Isabella, Rotten Speller

By Peta Rainford

Isabella, Rotten Speller is a winning combination of educational and daft.

It is set in Rhyme, a place where everything and everybody is made of letters and words:
Can you imagine a place like that?
Where every dog and every cat,
And every owl and every bat,
And even the children, come to that,
Were made of letters and sometimes words?
I know, the whole thing sounds absurd...

All is happy in the town of Rhyme until the unexpected arrival of a little witch Isabella (a lovely girl but a rotten speller). Chaos ensues as Isabella's rotten spells and rotten spelling wreak havoc on the word-based nation, until, of course, it all ends happily ever after.

A funny, rhyming picture book for children from 3 to 8 years, with colourful letter-based pictures on every page. An engaging story to listen to or look at at bedtime, or a good book for early readers. Paperback, 32 pages.