Tashi and the Big Stinker (Tashi series) - Softcover

Anna Fienberg is the author of 13 children’s books, including the Tashi series, The Hottest Boy Who Ever Lived, and Madeline and the Mermaid. Barbara Fienberg is the coauthor of the Tashi series. Kim Gamble is a children’s book illustrator.

Grade 2-4-Two more tall tales from Australia. Sixty-four line drawings amplify guffaws for Tashi's first yarn of a giant with a mooching brother-in-law whose after-bean-eating explosions give the book its name. Fans of Dav Pilkey's "Captain Underpants" series (Scholastic) will welcome the humor and appreciate the protagonist, who always makes himself the hero of his playground stories that he shares with his friend Jack. Unfortunately, the second tale is but a light (and indirectly credited) variation on the Pied Piper of Hamelin, with an ending that challenges readers to decide what they would have done in the musician's place. The illustrations for this section are solemn, but Tashi's saving of the children lightens the mood. A few British spellings and terms may create questions, but will not prevent American pleasure.
Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA
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