Time to Read: Who Ate Auntie Iris?

by Sean Taylor, Hannah Shaw (Illustrations), Elspeth Tavaci

One little chinchilla loves going to visit her Auntie Iris - but there's danger in the air at the block of flats where she lives. . . not surprising when there are bears on the first floor, crocodiles on the second floor and wolves on the third! 

Then one day, Auntie Iris goes down to put out the rubbish, and she doesn't come back! Little Chinchilla is determined to solve the mystery of her disappearance, even if it does mean talking to her very scary neighbours!

Created in consultation with literacy specialist, Prue Goodwin, this edition contains the complete story, re-designed to help support children who are gaining confidence in reading. 

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2012

About the author

Sean Taylor started writing poetry as a teenager. In 1993, he came across a newspaper article which reported that a goat slaughtered in Iran had been found to have teeth made of gold. He tried writing a story for children. It was called 'The Goat with the Golden Teeth' and it won second prize in a competition run by the British newspaper 'The Independent' and Scholastic Children's Books. Since then, Sean has focussed on writing for children and has published over forty books for young readers of different ages. As well as writing, he has many years’ experience visiting schools, where he works with poetry and storytelling to encourage young people to write themselves. He lives partly in England (where he was born) and partly in Brazil( where his wife is from.)

Reviews

[Hurricane_ReD]

This book is SO cute! Especially because it's about chinchillas!

[Jenna Mills]

Sweet

[Laura Bennett]

A very fun book - younger children would love this!

[Paul Graham Terpstra]

Nice book about being aware of those around you.
Cool illustrations

[Zoe]

This is a very funny story with super illustrations, though I'm not convinced by the repackaging as an early reader (it was originally published as a 'normal' picture book, in bigger format, with the text as part of the illustrations, rather than separated out at the bottom of the page). As an Easy Reader in a sense it IS wonderful: a much more exciting and interesting story that is typical for young readers, but I'd rather give them the original, even if this packaging appears more "grown up".

[Jason Bootle]

This was a giggle and something that was entertaining to read not only for the youngsters but also as an adult reading out loud. Lot's of expression and some wonderfully scratchy drawings with nice little details and touches.

[Dimity Powell]

Likeable ditty suggesting it's not always wise to jump to conclusions or judge a book by its cover (or fur as the case may be here.)

[Zoe]

Liked the story well enough but couldn't get along with some of the passages rhyming and some not, which spoiled the reading flow for me.