"As classic as a KitKat Chunky."
As part of the celebrations for their 85th anniversary, Puffin Books are reissuing eight classic children's books in handsome clothbound editions, with colourful sprayed edges and matching ribbons (both bright pink in this case). They look special, very collectable and reader friendly too.
Alongside Charlotte’s Web (E. B. White) and Pig-Heart Boy (Malorie Blackman) is The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby. First published in 2021, it more than qualifies for the list, if nothing else for the sheer amount of pleasure it will have brought to readers.
As Nadia Shireen points out in the foreword to this special edition, the genius of Katie Kirby is her understanding of Lottie’s world and the perfect way she captures her voice, the voice of an eleven-and-three-quarter-year-old girl. Funny, insightful, true, it’s a wonderful addition to the diary canon of children’s literature, sitting perfectly alongside Adrian Mole or Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which you can also buy in this format. Best enjoyed with a KitKat Chunky, but hugely enjoyable reading at any time.
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