Review *Lenny Lemmon & the Invincible Rat*

by Ben Davis 🧀🐀 Cover & Illustrations by James Lancett 🧀🐀 Published by Nosy Crow 🧀🐀

The word *PANDEMONIUM* features in this book & also sums it up perfectly!

When this arrived I immediately sent a text to a friend, senior medic & lovely co-ordinator of our reading MiniClub (for junior chemo patients) book selections.

A few children have shied away from some books. *Too many pages* *Too many words* *No pictures* These seem to be the most common issues. ALL solved by THIS book!

It's also one that will make you smile & laugh.

James Lancett’s illustrations are the perfect match for a crazy-fun story & his style fits the rat-induced chaos very well.

They'll appeal to a wide range of children & catch the interest of reluctant readers.

Everyone loves a theme day, don't they? Today it's *Olden Days School* for Lenny Lemmon & his friends.

It should be fun for everyone. Even serious teachers are joining in but Lenny's idea of Olden Days might not be what the school expected. They're in for a huge surprise!

Some people dress up, wear a special type of hat or maybe make a flag to take to school.

A fake beard, face paint or a long pouffy dress might work for this fun day but Lenny doesn't do anything just average or boring. He takes something in a little cage to school! 🐀

How will the day go? Sometimes it's great to have a break in tradition or routine but a weird blackboard in the classroom, theme day AND a new girl in class, that's a LOT for one day.

There's fun & chaos!

This rat is not a fluffy, calm 'pet' - no, No, NO! It's very keen to explore & get up to all kinds of mischief after escaping from Lenny's cardboard box 🐀

What would you do?

Panic? 🐀

What kind of plan would you have?

Will this pesky rat be caught?

This would be an exciting story to read in a small group, library club or a class & could spark some fun discussion, writing & art activities.

I'd definitely recommend this to everyone ✅😎🍕🐀

It's fascinating to see such a variety of books out there & I hope more publishers will explore different styles in the future.

Anything that makes books more engaging, accessible & attractive to young readers will always be a positive step.

Reading is such a pivotal element to development in everything else.

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