I read this book with my 7-year-old daughter over three bedtimes.
The book includes three separate Angela Nicely stories, each four short chapters in length.
Angela Nicely is a girl dressed in a pink dress and a massive pink bow upon her head. She has the look of an innocent little girl, like butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth. But really she is a mischief maker. Sometimes this lands her in trouble, and at other times it works out well for her.
The three stories in the book are:
- Miss Skinner’s Wig!
- Supermodel!
- Healthy Holiday!
The first story sees Angela transfixed by the head teacher Miss Skinner’s new hairstyle. She is sure it is a wig. “Prove it” says her friend Maisie. “Maisie always thought she knew best, but this time Angela would prove her wrong.” And so Angela goes about making mischief, with a little help from a Super Suction Arm.
The second story sees Angela trying to become a model ahead of “goody-goody Tiffany.” Again Angela makes mischief to try and ruin Tiffany’s photoshoot, except things don’t go to plan, although Angela does get her wish at the end.
And the third story sees Angela being honest with her mum (“you’re not fat, just a bit squidgy”), but still getting told off for it. This leads to the two of them going on a healthy holiday (“Are you flabby? Saggy? Baggy as an elephant’s bottom?” reads the promotional material for the health place) where Angela thinks she’ll be able to use the swimming pool all day. Except it isn’t like that, with things not being to Angela’s liking. Again Angela gets her own back at the end.
So you get three self-contained stories, in an easy-to-read format that suits the 7-year-old reading level. There are black-and-white pictures along the way too and the stories all have satisfying conclusions to them. It is worth getting. My daughter said it was good and fun and she liked it how sometimes Angela got it wrong.
Publication Date: 5 Aug 2013
Amazon UK link: Angela Nicely
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