Cally and Jimmy: Twins in Trouble

By Author / Illustrator

Zoe Antoniades, Katie Kear

Genre

Adventure

Age range(s)

Publisher

Andersen Press Ltd

ISBN

9781839130083

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

03-09-2020

Synopsis

Four stories in one! 'I have a twin brother. Everyone calls him Jimmy, which is sort of the English version of Dimitri, his actual Greek name. Our mum's Greek, you see. I'm Cally, short for Calista, which means, I don't want to sound big-headed or anything, 'most beautiful'. I'm not sure about Dimitri, but if Dimitri means most-annoying-brother-in-the-whole-wide-world, then that's him.'

Join Cally and Jimmy in four hilarious stories, perfect for newly confident readers. They get into scrapes together, bake some poisonous cakes, almost ruin their school assembly and finally have a twintastic birthday party.

Reviews

Cally and Jimmy: Twins in Trouble and Twintastic are two volumes of short stories starring twins Cally and Jimmy, who are in Year 5 and live in London.

Although twins, Cally and Jimmy are very different children. Jimmy is described as having his own table next to the teacher's desk while Cally is on the 'top table'. However, they are still able to team up for adventure and mischief. Twins stick together after all! Elements of their Greek heritage is evident in the stories and the twins have a supportive family.

Each short story is around 30 pages which makes this a perfect book for a newly fluent reader as each plot is separate and easier to track. Lively and familiar events such as a school pantomime and sports day feature in the books and there are hospital visits for sprained ankles and restaurant spillages to keep the stories real and true to life as well as very funny.

The humour shines through in every story. Brilliant illustrations on most pages by Katie Kear add to the experience. It is like reading four books in one go. Great fun!

176 Pages / Reviewed by Bryony Davies