On a night when Fairy Nuff is left home alone, he decides to light a candle. First, he pours gasoline on the candle to be sure the wick lights, then uses the label from a container of gun powder to light the candle. KABOOM! Fairy Nuff has burned down the cottage and the blast has attracted the attention of mean Widow Buhiss and her Henchman Orc (who keeps man-eating plants). The Widow is after Fairy Nuff and some giant ants are after them all, and as if that weren't enough, poor Fairy must rescue Queen Elizabeth who has been kidnapped by Ms. Buhiss. With cleverness and a little luck, Fairy saves himself and the Queen in a most entertaining way!
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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-When young Fairy Nuff's family abandons him, he burns down the cottage on his very first night alone. The flaming roof and one live grenade explode into the sky, fly through the air, and land on the doghouse of the pit bull belonging to Widow Buhiss, a rich, vile old lady. Much havoc ensues as the waif rescues the Queen of England from the widow's woodshed; in the end, he is not only a knight, but also wealthy. This British import is an off-the-wall farce with silliness and puns galore. Kids will relish the broad humor and witty language, but the characters will really win them over. Inept Fairy Nuff, ogrelike groundskeeper Orc, tantrum-prone Widow Buhiss, the jowly Queen of England, and the commanding Queen of the Ants are all perfectly captured by the expressive and funny black-and-white illustrations. A good choice for fans of Roddy Doyle's The Giggler Treatment (2000) and Dav Pilkey's "Captain Underpants" series (both Scholastic).
Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 3-5. Comical and corny, this British cumulative farce relates how Fairy Nuff's lighting a candle on top of a barrel of gunpowder causes a cottage in Bluebell Wood to burn down and propels a grenade into the mansion of Widow Buhiss (as in "boo . . . hiss"), who sends her brutish groundskeeper to snatch Nuff's head. Add to the domino construct a kidnapped queen, huge African ants that live on elephants, carnivorous plants, and "twenty thousand billion pounds worth of share certificates." Short chapters and rapid action link the shenanigans, and black-and-white drawings highlight the absurdities. Some of the humor seems rather adult (the queen refers to herself as the royal "we") and there's a scattering of Briticisms. But none of that will stop kids from grinning and enjoying themselves. Unfortunately, the coarse paper detracts from the overall look of the book. Julie Cummins
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A professional writer whose work has appeared in more than fifty countries, Herbie Brennan is enjoyed by children and adults alike -- sales of his books already exceed 7.5 million copies.
Herbie has an well-established career writing for the children's market -- from picture books to teenage fiction, from game books to school curriculum non-fiction. His keen eye for novelty, both in technology and market development, made him among the very first writers to create adventure gamebooks and his GrailQuest series was an international bestseller.
His teenage novel, Faerie Wars, also rocketed to international success, achieving best-seller status in more than 20 overseas editions, and was voted No 1 Top Ten Teenage Pick in the United States and listed as a New York Times Best Seller title.
Equally prolific in the adult market, Herbie has a powerful reputation for challenging conventional assumptions with penetrating intelligence and a clear, easy style. This is reflected in his interests, which range from transpersonal psychology, spirituality, reincarnation and psychical research to comparative religion and quantum physics. His reappraisal of ancient history has stirred lively debate on TV and radio as well as in the Press. He broadcasts and lectures regularly throughout the UK and Ireland.
Herbie became interested in mysticism as a child and was studying books on the subject virtually from the time he was able to read. He found himself pursuing several unorthodox lines of research, including hypnosis, and actually hypnotised his first subject -- a school friend -- at the age of nine!
He began a journalistic career at eighteen and at twenty-four became the youngest newspaper editor in his native Ireland. His early career path included magazine work, hypnotherapy, counselling, advertising and market¬ing.
His first book, Astral Doorways, an exploration of out-of-body experience, became a specialist best-seller and went on to become a classic in its field -- it is still in print some thirty-five years on.
In his mid twenties, Herbie had his first novel published, an historical romance brought out by Doubleday in New York. At the age of thirty he decided to devote most of his time to writing and has since gone on to produce more than 100 books, many of them international best-sellers.
When he can be persuaded to take a break from his writing, Herbie give lectures and seminars, which have included modules on reincarnation research, the astral plane, dreamwork, healing, spiritual development, psychical research, quantum physics and magical training..
With a background that includes writing for radio, the creation of boxed games and computer software, perhaps his greatest strength lies in the realm ideas, particularly in the diversification of publishing product into allied fields like audio and CD-ROM.
Herbie has an well-established career writing for the children's market -- from picture books to teenage fiction, from game books to school curriculum non-fiction. His keen eye for novelty, both in technology and market development, made him among the very first writers to create adventure gamebooks and his GrailQuest series was an international bestseller.
His teenage novel, Faerie Wars, also rocketed to international success, achieving best-seller status in more than 20 overseas editions, and was voted No 1 Top Ten Teenage Pick in the United States and listed as a New York Times Best Seller title.
Equally prolific in the adult market, Herbie has a powerful reputation for challenging conventional assumptions with penetrating intelligence and a clear, easy style. This is reflected in his interests, which range from transpersonal psychology, spirituality, reincarnation and psychical research to comparative religion and quantum physics. His reappraisal of ancient history has stirred lively debate on TV and radio as well as in the Press. He broadcasts and lectures regularly throughout the UK and Ireland.
Herbie became interested in mysticism as a child and was studying books on the subject virtually from the time he was able to read. He found himself pursuing several unorthodox lines of research, including hypnosis, and actually hypnotised his first subject -- a school friend -- at the age of nine!
He began a journalistic career at eighteen and at twenty-four became the youngest newspaper editor in his native Ireland. His early career path included magazine work, hypnotherapy, counselling, advertising and market¬ing.
His first book, Astral Doorways, an exploration of out-of-body experience, became a specialist best-seller and went on to become a classic in its field -- it is still in print some thirty-five years on.
In his mid twenties, Herbie had his first novel published, an historical romance brought out by Doubleday in New York. At the age of thirty he decided to devote most of his time to writing and has since gone on to produce more than 100 books, many of them international best-sellers.
When he can be persuaded to take a break from his writing, Herbie give lectures and seminars, which have included modules on reincarnation research, the astral plane, dreamwork, healing, spiritual development, psychical research, quantum physics and magical training..
With a background that includes writing for radio, the creation of boxed games and computer software, perhaps his greatest strength lies in the realm ideas, particularly in the diversification of publishing product into allied fields like audio and CD-ROM.
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Nuff was far too young to have a first name, so most people called him Fairy Nuff on account of his slim build and pointy ears. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fairy Nuff, Widow Buhiss, Queen Ant, Bluebell Wood, Queen Aunt Ant, Queen Mother Ant, Queen of England, Oldie Nuff, Solicitor Snodgrass, Aunt Jennett, The Hunt, World War One New!
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Nuff was far too young to have a first name, so most people called him Fairy Nuff on account of his slim build and pointy ears. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fairy Nuff, Widow Buhiss, Queen Ant, Bluebell Wood, Queen Aunt Ant, Queen Mother Ant, Queen of England, Oldie Nuff, Solicitor Snodgrass, Aunt Jennett, The Hunt, World War One New!
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