It's full-time monkey business on the high seas in this new family adventure from Alexander McCall Smith, the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
Noah can't believe it when he finds out his uncle owns a zoo! But the zoo is closing down, and there are animals who need homes. Before he knows it, Noah and his family are setting sail on a round-the-world trip returning the zoo animals to the places they were born.
But when they try to return one very cheeky monkey, they're in for a whole boat-load of trouble!
<aside> ⛵ This quick, funny story is great for emerging readers who want to read on their own, or younger children who want a longer bedtime story. **** Amazon review
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<aside> ⛵ This is a funny, delightfully illustrated book perfect for children moving from picture books onto chapter books. ***** Amazon review
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Alexander McCall Smith is best-known as the author of the internationally acclaimed No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series but has also written more than fifty children’s books including The Perfect Hamburger, now a Puffin Modern Classic, the Akimbo series and the School Ship Tobermory stories.
Homepage - Alexander McCall Smith
Extent: 128 pages
Illustrations: Black and white illustrations, by Nicola Kinnear
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books (August 2020)
Editor: Lucy Mackay-Sim
Primary Agent: Caroline Walsh
Film/TV Rights: DHA (Georgina Ruffhead)
Co-agents: Chinese - Andrew Nurnberg Associates; Japanese - Tuttle-Mori
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‘This fun adventure story with an eco-message is for readers aged 6+ years… with echoes of the journey told in Life of Pi this book will appeal to any young reader who loves exotic animals and crazy adventures’ – Books Up North on 'Noah Wild and the Floating Zoo'
'McCall Smith’s generous writing and dry humor, his gentleness and humanity, and his ability to evoke a place and a set of characters without caricature or condescension have endeared his books to readers' – New York Times
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