Dirty Bertie: Tricks and Kicks is a collection featuring three Dirty Bertie books – Mascot!, Spider!, and Ouch! If you are not familiar with the book, each book contains three short middle-grade stories, so within this collection, you get nine short stories featuring the naughty, Dirty Bertie who is always up to something.

Earlier in the year, I reviewed Dirty Bertie: Bees! which was the 33rd book in the series, so this gives you an indication of how many they are in the series – a lot!

For any child who loves the series but hasn’t read the three books combined, this would be perfect for them, especially given the price. If you have a child that hasn’t read any from the series, Dirty Bertie is a young lad who lives in London with his mum, dad, and older sister. He has some nasty habits and often gets himself into trouble or precarious situations, though he normally learns the errors of his way by the end.

The books are perfect for those children who want to move up from picture books as the text is in larger than average font, the stories are quite short, and they are always enjoyable. The books are also easy to read with no big or hard to understand words.

There are cartoon-like illustrations throughout too which will give the reader a giggle and brings the story to life.

Dirty Bertie: Tricks and Kicks is a book that compliments this vast series and will keep a child entertained and happy for quite a while.