Quin Majik and the Hairy Roof Rescue

By Fleur Beale
Illustrated by Phillip Webb
Mallinson Rendell 2009
ISBN 9781877423284
Paperback $15.00

Quin and his family are always in trouble on Tidy Street, where there are strict rules about how to look and behave. Fred Smart wants to be friends with Quin, though his mother disapproves, but when Fred’s dad gets stuck on the roof the pair get inventing and find a way to get him down. Comic illustrations help make this fun story an attractive book for new readers.

Seven to ten years.