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The Super-Sonic Submarine
Join Danny Dingle in his second adventure, the Super-Sonic Submarine.
Filled with comical line drawings and crazy typesetting, children will love the visual focus of this book, perfect for reluctant readers.
The jam-packed illustrations and hilarious story will keep them laughing-out-loud for hours.
Filled with comical line drawings and crazy typesetting, children will love the visual focus of this book, perfect for reluctant readers.
The jam-packed illustrations and hilarious story will keep them laughing-out-loud for hours.
- GenresMiddle GradeContemporary
294 pages, Paperback
Published July 7, 2016
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February 22, 2017
This middle grade reader is packed with many things that will certainly appeal to even the most reluctant readers - secrets, humour, bodily functions, camping and even a raft race. It stars two best friends, Danny and Percy, and tells of their adventures as they join the Scouts. Danny is the narrator of the story and Percy is his forever being sick sidekick. Together the two get up to some awesome antics. Get ready for their first venture to scout camp in an anything but sunny Scotland, with their inept Scout leader, Mr Geoffrey. Discover why he likes to set them on peeling potatoes! Journey to visit the secret hideout of a super spy and enter a competition to create a raft. Their rival and enemy, Gareth Trumpshaw, has also joined the scouts - but a different group - so it is even more important that the duo win!
The story is filled with farts and sick, males who seem incapable of doing anything right, and Danny’s Mum who definitely is in charge. The other female characters are also strong and admirable including a lady lorry driver who is a rally winner and friends who are competent and not at all wimpy - political correctness rules!
The book is illustrated throughout, even some words are highlighted by their presentation as drawings. The vocabulary used, presentation and story line are likely to appeal to children and the length of the book makes it an entertaining read (probably for an hour or so). It also includes missions for readers to complete after reading the book and these could prove lots of additional fun.
Definitely a fun filled story worth checking out by teachers and parents of middle grade readers, probably appealing to children around 9 years old of either gender.
Many thanks to the publishers for gifting me a copy of this novel, via NetGalley, with no obligation. This is my honest review.
The story is filled with farts and sick, males who seem incapable of doing anything right, and Danny’s Mum who definitely is in charge. The other female characters are also strong and admirable including a lady lorry driver who is a rally winner and friends who are competent and not at all wimpy - political correctness rules!
The book is illustrated throughout, even some words are highlighted by their presentation as drawings. The vocabulary used, presentation and story line are likely to appeal to children and the length of the book makes it an entertaining read (probably for an hour or so). It also includes missions for readers to complete after reading the book and these could prove lots of additional fun.
Definitely a fun filled story worth checking out by teachers and parents of middle grade readers, probably appealing to children around 9 years old of either gender.
Many thanks to the publishers for gifting me a copy of this novel, via NetGalley, with no obligation. This is my honest review.
January 8, 2021
3.5 gwiazdek. Według mnie - idealny prezent dla dziecka w wieku 8-10/11 lat. Typowo dziecięca książka. Bardzo bardzo bardzo szybko się czyta przez ogromna czcionkę i pełno obrazków (na każdej stronie po 2 obrazki). Ma prawie 300 stron, ale ja zaczęłam dzisiaj i skończyłam dzisiaj. Przeczytałam ja tylko dlatego ze nagle miałam ochotę ma coś dziecięcego, prostego i szybkiego.
February 3, 2017
Quite entertaining for middle grade boys I would imagine and presented in an attractive format for reluctant readers. I was sent this by the publisher and netgalley in exchange for an honest review but because I have a kindle tablet I was unable to view the illustrations which would possibly have made it worth an extra star.
May 9, 2017
I really enjoyed this book. I think the humor is perfect to draw in many children and keep them reading. I mean, honestly, who can resist burps and fart humor?! My eight-year-old son read this over my shoulder and laughed manically so this is a winner for me! This will be put in my home library very shortly.
December 28, 2016
IDEAL FOR KEEPING 9 YEAR OLDS CAPTIVATED AND ENCOURAGING FURTHER READING
The age group targeted by this book is 9 year olds and my review which follows attempts to assess its likely success amongst children of that age group.
The storyline is straightforward: two friends have an arch-enemy with whom they contend and Danny the lead character has a pet dog (really a toad but thinks it's a dog as do Danny and Percy, his close friend). It should stretch a child's imagination (secret things, camp, raft races) and places parents firmly where they really belong: at the beck and call of their demanding children.
The book contains balanced humour, mainly at the expense of the Scout-leader, Mr Geoffrey and other adults. Teachers (especially male teachers) are viewed with some derision. Dads come in for a lot of stick whilst Mums lay down the law. The book is intended for young children and contains sufficient reading to occupy them for an hour or so. Indeed the storyline is broadly speaking much the same as a generation ago. The main difference I noted was the effective use of artwork to reinforce parts of the story and at times certain words.
Keywords are emphasised by emboldening them or using illustrative art work.
I thought the art work by Shanith M M superb, complimenting and supporting the storyline where necessary. And this I believe works splendidly.
I noted the regular use of bodily functions as humour but that said the book should encourage the use of imagination, all too often lacking in children's writing. And although books may not have included such material a generation ago they were still embedded in kiddie culture. Only now are we seeing it in the written word.
Political correctness shines through in this Danny Dingle book: a female lorry and rally driver. Females are competent males are not. The boys have girl friends as opposed to girlfriends. Girls win, boys can be losers. Probably reflecting the culture we now live in.
The story line reflects the world of today's children with their electronic gadgetry yet points at the natural world as an interesting place. I also thought the imaginative pages at the very end of the book an excellent ploy to keep children entertained albeit that parents might be deluged by paper aeroplanes!
