A Nana Scrappy Tale 2, by Ryan Cochrane: Nana’s Household is led to the Meaning of Christmas

In the first Nana Scrappy Book (reviewed here by Me) we met Nana, her son Harold, her gardener Eugene O’Squirrel and Sparfield the huge Guineapig as they joined forces to rescue Nana’s grand-dog Barry who had run away and gone missing.

Now Ryan Cochane brings us another delightful Nana Scrappy story. It’s beautifully illustrated by Diana Dementeva. Nana’s household is full of commotion from Christmas preparations. But mischievous Mortimer Mouse is on the loose. Nana’s gardener, Eugene O’Squirrel, must track the mouse down before he ruins Christmas. During the kerfuffle they come across a treasure map. Naturally, young grand-dog Barry and his bunny friend Bean want to investigate. What will it all lead to? Could it possibly be the mischievous Mortimer who stumbles on the secret of Christmas?

If you like dogs, squirrels, guinea pigs, visits to Nana, Christmas stories, and treasure maps you will enjoy reading this tale. It’s entirely suitable for Grand Paw-rents to read aloud to grand dawgs and young dawgs to read to each other. And below you can see a link to VIDEO about Nana Scrappy on Spotify.

Our gang had fun role playing the stories as you can see in the pictures above. For instance, our Little Blizzard, paws by the books, is being Barry. The bunny is of course Bean. Old Hilda Bear is playing Nana Scrappy. We didn’t have a squirrel to play Eugene but you can see Wal Wombat having a go at being a squirrel. Rumples Dawg with the long black ears is being Harold. You can probably spot the mouse. Our Monsieur Le Mousse is very pleased with his portrayal of Mortimer.

Where to find them. The Nana Scrappy books are published by Olympia Books . You can find it on Bookshop Org (helping small bookshops). See also Barnes and Noble and Amazon. You can also see a fun little trailer about them on Olympia Books Facebook. Ideal to post to friends as xmas gifts.

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