by Alan Mac Donald (Author), Mark Beech (Illustrator)
Iggy is excited as he sets off with Dad on his first hunting trip. More so when they find a set of footprints too large even for a mammoth. Alongside are a heap of bones and a pool of slime the colour of egg white. Iggy wants to hunt the creature, but Dad is suddenly anxious to get back. Later, Iggy's Grumma tells him about the Slimosaur - a great scaly beast which coats you in slime before devouring you in one go. Many moons ago it terrorised the tribe and a dozen Urk children vanished. 'Nothing to worry about', she says. The Urks have had a poor harvest and food is running very low. Chief Hammerhead calls the Elders to discuss solutions to the food shortage. It's decided that to appease the spirits one of their tribe must be sacrificed to the Slimosaur. They cast lots and to Iggy's dismay his friend Umily draws the shortest stick. Umily is taken to the forest and bound to a stone. She hears rustling noises. Something is coming ...Iggy appears! He has come to the rescue! He is armed with a small catapult and a net. Hopefully he has a cunning plan.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 06 Sep 2010
ISBN 10: 1408803356
ISBN 13: 9781408803356
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
Book Overview: Hilarious cave-family drama akin to the Trolls series, which sold to 6 countries, with 35,000 copies of the Bloomsbury edition sold Similar format, generous layout and extent as the Mr Gum books Alan is the author of the much loved Dirty Bertie series Illustrations by the hugely talented Mark Beech, in the style of the caveboy Iggy himself