My Funny Family

by Chris Higgins, Lee Wildish (Illustrator)

Overview

Mattie is nine years old and she worries about everything. Which isn't surprising. Because when you have a family as big and crazy as hers, there's always something to worry about.
Will the seeds she's planted in the garden with her brothers and sisters grow into fruit and veg like everyone promised? Why does it seem as if Grandma doesn't like them sometimes? And what's wrong with Mum?
Fortunately, reassurance is always close to hand in this first winning story about the lovable Butterfield clan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781444911114
Publisher:	Hachette Children's Group
Publication date:	08/02/2012
Series:	My Funny Family , #1
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Before writing her first novel, Chris Higgins taught English and Drama for many years in secondary schools and worked at the Minack open-air theatre on the cliffs near Lands End. She now writes full time and is the author of ten books for children and teenagers. Chris is married with four daughters. She loves to travel and has lived and worked in Australia as well as hitchhiking to Istanbul and across the Serengeti Plain. Born and brought up in South Wales, she now lives in the far west of Cornwall with her husband.

Before writing her first novel, Chris taught English and Drama for many years in secondary schools. She also worked at the Minack, the open-air theatre on the cliffs near Land's End, but now writes full-time.

Chris has won a number of awards including Young Minds, the Lancashire Book Award, the Lincolnshire Young People's Book Award, the KYBA, and she has been shortlisted twice for Queen of Teen.

She lives in the far west of Cornwall with her husband.

Lee Wildish is an acclaimed illustrator. His Spooky, Spooky House won the Overall Red House Children's Book Award, his Spaghetti with the Yeti was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Book Prize, and he has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award and the Sheffield Children's Book Award.

Editorial Reviews

Higgins writes in a relaxed, accessible style, ideal for new readers—The Glasgow Herald

Attractively produced and well-illustrated—School Librarian

A charming book, featuring the loveable and eccentric Butterfield family. The illustrations, which are engaging and mischievous,complement the text perfectly—Children's Books Ireland

Higgins writes in a relaxed accessible style, ideal for new readers.—The Herald (Glasgow)

Endearing ... A fun, funny slice of family life—Junior

A charming book, featuring the loveable and eccentric Butterfield family. The illustrations, which are engaging and mischievous, complement the text perfectly.—Children's Books Ireland Recommended Reads

Endearing... a fun, funny slice of family life.—Junior

Attractively produced and well illustrated.—School Librarian

A charming story.—tBk Magazine

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