Little Tiger ISBN 978178881676-2 £6.99
Steve Smallman has added to his growing collection of reliably enjoyable stories to read aloud to children with the highly entertaining Poo in the Zoo – the Great Poo Mystery. Illustrated by Ada Grey whose bright jolly depictions of anthropomorphic zoo animals, (think giraffes knitting extra-long socks), add beautifully to this tale of poo related carnage in a zoo.
The text which, at times, only loosely rhymes, trips along with all the elements guaranteed to please both child and parent – chaotic pooing animals, a rogue robot, and an intrepid poo investigator, Arabella Slater who arrives, naturally, on a ‘pooper scooter’. With plenty of action from start to finish, and poo featuring on every page, this will guarantee giggles from the audience and perhaps could be used as a useful discussion point with reticent toilet trainees. Age range 2+
Hilary Payne
