After enjoying Oliver Fibbs: Attack of the Alien Brain, the children were keen to read the second book in the series.  Oliver Fibbs and the Giant Boy-Munching Bugs, by Steve Hartley, is another adventure of the comic-reading, storytelling boy whose vivid imagination allows him to escape his dull and boring life and become a superhero and defender of planet Earth.

This is Rabbit’s book review.  What is the story about? A boy who tries to get bitten by a bug to catch Wenghi Benghi fever.  Do you like this book? Yes. Why? It was funny and I like the giant bug pictures.

This is Monkey’s review.  What is the story about? A boy who makes some comic stories about him getting Wenghi Benghi.  Do you like this book? Yes. Why? I love it because of the tropical jungle comics he made.

This is Owl’s.  What is the story about? A boy who pretends/ tries to get bitten by a tropical bug to get a fever for something good to tell at school.  Do you like this book? Yes. Why? I like the Wenghi Benghi comics.  The latest episode of Superboy is “Superboy and the Jungle of Death.”

So they all loved it, and I enjoyed reading the story to them and seeing how they were inspired by it.

I recently took the big boys to a bookshop and they wanted to check if there were any more Oliver Fibbs books yet, so I think that is a good sign.  Steve Hartley, your next book is eagerly awaited here!

We received the book for free in order to write this review.