatte duif met roze bellen op blz 69) dan vind hij het ook grappig. Dat zegt misschien meer over ons, maar wij vinden het boek dus allebei hilarisch in ieder geval!
Ik denk dat dit verhaal een brede doelgroep aanspreekt. Het is grappig en avontuurlijk namelijk, en ik vind het niet echt een jongensboek of een meisjesboek. Als jullie deze gaan uitgeven zal ik daar zeker een stapel van willen inkopen want ik ben er dol op! Zeker voor de niet-lezer is dit een boek dat kan aanspreken. Ik krijg ze in de winkel makkelijk over de streep met de mooie en kleurrijke illustraties, en ik denk dat ze allemaal wel goed in het verhaal gezogen kunnen worden.
Erg leuk hoe de ouders weg zijn en de kinderen thuis laten met alle gekke beesten. En het dove broertje vind ik ook een mooie toevoeging, en ook mooi hoe er geen nadruk op ligt maar het heel normaal is. En ik moest erg lachen om de climax van het monster! Een logische manier waarop het probleem in dit verhaal snel is opgelost, heel leuk. En met die laatste zin ben ik nu al benieuwd naar deel 2!
Ik geef dit boek 5* uit eigen leesplezier, en 5* als boekverkoper. Het is een van mijn favoriete kinderboeken die ik dit jaar heb gelezen! Ik vind de voorkant trouwens ook erg goed en erg mooi. Geeft een goede indruk van het boek en het verhaal, al zou het van mij nog wel wat gekker/grappiger/chaotischer mogen, zoals sommige van die chaosscenes uit het boek.
Ik vind de illustraties echt heel mooi. Tof dat er een paar zijn van zo'n hele pagina, maar dat er tussendoor ook vanalles en nogwat gebeurt. Er is vaker wel iets op een pagina te zien dan alleen tekst, en dat vind ik heel goed werken voor de leeftijdscategorie 7-9.
Ook het verhaal vind ik heel leuk, lekker knotsgek en er gebeurt superveel en allerlei gekke dingen, ik geniet er erg van! Leuk ook dat er steeds zo veel tegelijkertijd gebeurt en het gewoon chaos is, heerlijk. Leuke gekke vergelijkingen zitten er in, daar geniet ik ook van, en wat leuke verzonnen woorden. Ook is het goed geschreven vind ik, want ik zie allerlei situaties al helemaal voor me, ook al heb ik de illustratie nog niet bekeken. Of het nou de chaos is met de purrmaid en de overstroming, of de zure buurvrouw in het nest van de glamingo. Die beesten ook, geweldig. Zoals je merkt geniet ik erg van het boek!
Ik ging mijn man ook over dit boek vertellen en dingen eruit laten zien en dat is een goed teken, dat doe ik niet altijd. Als ik soms hardop moet lachen om leuke details en ik lees het voor (zoals de zeiknatte duif met roze bellen op blz 69) dan vind hij het ook grappig. Dat zegt misschien meer over ons, maar wij vinden het boek dus allebei hilarisch in ieder geval!
Ik denk dat dit verhaal een brede doelgroep aanspreekt. Het is grappig en avontuurlijk namelijk, en ik vind het niet echt een jongensboek of een meisjesboek. Als jullie deze gaan uitgeven zal ik daar zeker een stapel van willen inkopen want ik ben er dol op! Zeker voor de niet-lezer is dit een boek dat kan aanspreken. Ik krijg ze in de winkel makkelijk over de streep met de mooie en kleurrijke illustraties, en ik denk dat ze allemaal wel goed in het verhaal gezogen kunnen worden.
Erg leuk hoe de ouders weg zijn en de kinderen thuis laten met alle gekke beesten. En het dove broertje vind ik ook een mooie toevoeging, en ook mooi hoe er geen nadruk op ligt maar het heel normaal is. En ik moest erg lachen om de climax van het monster! Een logische manier waarop het probleem in dit verhaal snel is opgelost, heel leuk. En met die laatste zin ben ik nu al benieuwd naar deel 2!
Ik geef dit boek 5* uit eigen leesplezier, en 5* als boekverkoper. Het is een van mijn favoriete kinderboeken die ik dit jaar heb gelezen! Ik vind de voorkant trouwens ook erg goed en erg mooi. Geeft een goede indruk van het boek en het verhaal, al zou het van mij nog wel wat gekker/grappiger/chaotischer mogen, zoals sommige van die chaosscenes uit het boek.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced