Andrea Beaty’s Aaron Slater and the Sneaky Snake is a Questioneers story for 6 year olds about a tiny green snake who causes a very BIG fuss.<\/p>\n
Vern lives at the Blue River Creek Zoo and he loves hiding in sandwiches. Rosie’s Uncle Fred, the zookeeper, once nearly took a bite of him because he thought Vern was a pickle. Now Vern’s gone missing, and there are a lot of hungry animals at that zoo.<\/p>\n
He turns up in the daftest way possible. The gang are firing rubbish into the recycling bin with one of Rosie’s inventions (a trebuchet, which is a sort of catapult). The last coffee cup has Vern inside it. He lands on a little boy’s head. The boy is thrilled. His mum is NOT.<\/p>\n
By the next morning the story has grown. People are talking about flying snakes attacking children. There are protesters with signs outside the zoo, the zoo is shut, and the city council is about to decide whether every snake has to go.<\/p>\n
This is Aaron’s book, and it’s the sixth in the series. Aaron is the artist of the group and he thinks in pictures. When he tells his two mums what really happened, he draws it as he talks, sound effects and all. One night in bed he dreams up Detective Dangernoodle, International Snake of Mystery, and the story breaks into a comic strip.<\/p>\n
Home is noisy in the best way. His sister Tracy turns an empty milk carton into a full blues song at breakfast. His brother Jacob is hard of hearing, so the whole family signs as well as talks, and the signing is part of the jokes. Aaron has dyslexia too, and reading still takes him work.<\/p>\n
There’s a lot of real snake science in here. Ada rattles through her facts at the council meeting so fast she has to come back for the last one. Sofia explains what “public” means. Then Aaron starts to wonder whether facts are enough on their own, or whether people need something for their hearts as well. Who knew a snake that small could cause so much trouble?<\/p>\n
If you’ve got a reader who loves animal facts as much as a good giggle, there’s plenty here. It’s also a lovely one for a child who’d rather draw than write, because Aaron’s sketchbook is how he solves things.<\/p>\n
If Sofia’s speech at City Hall is the bit they love most, Sofia Valdez and the Vanishing Vote has her talking her whole class into an election, with Abuelo walking her to school every morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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