Book Review: A Surprise Party by Milo McGivern @McgivernMilo @lovebooksgroup @lovebookstours

Title: A Surprise Party (Tales from Animaux 3)
Author: Milo McGivern
Genre: Children’s, 8-11 years
Published: August 2021

Buy Link: Amazon

Blurb

On a mysterious and far away island, strange things are happening. With no people in sight, a wonderful collection of talking animals are having extraordinary, funny adventures. We have returned to the Island of Animaux, a land that somehow continues to change its position on the planet each day, to prevent it being found by humans. Perhaps this is the ancient and lost world of Atlantis!

The five new tales in A Surprise Party link seamlessly to the ones in the last book, Monsieur Le Chef. Once again that foul fowl Aubrey the Turkey is up to no good, although as usual his naughtiness only rebounds on himself. See the old bird try to host a wonderful party but forget to invite any guests. Watch as Walli Hog and Clifford Platypus take care of him after poor Aubrey becomes very ill, a kindness that he repays by selling their bedroom curtains! Shiver as the evil Rick Rat persuades three witches to put a curse on the turkey. And then see Aubrey do something incredible that no one, not even himself, could have imagined. Once again, stories packed with fun, silliness, naughty behaviour and happy endings.

Please enjoy the stories. And don’t be afraid to laugh, particularly as Aubrey’s expense. But please, please, please – continue to remember to keep the latest position of the island top secret!

Review

A Surprise Party is the third book in Milo McGivern’s Tales of Animaux series.
The book has five stories, starting with A Surprise Party and linking to each other continuing the story but with a different adventure.

The main character is a turkey named Aubrey, he seems to be a bit grumpy and a little selfish towards his friends Walli a hog and Clifford a platypus who live with him.

This book is aimed at an audience aged around 8-11 years old, I am a lot older than that and my son is a little younger but it was an easy read that a child at the aimed age would simply love. I read it to my son a few pages a night and he thought the turkey was funny.
There is a lot of humour in it and I found myself laughing out loud at times and the illustrations throughout the pages were fantastic.

It was a great read and I will be picking the other two books up for my son.

Author Bio

Milo McGivern is the writing name for Steve Humphries. Steve has spent many years working in finance. He has travelled extensively although is most happy when he is at home in Berkshire. Steve enjoys casual story writing and the Aubrey the Turkey tales were first imagined over 30 years ago. ‘A Surprise Party’ is the third book in the ‘Tales from Animaux’ series.