Meet the Family by John Yeoman – Book Review
Meet the Family by John Yeoman – Book Review
- Author – John Yeoman
- Illustrator – Quentin Blake
- Publisher – Andersen Press
- Release Date – 3rd March 2022
- Pages – 48
- ISBN 13 – 978-1839130120
- Format – Hardcover
- Star Rating – 4
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Synopsis
Everyone’s family is different, but none more so than this one from the imagination of legendary team John Yeoman and Quentin Blake.
Meet Uncle Marvello and Auntie Shazam: magicians extraordinaire… they can even make your watch disappear. And Cousin Charlie, who cooks up a feast… then eats it all himself. From uncles and cousins to babies and elderly aunts, everyone in this family is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud!
Review by Stacey
Meet the Family is a rhyming, entertaining, and engaging book that shares details with you of one family. From the magician and his assistant, Uncle Marvello and Auntie Shazam to the fastest baby on all fours, this is a wacky and highly amusing family.
It’s a little bit weird and unusual and reminds me of the stories written by Roald Dahl, helped by the fact that the same illustrator has drawn the kooky illustrations, Quentin Blake.
The story is good fun. It is a quick read and one that celebrates families and their differences. It felt like a trip down memory lane as this is the type of tale I enjoyed as a child.
Meet the Family is a wonderful book that will have children laughing and smiling at the strange and unconventional family and the special drawings.
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John Yeoman
John Yeoman was for many years Head of English at the French Lycée in London. His collaboration with Quentin Blake began in 1960, and has resulted in a long list of successful children’s books of which a number of earlier well-loved titles are now being republished by Andersen Press for new generations of readers.
