Short Stories for Older, and not Quite so Old, Children

All I can say this book has some very weird short stories. I got it for free (thank goodness, I don't think I would have purchased this). British book. Some of the stories are actually pretty nice (hence the second star), but felt like some of the stories had a lot of potential, and it stopped abrup......more

A nice collection of tales with some weird and wonderful content. I enjoyed this more than I expected given its title. Was rather taken by the idea of a cholesterol goblin (Ghosts of the Greasy Spoon) and many tales raise awareness of animal rights and ecology; but in a fun way that children should......more

Interestingly enough this book isn't available on Amazon.com. I guess it might not be listed in the U.S version or something. Anyway, I did not like these short stories. They are interesting only because they seem to be British in origin, and I'm a bit of an anglophile.......more

I enjoyed some of these short stories. I could see some potential for some of these short stories to become a little longer, but I'm glad I didn't pay for this book either.......more

I really enjoyed this book and think Dandi Palmer is an excellent short story writer, I love the tongue in cheek humour in each story.......more