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"A humorous and fast paced animal adventure with black and white illustrations which will make you giggle even more." Liverpool Echo "Get ready for a fresh set of escapades with Ian Whybrow's Meerkat Madness. Humorous and fast paced, this book is for anyone who loves a good tale about action-packed animals." Aldershot News and Mail
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"A humorous and fast paced animal adventure with black and white illustrations which will make you giggle even more." Liverpool Echo
"Get ready for a fresh set of escapades with Ian Whybrow's Meerkat Madness. Humorous and fast paced, this book is for anyone who loves a good tale about action-packed animals." Aldershot News and Mail
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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As well as reading the book myself, I also gave it to my 10-year-old, who is target audience.
It isn't bad by any means but it doesn't really grip your attention. Children's books is a competitive market and this one has no edge over the many others and in places falls well short. Recent advertisements and nature programmes have made the meerkat a loved animal, BUT that initial attraction alone cannot propel this book very far.
My son says the plot took far too long to develop into the blurb's promised adventure, he wanted something interesting to happen sooner than it did. He got sidetracked before finishing the book but did struggle along gamely for a while - he is incidentally one of the top readers in his school, so it wasn't an ability problem. It really isn't a "can't put down" publication, because he eventually did put it down before finishing it.
He thought the characters were not terribly believeable or well developed as the book progressed, and there wasn't enough humour. He liked one or two meercat interpretations of human behaviour, however. Maybe the author should further have developed the idea of seeing ourselves through their eyes?
Sorry to not be effusive, one of the problems (if you're not careful) with reviewing publications when you are sent them for that purpose is that the temptation is to be too kind - but in my opinion that is no service whatsoever to people who will look at your review before parting with their hard-earned cash.
It lacks true excitement, "wow" factor, and decent characterisation; there are no real surprises in the plot and in my opinion it needs a serious editing job and then extra material adding to make it stand out properly in a congested market (or should I say a "...congested meerkat"...ha ha, my pathetic joke).
It's harmless enough but not a "grabber". Steve Riches, Northampton, UK.
It isn't bad by any means but it doesn't really grip your attention. Children's books is a competitive market and this one has no edge over the many others and in places falls well short. Recent advertisements and nature programmes have made the meerkat a loved animal, BUT that initial attraction alone cannot propel this book very far.
My son says the plot took far too long to develop into the blurb's promised adventure, he wanted something interesting to happen sooner than it did. He got sidetracked before finishing the book but did struggle along gamely for a while - he is incidentally one of the top readers in his school, so it wasn't an ability problem. It really isn't a "can't put down" publication, because he eventually did put it down before finishing it.
He thought the characters were not terribly believeable or well developed as the book progressed, and there wasn't enough humour. He liked one or two meercat interpretations of human behaviour, however. Maybe the author should further have developed the idea of seeing ourselves through their eyes?
Sorry to not be effusive, one of the problems (if you're not careful) with reviewing publications when you are sent them for that purpose is that the temptation is to be too kind - but in my opinion that is no service whatsoever to people who will look at your review before parting with their hard-earned cash.
It lacks true excitement, "wow" factor, and decent characterisation; there are no real surprises in the plot and in my opinion it needs a serious editing job and then extra material adding to make it stand out properly in a congested market (or should I say a "...congested meerkat"...ha ha, my pathetic joke).
It's harmless enough but not a "grabber". Steve Riches, Northampton, UK.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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At 205 pages this is a book for confident primary school readers and with 22 short chaptors could be read in bite sized chunks. I gave this to my 9 year old who loved the brightly designed cover featuring three Meerkats and was eager to start reading.
The story is an adventure format to educate children about habitat/ predators and prey of the Meerkat in a natural realistic setting and what can happen when humans enter their world. I dont know anything about realife meerkats and I think a note from the author would have been a good idea to establish whether any of the material used is factual. This is in someway addressed in the foreword but as it is written in a joking manner I didnt know whether it was true.
The humour comes from the misunderstandings and meerkat language for humans and human possessions they dont understand, this could possibly go over your childs head as Im sure my daughter didnt get all of the jokes. As a parent it is a not a story I would want to read say for bedtime stories as I found it a bit dull and with lots of speech marks beware of giving your charactors accents you will tire of easily if reading out loud (in particular Uncle Fearless).
I think it would have been improved with a picture book format to make more of the educational side and for me the illustrations were used too sparingly especially when needed to show the Blah blahs, click clicks, egg chamber etc.
On the whole an entertaining way for children to learn real facts about Meerkats who seem very popular at the moment largely thanks to a certain website comparision site.
The story is an adventure format to educate children about habitat/ predators and prey of the Meerkat in a natural realistic setting and what can happen when humans enter their world. I dont know anything about realife meerkats and I think a note from the author would have been a good idea to establish whether any of the material used is factual. This is in someway addressed in the foreword but as it is written in a joking manner I didnt know whether it was true.
The humour comes from the misunderstandings and meerkat language for humans and human possessions they dont understand, this could possibly go over your childs head as Im sure my daughter didnt get all of the jokes. As a parent it is a not a story I would want to read say for bedtime stories as I found it a bit dull and with lots of speech marks beware of giving your charactors accents you will tire of easily if reading out loud (in particular Uncle Fearless).
I think it would have been improved with a picture book format to make more of the educational side and for me the illustrations were used too sparingly especially when needed to show the Blah blahs, click clicks, egg chamber etc.
On the whole an entertaining way for children to learn real facts about Meerkats who seem very popular at the moment largely thanks to a certain website comparision site.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I gave this book to my daughter to read - she loved the bright cover but sadly found the book itself to be mainly dull. In her words, ` nothing really happens' . These Meerkats go on adventure out of their burrow and amongst the world of BlahBlahs(humans)- I like the idea, and as others have mentioned a topical animal to chose. Unfortunately the end product does not seem to excite and is far too over-cooked (my daughter gave up on it).
Most Recent Customer Reviews
meerkat madness
i adore these crazy kits as they tumble there way out of their crazy adventiures! meerkats are the best, i got drawn into these crazy bunch when i first ever got a kindle, after i... Read more
Published 2 months ago by KAREN MCNEIL
My daughter love this book
My daughter really like this book and that's the target audience so enough said really. Don't understand why some reviewers are saying its boring. Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. D. Kent
not great
This book isn't great, the main character just annoys me. My 7 year old daughter liked some aspects if the book but unfortunately I couldn't stay entertained enough to get through... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jessica R. Mytum
sorry but no.
My daughter, aged 7 was really keen to read this book - the appeal of the meerkats on the front cover was all encompassing. Read more
Published 8 months ago by angel
Overlong Tale of Meerkats Fails to Grip
You'd think that with the nearly ubiquitous Russian meerkat of advertising fame, all veins of meerkat humour have been plumbed, but this book shows that there are some more jokes... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Feanor
7 year old very taken with the story
I have been reading this with my 7-year-old son; taking it in turns to read a chapter to one another. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Beansmummy
doesnt seem good
gave it to a 7-year old, he read 10 pages and left it, i guess it takes too long to develop, i looked at the front cover, and seems the right age. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Shahrul Choudhury
I love the book!
I'm nearly 7 years old and I love this book, It's my favourite. I've almost read it three times now and I think it's fantastic! Read more
Published 11 months ago by Lali
Nice cover... Shame about the Story!
I was drawn to this book by the cover and the blurb, and thought this would be a perfect 'bedtime book' for reading with my six-year old daughter. Read more
Published 11 months ago by M. D. Rathbone
Not for us
I gave this book to my 8 year old but she just didn't like it. In fact she only read a few chapters before putting it down and never going back to it again. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Outnumbered
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