By way of conclusion: will this book encourage youngsters to read and does it serve the purpose of educating, albeit even in a minor way. The idea being that every book read should educate and encourage more reading. And in my view it more than adequately addressed these issues. So the book is in my view a great success. Competition by authors in this focussed genre is fierce and to be successful the book must strike a chord with today's youngsters. I believe this book will prove successful in capturing that market.
I personally can't wait to get my hands on the next Danny Dingle, Super-Spy, book.
(My review was based on an eBook file provided to me by the publisher via NetGalley. My review is totally independent.)
The age group targeted by this book is 9 year olds and my review which follows attempts to assess its likely success amongst children of that age group.
The storyline is straightforward: two friends have an arch-enemy with whom they contend and Danny the lead character has a pet dog (really a toad but thinks it's a dog as do Danny and Percy, his close friend). It should stretch a child's imagination (secret things, camp, raft races) and places parents firmly where they really belong: at the beck and call of their demanding children.
The book contains balanced humour, mainly at the expense of the Scout-leader, Mr Geoffrey and other adults. Teachers (especially male teachers) are viewed with some derision. Dads come in for a lot of stick whilst Mums lay down the law. The book is intended for young children and contains sufficient reading to occupy them for an hour or so. Indeed the storyline is broadly speaking much the same as a generation ago. The main difference I noted was the effective use of artwork to reinforce parts of the story and at times certain words.
Keywords are emphasised by emboldening them or using illustrative art work.
I thought the art work by Shanith M M superb, complimenting and supporting the storyline where necessary. And this I believe works splendidly.
I noted the regular use of bodily functions as humour but that said the book should encourage the use of imagination, all too often lacking in children's writing. And although books may not have included such material a generation ago they were still embedded in kiddie culture. Only now are we seeing it in the written word.
Political correctness shines through in this Danny Dingle book: a female lorry and rally driver. Females are competent males are not. The boys have girl friends as opposed to girlfriends. Girls win, boys can be losers. Probably reflecting the culture we now live in.
The story line reflects the world of today's children with their electronic gadgetry yet points at the natural world as an interesting place. I also thought the imaginative pages at the very end of the book an excellent ploy to keep children entertained albeit that parents might be deluged by paper aeroplanes!
By way of conclusion: will this book encourage youngsters to read and does it serve the purpose of educating, albeit even in a minor way. The idea being that every book read should educate and encourage more reading. And in my view it more than adequately addressed these issues. So the book is in my view a great success. Competition by authors in this focussed genre is fierce and to be successful the book must strike a chord with today's youngsters. I believe this book will prove successful in capturing that market.
I personally can't wait to get my hands on the next Danny Dingle, Super-Spy, book.
(My review was based on an eBook file provided to me by the publisher via NetGalley. My review is totally independent.)
January 29, 2017
****Copy from Goodreads in return for an honest review****
As it turns out, this is not my cup of tea when it comes to middle-grade books. But I suspect that it will work really well for upper primary school age boys - it's got farting, toads, inventions, a disasterous camping trip, parents who Don't Understand and embarrasing grandparents. May well fill that Wimpy kid shaped gap for a middle-grader.
As it turns out, this is not my cup of tea when it comes to middle-grade books. But I suspect that it will work really well for upper primary school age boys - it's got farting, toads, inventions, a disasterous camping trip, parents who Don't Understand and embarrasing grandparents. May well fill that Wimpy kid shaped gap for a middle-grader.
December 31, 2016
Funny and full of illustrations that grab your attention. Reminds me of books along the lines of diary of a wimpy kid, but this one was way cuter! I'd recommend this for any age, especially junior school age children.
February 25, 2018
I didn't think it was possible to cram any more fart jokes into a book than in the previous Danny Dingle, but oops, he seems to have done it again. Another madcap adventure for fans of cartoon-illustrated chapter books for younger readers.
April 4, 2020
4 stars
I loved the book up would recommend this for readers you like funny and silly books. The down side is that you can not draw at the end and I love drawing otherwise you should download this book
I loved the book up would recommend this for readers you like funny and silly books. The down side is that you can not draw at the end and I love drawing otherwise you should download this book
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January 6, 2017Note: I received a digital review copy of this book through NetGalley.
November 20, 2017
My 10 year old daughter liked this book very much. She said it was funny and silly.
December 4, 2017
this book appears targeted to that incredibly difficult-to-write-for age group, 7-12 year olds. nicely illustrated, amusing, science-y story about a boy's time at summer camp. includes fun activities for readers to try. annoying use of font size and styles,.
January 3, 2018
I had difficulty reading this book, as even on the smallest setting, epub only showed the top half of the book and I couldn't see the bottom half. Therefore, I am unable to rate it properly.
February 14, 2019
I am reviewing this book for Angie Lake, Sweet Cherry Publishing, and NetGalley who gave me a copy of their book for an honest review.
This is a story which I feel would appeal to the pupils I sometimes come across who just can’t find a book to match their reading ability. It is based on a boys adventures on camp and kids will love the ‘rudeness’ of the farts and burps and also the different styles of font employed throughout will appeal to the kids. I also liked the activities, which are included for kids to try. Though I must say I haven’t any kids in at the moment of this age range to share it with. I’ll adapt my review when I have read it with a pupil.
This is a story which I feel would appeal to the pupils I sometimes come across who just can’t find a book to match their reading ability. It is based on a boys adventures on camp and kids will love the ‘rudeness’ of the farts and burps and also the different styles of font employed throughout will appeal to the kids. I also liked the activities, which are included for kids to try. Though I must say I haven’t any kids in at the moment of this age range to share it with. I’ll adapt my review when I have read it with a pupil.
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