Mandy Small has trouble writing so Cat, her teacher, suggests that she tells her life story into a tape recorder. Third in Jean Ure’s series of zany books with a message following SKINNY MELON AND ME and BECKY BANANAS, THIS IS YOUR LIFE.
This is the story of how Mandy learns to cope with her untidy life and finally emerges triumphant. Her life with her loving but chaotic parents – Dad, the Elvis look-alike, and Mum, whose idea of a special meal is burnt toast! Then there’s school, where the horrible Tracey Bigg picks on Mandy and her timid friend, Oliver, not to mention Old Misery Guts, the landlady and Nan, who htinks that Mandy’s parents aren’t fit to look after her. With so many things to worry about, Mandy begins to think that she’s in danger of turning into a real Fruit and Nutcase!
Mandy’s story, told in the form of diary into a tape recorder, is a funny and often moving account of a child’s everyday life, with all its difficulties, and is hilariously illustrated by Mick Brownfield.
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Fruit and Nutcase
“...this is an upbeat yet gritty story about the tenacity of love and the fact that life is never perfect.”
Scotland on Sunday
Becky Bananas
“...the writing transcends any trace of heaviness”
Guardian
Mandy Small has trouble writing so cat, her teacher, suggests that she tells her life story into a tape recorder. So begins Mandy’s funny, and sometimes sad, story of life with her loving Mum, whose idea of a special meal is burnt toast. Then there is school, where the horrible Tracy Bigg picks on Mandy and her timid friend Oliver – not to mention Old Misery Guts, the landlady, and Nan, who thinks that Mandy’s parents aren’t fit to look after her. With so many things to worry about, Mandy begins to think that she is in danger of turning into a real 'Fruit and Nutcase'
This is the story of how Mandy learns to cope with her untidy life and finally emerges triumphant.
‘This is an upbeat yet gritty story about the tenacity of love and the fact that life is never perfect.’
ROSEMARY GORING, 'Scotland on Sunday'
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Brownfield, Mick (illustrator). Reprint; First Printing. Some reading and cover creases, lightly sunned spine, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; The Diary Series; Vol. 3; B&W Illustrations; 160 pages; Mandy Small has trouble writing so her teacher, Cat, suggests she tells her life story into a tape recorder. So begins Mandy s funny and sometimes sad story of life with her loving but chaotic parents Dad, the Elvis look-alike, and Mum, whose idea of a special meal is burnt toast! But Mandy learns to cope with her untidy life and finally emerges triumphant. Mass Market PB. Seller Inventory # 24080