I spent a delightful Sunday morning reading the next two instalments in Ben Miller's Fairytale Woods series.
Diary Of A Wicked Witch.
Wendoline, The Wicked Witch, has been sentenced to four weeks of kindness training in order to rectify her wicked ways, but can she and her fellow witches really learn how to be nice all of the time?
Diary Of A Dreadful Dragon.
Malgundrax has been banished from yet another kingdom and is desperately looking for somewhere new to live where he can rebuild his hoard of shiny treasures. Quite by accident, he meets the Three Bears who are in need of a new way to deliver packages for their delivery company - Malc sees this as the perfect way to get into people's home to steal their treasure, but then he discovers that he actually likes Baby Bear and his parents - can this dragon really changes his ways?
Both of these books are an absolute delight to read; fun and engaging, they take traditional fairytales and give them a new spin that readers will love (I particularly enjoyed the Hallowe'en twist of Diary of A Wicked Witch). Their fast-paced and friendly style means they would make great independent reads or family read alongs. They are funny at times, and visually a joy to explore thanks to Alise Paganelli's wonderful illustrations. With messages about friendship and doing the right thing woven into the plot, these books are guaranteed hits.
The Fairytale series is a wonderful one and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next.
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