Malcom’s Uncle Gobb is really irritating, and not just because he keeps shouting ‘the boy needs to do more homework’. When Gobb Education starts taking over their school, and Uncle Gobb sets up the dread ‘Dread Shed’ in their playground, Malcolm and his best friend Crackersnacker decide they’ve got to get rid him. Children will love seeing Malcolm bamboozle and confuzle Uncle Gobb to a standstill with entirely logical but unanswerable questions and Neal Layton’s scratchy illustrations brilliantly match the riotous tone. Great fun for children, who will recognise the absurdities Malcolm faces daily, less enjoyable reading perhaps for any secretaries of state for education. ~ Andrea Reece
One of our Books of the Year 2015
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Malcolm is in all ways an ordinary ten-year-old. This is a perfectly ordinary story featuring one perfectly ordinary ten year old, his very bossy uncle, some baked beans, a school which tries to make interesting things BORING, the famed Italian city of Ponky, and a genie who appears when you rub your nose. It also includes lots of very useful facts, many of which are untrue.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Recommendations, Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Funny, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed is available in Paperback, Hardback
Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed was written by Michael Rosen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed has 198 pages
£7.19
