Granny Nothing

Granny Nothing

by Cathy MacPhail

A warm-hearted, laugh-out-loud read from multi award-winning author Catherine MacPhail. It is a dark and stormy night... Nanny Sue is trying to get rid of Stephanie, Ewen and Baby Thomas so she can settle down to watch Star-Maker, her favourite TV programme. Nanny Sue s got ambitions to be a pop star, more fool her. Then comes a banging on the door. It s loud enough to wake the dead. It s the Bogeyman, come to get you! shrieks Nanny Sue. (She s good with kids.) But it is far worse than that. It is Granny Nothing, looking like a rhinoceros in a frock, dripping wet and complaining about her feet. And from this point on, things in the McAllister household will never be the same again... Anyone for a worm sandwich

Genres: Childrens

120 pages, Paperback

First published May 23, 2003

About the author

Catherine MacPhail

Reviews

[J · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Granny Nothing so much- I have the most vivid memory of my mum reading this to me when I was about 7 and absolutely loving it. Reading it again and it's still just as good!!

[Aisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I spent a wonderful hour reading this book in Waterstones. The author certainly knows how to write a funny story! I enjoyed it so much I bought a copy to gift to a child.

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book. Told in the first person by Stephanie, it is the story of two children, Stephanie and Ewen, and their baby brother. They have two loving but busy parents and an unkind Nanny who is obsessed with reality TV. Then one dark and stormy night, their mysterious grandmother, Granny Nothing, appears and tries to help them resolve their problems with the scary dogs next door, bullies at school, an unfair head teacher and last but not least, mean Nanny Sue. I recommend this book to 8-11 year olds, particularly those who enjoyed Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine. There are sequels which I will be investigating as soon as possible!