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The Yellow Bills -Michelle McKenna-
I loved this. The story of an eight year old girl learning how to fly with the help of
ducklings. Mya loves aircraft and has always wanted to fly. When she hears some
ducklings being given lessons at the bottom of her garden she just has to join in.
This is beautifully written and has several “lessons” in ti for children. things like
someone with a disability, obstacles i life, not telling lies etc all dealt with in a
nice way. I couldn’t help but smile several times along the way and loves the
pencil drawings within the book itself. this would make a wonderful gift for any
little girl around the eight year old mark. At just over 60 pages it would be a few
evenings bedtime stories and one they could perhaps, with a little help, even
read some for themselves. an educational cheerful, uplifting read with a smile
For more reviews please see my blog http://nickibookblog.blogspot.co.uk/

or follow me on Twitter @nickijmurphy1

The Yellow Bills by Michelle McKenna
  • Paperback: 80 pages
  • Publisher: Matador (7 Mar. 2017)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1788036611
  • ISBN-13: 978-1788036610




BLURB: Mya loves planes and wants to be a pilot when she grows up. As luck
would have it she comes across a flying school run by lieutenant Drake who awards
his pupils splendid pilot hats when they graduate. Mya wants to join the class but
there's just one problem. She's not a duck! Could Goose the little duckling with
big flying ambitions be the key to Mya getting her pilot's hat? Or will Mr Sour
the teacher who never quite made the grade have other ideas...Inspired by authors
such as Lewis Carroll, Roald Dahl and Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, Michelle
weaves a story with the humour and invention of Nick Ward's 'Charlie Small'
series meets Dick King Smith's wonder of the animal world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: During the day Michelle works part time in an office in London and then gets home to her full time job looking after two little fab ones. Michelle has been writing stories on and off for years but The Yellow Bills is the first time she’s had the confidence to put her children’s story into print.She finds her inspiration for writing is on the train journey to and from work.When she was younger one of her favourite stories to read was (still is) Lewis Carroll’s, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In fact she loved it so much she used to try and think of ways to see how she could change her name to Alice. She was about seven so had to listen to her Mum, who said she couldn’t change her name until she left home. By the time that day came she decided she didn’t mind being called Michelle after all.Michelle’s other favourite’s are Roald Dahl’s, The BFG and The Little Vampire by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg.
You can also follow Michelle on Twitter @michellemckenna




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