📖 Book Review ~ Bonnie McFlump by Vanessa Thurlow

In association with Bear With Us Productions
January 2025

Illustrations by Rob Will

Thanks to Cameron Publicity for my copy of this book

Bonnie is entitled and greedy.

She doesn’t eat fruit or veg,

And is a bit of a meanie.

But when the day of her party arrives,

She gets a terrible surprise.

Bonnie soon understands that being unkind is not great,

And goes on an Amazonic Adventure to correct this mistake.

This is an ideal book for talking to children about being kind to others in a light-hearted way. It may also encourage them to eat a few more fruits and vegetables…

📖 My review…

This is a fun look at what could happen if you eat the wrong foods and are unkind to people. It gets its message across in rhyme which makes it an easy story to read for confident young readers or it would make a nice bedtime story read by an adult. There are some funny bits that children might like especially the reference to poo and farts, they made me smile and I know that young children like something that makes them laugh out loud.

The coloured pictures are bright and cheery especially in the Amazon Rainforest where Bonnie’s interaction with an indigenous tribe of people teach her the meaning of being kind to others. It’s an ideal size for reading in one go, just 35 pages, and the large paperback ensures that the colourful illustrations are fun, bright and capture the imagination really well.

Bonnie McFlump gets its message across about healthy eating and the importance of being kind to others in a lighthearted way which I’m sure will appeal to its target audience of three to nine year olds.

About the Author

Vanessa Thurlow is a former solicitor , who once she had children, began looking for a more creative challenge. A travel enthusiast, she lives in a truly multi-cultural household- her children are of Spanish,Pakistani,Lebanese, English and iris descent. She lives in Essex and Bonnie McFlump, is her first book.