Sam Hannigan's Woof Week

by Alan Nolan

Animal lover and champion Irish dancer Samantha Hannigan is having a truly woof week. She and her best friend Ajay were messing around with the Brain Swap 3000, one of her grandad’s crackpot inventions, and now Sam is stuck inside the body of her neighbours’ dog – and it’ll be days before they can change her back!
How long can they pretend Sam is just dressing up in a dog costume for charity? Are her chances of winning the big dance competition scuppered? What’s going on behind closed doors at Roger Fitzmaurice’s dog-biscuit factory? And, um, why has Sam suddenly started to chew on slippers and bark at the moon?

160 pages, Paperback

Published August 14, 2017

About the author

Alan Nolan is a comics writer, graphic designer, artist and co-creator of the horror series Sancho. He is the creator of The Big Break Detectives Casebook, a graphic novel for younger readers, and the 'Murder Can Be Fatal' mysteries. Born in Dublin, he studied at the National College of Art and Design. He lives in Bray, County Wicklow, with his wife and three sons.

Reviews

[Aoife]

I received a free copy of this book from O’Brien Press in exchange for an honest review.

Sam Hannigan is one of the best Irish dancers in Clobberstown, and lives with her mad granny and annoying brother. One day, things s wrong for Sam when she and her friend Ajay accidentally trap her in the body of her next door neighbour’s dog Barker using her granddad’s invention.

This was a refreshing pot of fun for me and this is definitely one of those rare books that is both entertaining for an adult and a child. I really loved this story, and the matching illustrations in the book. Sam is a great character, and this entire book also throws a great light on animal welfare and how animals should be treated in a way that young children can understand and emphasise with.

I loved how Irish this book was as well. I haven’t read a whole load of Irish children’s books so I loved seeing tarantulas called Tadgh and Sam performing in an Irish dancing costume. there was also a character cameo in this book from one of Alan Nolan’s other books - Conor’s Caveman: The Amazing Adventures of Ogg, so if anyone has read that, they might enjoy this one too!

I read this in two sittings, more or less in one day and i enjoyed the entirety of it! I recommend for both adults and children alike!