The Island of Animaux

We loved this book - perfect choice to read with younger kids for bedtime story and equally suitable and engaging for older kids to read alone. The interactive aspect via GPS is brilliant.

Animaux is an island that changes location a lot, the only inhabitants are animals. In these stories we follow our main character Aubrey the turkey. I had a love - hate relationship with Aubrey the turkey, I felt bad for him because of his bad luck all the time but on the other hand he was also very mean to his friends. You meet a lot of inhabitants of Animaux throughout the story such as Georgina the goat and Clifford the platypus. The stories were very enjoyable and funny! I liked the little illustrations.

The Island of Animaux by Milo McGivern is a lovely book. It's set on a movable island that mysteriously travels from place to place and obtains new inhabitants to delight us with their personalities. These stories are quirky enough to be a little bit like here but so off tilt that makes it wonderful to read. The stories centres around the main character of Aubrey, who is a turkey with many bad habits, he's dirty, rude and greedy. But on occasion, can be charming and persuasive which is what usually leads to many disastrous schemes. He really is the bane of his second-best friend Georgina the goat, who is very forgiving. The characters are warm, engaging and just fun to read. A turkey who blogs. A weasel who runs a fairground ride. The ideas are endless. It's wacky, silly but not stupid, it all makes sense when you read it. Each story is entertaining, wickedly funny in places and brilliantly illustrated in the Kindle edition. I loved the scenes depicted, which were some of the most odd and amusing. I will definitely be reading again as I'm sure I missed out on some nuances - there were double meanings aplenty, so suitable for adults and children. Eagerly awaiting the next installment.

I heard about this book from a friend. And what a wonderful collection of short stories it is! Things start in the Scilly Isles, with a woman who has found a map in an old bottle and seen a turkey and lizard on the beach. The rest of the first story plus the following ones take us to the Island of Animaux. We meet the turkey, Aubrey, plus many of his creature friends. There are no humans! I think I can work out what the author is trying to do. He is taking the reader on a journey through time that will probably see things ending up on the beach at the start of the first story. I like the fact that a follow on book is mentioned at the end. I will be looking for it when it comes out. I think children will adore the Island of Animaux. It is quite unlike any children's book I have read.

This book is for 9-12 year olds. So I asked my 10 year old daughter to review it for me. She loved it and thinks Clifford is cool. She felt sorry for Georgina, as the turkey is a bit horrible to her. And she was worried that Walli had spent so long in a tunnel but was happy she was now safe. She thinks Aubrey is very funny and she likes his bobble hat. But she said he shouldn't be so grumpy. A lovely, unusual book and highly recommended.