Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed

by Michael Rosen

Malcolm is in all ways an vhttps://youtu.be/vzosKV03BEoordinary ten-year-old. This is a perfectly ordinary story featuring one perfectly ordinary ten year old, his very bossy uncle, some baked beans, a school which tries to make interesting things BORING, the famed Italian city of Ponky, and a genie who appears when you rub your nose. It also includes lots of very useful facts, many of which are untrue.

 

 

 

Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed - Introduction - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed If you like funny books, this could be a book you'll really enjoy. Michael Rosen has written a book called 'Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed' and it's illustrated by Neal Layton.

Rosen doesn't just do funny ... he is funny ... Rosen is the real deal. Children's Book of the Week (Sunday Times)

Ramshackle and silly in the best possible way. (Financial Times)

Finely tuned story-telling anarchy. (Guardian)

Uproarious comic fiction. (Bookseller)

Reassuring and entertaining, we'd expect nothing less from this industry treasure. (Guardian IBW Supplement)

Hilariously irreverent. (Mumsnet)