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Marvin's Funny Dance - Sarah McConnell

Description: ISBN 0340931884 / Author: Sarah McConnell / Genre: Junior Books / Publisher: Hodder Children's Books / Meerkats tend to stick together, so Marvin's individuality makes him rather unpopular. But when they decide to stand up to the bullying buzzard brothers, who do they need but ... more

Marvin's Funny Dance - Sarah McConnell ... someone with a little bit more guts than the average meerkat - Marvin. A witty and amusing story showing that there's room for a little bit of individuality even in the closest knit family groups.

Newest Review: ... She absolutely loved Marvin and found his antics very funny. Early on in the story, we see Marvin dancing and the ... more

... accompanying description tells us that he 'began wiggling his hips, waggling his toes, rubbing his tummy and touching his nose.' Now every time we read the story she has to join in with these actions too which always leads to lots of giggling on her part and mine! We like the way the pages are set out as there is a mixture of text and illustrations. The illustrations are wonderful as they are very humourous especially the depiction of all the different meerkats with incredibly expressive faces. They all have big wide eyes and ...more

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Marvin's Funny Dance - Sarah McConnell: We don't all dance to the same tune! (611 words)
by kingfisher111 - written on 06/05/08 (Very useful, 111 readings)
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'Marvin's Funny Dance' is a wonderful picture book which tells the story of a rather cheeky and mischievous meerkat. It is set in Africa where Marvin lives with his rather large family and he is always expected to conform. However, Marvin is unable to do that especially as he loves to dance and play jokes which always seem to get him into trouble. One day though, his antics actually help to save the day when he helps the family to deal with two bully buzzards by distracting them as the others build a big 'meerkatapault' to pelt them with dung balls to send them on their way. After the plan works, Marvin is a hero and all of the other meerkats want to be like ...

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