Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are two robber dogs but they're not very good at it. They concoct a plan to steal from their neighbours by luring them to a party and so have to bake lots of yummy food for the neighbours to eat. Once again their plan goes wrong but perhaps they'll stumble across a possible career change instead...
I really adore this book! It's such a happy and fun tale and the illustrations are superb! The characters are so expressive (look, there's even an angry penguin!), the colours are bright and the cakes look delicious!
The use of rhyme works really well and there's the added bonus of spotting the spider on every double page spread - it's not always as easy as you'd think! It's a good story for looking at right and wrong and it really cheered up my colleague who was having a bad day. Nosy Crow have also included a QR code that links to a free audio recording of the book which is pretty good and includes a ping sound to tell your child when to turn the page. It's a really great way to start to introduce the digital element to reading as well as giving you that little something extra.
The only negative point I can raise is that my colleague accidentally misread the first word of the title as a rude word but hopefully this isn't something children are likely to do as in theory it shouldn't be in their vocabulary!
Overall this is a brilliant picture book and one I'm definitely going to be recommending! It always puts a smile on my face every time I read it :)
I give it 9/10!
Title: Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam
Author/Illustrator: Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Children's Picture Book
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