Cuckoo! by Fiona Roberton

I have read another of Fiona Roberton's books, "Wanted: The Perfect Pet."

This book tells the story of a cuckoo who hatches in another birds nest, because cuckoo's lay their eggs in other birds' nests. Soon he realises he is not like the other birds so he goes off to try and find someone to talk too. He sees all the animals and even tries learning their languages but nothing works. Until the end when he finds a friend.

Now everything about this book is good. The illustrations are simple and neat, there is a call back to the previous book as Henry from that book walks his duck, and my 7-year-old daughter saw that too, which was a lovely moment. But I was hugely disappointed with the ending. Basically this book is about a human and an animal coming together and forming a friendship. This is exactly the same theme as the "Wanted: The Perfect Pet" book. Maybe the author is running out of ideas, if so my contact details are in my profile. But as a stand-alone this book would probably be fine.

Amazon UK link: CUCKOO!

Publication date: 2 Jan 2014