This book is made up of three short stories and a few pages of extra bits at the end.
The first story is about Wendy Quill playing the part of a crocodile's bottom in a Peter Pan play when she would much have preferred the part of Wendy, given her name. Still the play does allow her to be a little bit famous.
The second story (incidentally called Act 2 which fits in with the `play' theme of the first story that leant its name to the book) is about how Wendy Quill accidently became part of a tap-dancing show where she again became a little bit famous.
The third story is about her school class learning about the plague. And again Wendy Quill becomes a little bit famous, even more so than in the previous two stories.
This book will appeal to parents because of the pictures being drawn by the author's 11-year old daughter. It will appeal to children because of the layout with pictures throughout breaking up the text, the stories being school based (characters have firstname surname names) and the stories being normal (no magic).
There is maybe a Charlie and Lola influence in the way Wendy Quill narrates so it's not totally original stuff but it is fun.
As for my 6-year-old daughter's view she says she likes it "because Wendy Quill is called Wheezy Bird, even though she wasn't a bird, and was a crocodile's bottom."
I got this book through Amazon Vine. It is listed HERE.
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