Hotel Flamingo: Fabulous Feast

Hotel Flamingo: Fabulous Feast

By Author / Illustrator

Alex Milway

Genre

Early Readers & Young Fiction

Age range(s)

7+

Publisher

Templar Publishing

ISBN

9781848128392

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

30-04-2020

Synopsis

'Truly heartwarming and uplifting. I'd love to book a room there myself' Philip Ardagh.  'Hotel Flamingo is bursting with charm, friendship and fabulous characters!' Laura Ellen Anderson. 


On Animal Boulevard the snow is finally melting after a long, quiet winter and Hotel Flamingo is ready to embrace the new season and new guests. Anna knows she needs to come up with a plan to get the hotel buzzing again! And what does Hotel Flamingo have that no one else has? One of the best chefs in town - Madame Le Pig!  


In a stroke of inspiration Anna decides that the hotel will put on a Battle of the Chefs. Madame Le Pig will go head to head with prestigious Animal Boulevard chefs Peston Crumbletart and Laurence Toot-Toot in a thrilling live cooking show - and there will be an accompanying feast for all who attend.  But as ever, Anna has a lot to contend with - not just grumpy, demanding chefs but a host of new guests with ever-changing needs, from Simon Suckerlot the flamboyant octopus to Alfonso Fastbeak the stunt pigeon. And when taking centre stage proves harder than expected for Madame Le Pig, the whole team must pull together to buoy her up and pull off the most Fabulous Feast that Hotel Flamingo has ever seen.

Reviews

Lucy

This is a story about lots of different animals and their life at Hotel Flamingo. Anna works alongside lots of different animals on Animal Boulevard; they spend their time trying to come up with a plan to get the hotel busier again after the long winter. Luckily for them, Madame Le Pig (the hotel chef) comes up with a fantastic feast to save the day.

Hotel Flamingo - Fabulous Feast starts with a lovely illustrated map of Animal Boulevard showing where Hotel Flamingo is compared to the other residences. With such a mixture of characters with weird and wonderful names, children are bound to be drawn into the story.

It has 20 chapters with relatively large text so it is the perfect length for young readers to start to build their stamina and fluency with longer texts. The story is also scattered with illustrations of the interesting characters which will help children to further build a picture of the story in their minds. There are also 20 bumble bees throughout the story for children to spot which is a nice extra addition.

181 Pages / Reviewed by Lucy Newton, Teacher

Suggested Reading Age 7+

 

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