Ten Nasty Little Toads

From Goodreads: A full-colour gift book of ten darkly-comic and hilarious cautionary tales by Astrosaurs author Steve Cole, illustrated by Tim Archbold. In these delightfully humorous tales of a decidedly blackish hue, ten follysome toads can never change their beastly habits despite the efforts of goodly witch Madame Rana who reminds them 'It's never too late to change. 'The Toad With Square Eyes develops mutant thumbs and fingers and finds himself on the other side of the screen; Cherry Oddfellow, the Dirty Little Toad, is part-girl, part-mudslide; and Jeremiah Bratson, the Spoiled Little Toad, finds himself face-to-face with a perfect robot replica. Featuring toady facts, quizzes and games, this collection of tales is a warning to certain children that there must come an hour when they pay the price...

My opinion: This was a cute book with funny stories and tales in it. The illustrations were kept simple but enough to ignite the imagination. My 10 year old daughter was very excited to read this book. It looks like something she'd absolutely love. Unfortunately, it couldn't keep her attention. She bored of it quickly and moved on to a different book after only reading 13% of it (I'm not one of those parents who makes her kids complete a book because I'm afraid it will cause them to no longer love book.s They must read 10% and if not hooked they may put it down).

I thought the stories were fun, however it was something I would read when bored and not necessarily excited to get back to. They really are cute stories though. The first story is about Cherry Oddfellow who hates bathing! There were moments when I smirked as I read because it is funny. I just didn't LOVE these stories though. For that reason, I'm giving this Three Stars. ***