Malorie Blackman’s Fangs is a funny, quick story for 7 year olds told by a tarantula who’s quite sure she’s the most gorgeous spider in the universe.<\/p>\n
Fangella has been stuck in a tank in a pet shop window for far too long. People tap on the glass. Plenty pull horrified faces. Nobody ever comes in to buy her, and she’s lonely and bored.<\/p>\n
Then along comes Nathan, a very serious boy with round glasses, who thinks spiders are beautiful. He’s only got five pounds in loose change, but he takes her home anyway.<\/p>\n
There’s one small problem. Nathan’s mum hates spiders. The ones in the bath go down the plughole, and the ones on the carpet go CRUNCH under her foot.<\/p>\n
So Nathan has to win Mum round. His first go at breakfast goes badly. Explaining exactly how spiders eat their dinner is NOT the way to charm a spider-hating mum!<\/p>\n
His next plan is even worse. Let’s just say it involves a jam jar, lots of creepy-crawlies from the garden and a kitchen floor.<\/p>\n
The best bit is being inside Fangs’s head. She’s vain, bossy and very funny about the humans around her. Nathan can’t understand a word she says, but she knows exactly how his clever ideas are going to go (and she’s usually right). Younger readers will love being one step ahead with her.<\/p>\n
Big sister Shelby would rather stand on the sofa than share a house with a tarantula. Baby Nadine, on the other hand, thinks Fangs is lovely.<\/p>\n
There’s a scary moment with an angry dog near the end, but it’s over quickly. There are some real tarantula facts after the story too, if your reader wants the science.<\/p>\n
If you’ve got a child who’s ever begged for an unusual pet, they’ll be cheering Nathan on all the way.<\/p>\n
Another boy with a big hairy spider his family won’t let him keep turns up in Dirty Bertie, and he finds his one sitting in the bath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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