A Very Marley Christmas - John Grogan

Only a couple of months ago on a visit to the local garden centre I spotted the book that was written by John Grogan called `Marley goes to school` and at the time that proved to be a very appropriate present for my small nephew who was just about to start his first term at Primary school. I loaned the film version of `Marley and Me` from our local library and I have to admit that the film was not for me, as the film progressed I just felt more and more helpless and ended up in floods of tears ! But I love the vibrancy of John Grogan's books and mischievous Marley ( a very loveable Golden Labrador ) comes to life as you begin to read out the ...  Read the complete review

Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog was an international best-seller which sold almost 3 million copies (over 100 thousand in the UK), and thus, inevitably, generated a bit of a synergy project, with a movie now being made and already one picture book, Bad Dog Marley and a junior version of the original - Marley: A Dog Like No Other. And thus for A Very Marley Christmas, because if there is something cuter and funnier than a misbehaving puppy, it must be a puppy in a Santa hat misbehaving around a Christmas tree. And, so it is, actually. Despite awfully saccharine illustrations (especially the Mummy and the girl were rather ...  Read the complete review