Stories From Comino

Stories from Comino is aimed at six to nine year olds. This book is dedicated to the wildlife that makes its home around the Santa Maria Tower, Comino Island, Malta. The book comprises of six stories and they are New Creature on the Island, Flying Henry, Brains or Brawn?, Lenny's Leap, Anyone for Tennis and Lenny in the Loo.

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About the Author

Graham Bayes is the ever popular author of books for young children. Born to a working-class family in Norwich, England and now living in Gozo, the second largest of the Maltese Islands, Bayes started writing books for the young after discovering the effectiveness of narrating such tales to his own children when raising them. Among the books written by Bayes are the immensely popular The Adventures of Joe Fenek, The Gold Knitting Needles and Octavius Moves House.

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Reviews

30 January 2019

I loved this book from the very first page to the last. It is incredible how the author managed to put these very realistic creatures in an imaginative work depicting all local scenes around Comino. Besides the recurrent theme of working together and helping each other, I appreciated an exercise in awareness of the local spots as well as the creatures who inhabit this tiny island. It is a fantastic read for kids because through the simple vocabulary it does reach out to the reader making him/her simply love these creatures and possibly appreciate them more. The accompanying drawings are very eye catchy and help transmit the harmony and rhythm of the story.

Annabel Desira

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