My Mum's Going to Explode!

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Had me in stitches - Rated
I laughed so much at this book that I stuck it in my partners' briefcase so that he could read it on the train on his way to work and he managed to embarass himself in front of the other commuters by laughing out loud whilst reading a children's book. This is a pacy story that is accessible to young readers, it is very tongue-in-cheek. Don't expect a sophisticated plot but do expect lots of gags. Jeremy Strong writes about changing nappies on one-legged dolls with funny eyes but doesn't go heaps on poetic descriptive detail. A book written to entertain and attract modern young readers.

Very funny as usual - Rated
Another reviewer of this book renounces it as trash as it doesn't treat 'properly' the arrival of a new sibling. Rubbish! This is fiction, and very good fiction, and not meant to be given to children in preparation for new babies. My 8 year old daughter loves this story immensely and on holiday last year listened to the audio cassette non-stop. This is the third book about Nicholas and his family and if you loved the others (My Dad's Got an Alligator and My Granny's Great Escape) then you will love this. The chapter where Nicholas and his Dad have to care for Mum's old, battered and limbless doll as though it were a baby is hilarious, as is much of the rest of the book. Read this book,you won't be disappointed.

An awful piece of trash - Rated
This is an awful piece of trash. Mum announces at table that she's pregnant. Dad is shocked and asks how did that happen. Mum giggles and tells him she won't go into the details at lunch but he was involved. Dad looks round glumly and says he has just wet himself.

Is this what we want our children to read as a preparation for understanding the joy of married love and the beauty of the creation of new life?

Parents, please don't buy this rubbish for your children. Stick to C.S. Lewis and Roger Lancelyn Green.