- Paperback: 169 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Children's Books (5 Jan 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340592907
- ISBN-13: 978-0340592908
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 278,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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12 linked stories about the creatures living in a deserted house and garden. After the old lady moves away, her house and garden are left abandoned - but not by the animals. With rats in the bathroom and fleas on the rats and hedgehogs under the shed, the place is soon overrun with wild creatures.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Beautiful, beautiful book by Colin Thompson. Not just the stories but the illustrations aswell. Set in and around a house, it follows the lives of the various animals and is written with humour and pathos by someone who obviously loves animals.
I read this several years ago with some others by the same author and they made a big impact on me.
Sid the mosquito and other stories is dedicated to the memory of someone who "was so kind to Ethel"- so I am wondering how much of this is fiction.
In any case, it explains how the house becomes abandoned and is then reclaimed. In the meantime, there are various goings-on and adventures with the individual and groups of animals. They will make you laugh or make you sad, but they will touch you.
Interspersed with poems, the imagery is so rich you can almost reach out and touch the scenery.The language, when it is not making you laugh is pure poetry.
Sid the mosquito achieves a life-long ambition, Ted the flea has the adventure of his life and Ethel the chicken is lonely......
If you can, read these books in order, as there is a thread running through with some of the characters. Ethel the chicken has to be my favourite. I want to have chickens one day, and one of them will be called DorisEthel........
I read this several years ago with some others by the same author and they made a big impact on me.
Sid the mosquito and other stories is dedicated to the memory of someone who "was so kind to Ethel"- so I am wondering how much of this is fiction.
In any case, it explains how the house becomes abandoned and is then reclaimed. In the meantime, there are various goings-on and adventures with the individual and groups of animals. They will make you laugh or make you sad, but they will touch you.
Interspersed with poems, the imagery is so rich you can almost reach out and touch the scenery.The language, when it is not making you laugh is pure poetry.
Sid the mosquito achieves a life-long ambition, Ted the flea has the adventure of his life and Ethel the chicken is lonely......
If you can, read these books in order, as there is a thread running through with some of the characters. Ethel the chicken has to be my favourite. I want to have chickens one day, and one of them will be called DorisEthel........
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Funny and sad animal stories
26 Aug 2000
Format:Paperback
A five-year old boy reader: This is a really good book, because it has lots of stories about animals. My favourtie was the one about Ethel, the chicken who was lonely. It was good to read for a five-year-old.
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