Book description
Wonderful, funny junior fiction for children from talented storyteller
Jack Lasenby. Ideal for reading aloud, this deliciously wicked romp with
Aunt Effie and her crew is guaranteed to entertain and astonish. At
every opportunity, the capricious Aunt Effie takes to her beloved bed,
and enchants her twenty-six nieces and nephews and six enormous pig dogs
with tall tales of beguiling proportions. Enter Mrs Grizzle, a
red-haired, doublejointed magician. Nothing is as it seems, and we
encounter edible gunpowder, monster pukekos, Pookackodiles and
Krockapooks, and is this a removable glass eye? How will Aunt Effie wrap
up the captivating story of Mrs Grizzle? And where is the lost treasure?
Jack Lasenby is one of New Zealand's finest writers for children. His
humour, his musicality of language and great storytelling is
unsurpassable.
