Bertha and Blink: Rumble in the Jungle (Book 1)
Recommended Irish Reads 2024 Guide
UK Publisher
Little Tiger
Date Published
June 6th, 2024
Join Bertha and Blink on an adventure full of friendship, with a sprinkling of science and a nod to nature. The perfect new series for fun-loving readers!
When a rumble in the jungle disturbs super-star inventor Bertha’s work, she has to leave her peaceful home and investigate. To help her, she creates Blink – an excitable robo-bird sidekick who can’t wait to explore! How will the unlikely pair cope in the wilderness? And will they be able to discover the secret behind the strange noises?
Reviews
Blending friendship, science, and nature, Rumble in the Jungle is an accessible text that newly independent readers will enjoy.
- School Reading List
A bite sized adventure for 5+ with such character! Full of bright pictures, colourful personalities and inventive inventions, it’s a great launch into reading.
- Rachel Delahaye, author of MORT THE MEEK
With speech bubbles aplenty and lots of noises off as the story unfolds, readers just starting to fly solo, will delight in the amalgam of words and pictures Nicola Colton (author/illustrator of the Jasper and Fluff books) has created in this series opener.
- Red Reading Hub
This gorgeous full colour chapter book from Nicola Colton is adorable. I love Bertha! Gorgeous illustrations of a beautiful friendship between a bear and her clever invention
- Sheena Dempsey, illustrator of PABLO AND SPLASH
With bright and lively colour artwork putting all the fun and fascinating bite-size facts into focus, this is the perfect, accessible chapter book series to help build confidence in new readers, and to introduce them to various concepts of science, nature and ingenious inventions!
- Lancashire Post