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AniMalcolm

By: David Baddiel
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About this listen

From David Baddiel, the brightest new star of children’s books and winner of the LOLLIES award, comes a laugh-out-loud adventure for every child who ever wondered what it might be like to be a bit of an animal…

Malcolm doesn’t like animals.

Which is a problem because his family love them. Their house is full of pets. What the house is NOT full of is stuff Malcolm likes. Such as the laptop he wanted for his birthday.

The only bright spot on the horizon is the Year Six school trip, which Malcolm never thought his parents would pay for. And yet there he is, on the bus, heading to… oh no. A farm.

Over the next days, Malcolm changes. He learns a lot about animals. More, in many ways, than he would like. He learns what it’s really like to be an animal. A whole series of animals, in fact…

It does make him think differently. And speak differently. And eat differently. And, um, smell differently. But will he end up the same as before?

Because sometimes the hardest thing to become is… yourself.

Animals Animals & Nature Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Comedy Funny Witty

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Critic reviews

Reviews for The Parent Agency:

“Funny, sometimes moving, always engaging” Guardian

“I love this book because it really made me laugh! The best book I’ve read since I was born!” Tom, 11, LoveReading4Kids

“Exciting and funny – I didn't want to put it down!” Daisy, 10, LoveReading4Kids

Reviews for The Person Controller:

“A perfect combination of humour, magic and a happy ending.” Charlotte Norman, Waterstones Bookseller

“A real page turner… a compelling story with relatable characters and meaningful life lessons." Huffington Post

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Amazing

I loved the animals they were so cool and magic and enchanted loved it

Amazing book loved it

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It was go to get to sleep to very funny and good I really like it

Really good

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I love AniMalcom because of its funny storyline.
It was presented beautifully but the only thing I
Would change is that he didn’t realise that a human is an animal until the very end.

AniMalcom is good

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I loved this book because funny things kept going on, so you couldn't stop listening! My
favourite part was when' fatty bum bum' came in. My favourite character was Bjornita.

Funny, Witty tale

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Very good story David Baddiel has great ideas! It was so good and helped me sleep.

Great!

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