Product Description

Timmy Twinkle is chubby. That means he gets bullied at school and hasn't any friends. He longs to play football, but he's hopeless at games. He's miserable. And it doesn't help when Gramps tells him about Great-Uncle Vernon, a chubby boy who grew up to be a famous footballer. Then his gran's friend May comes to stay. May is a fitness fanatic who knocks Timmy and Gramps into shape in no time, and Timmy discovers there's magic in his toes - he can kick a ball just like Great-Uncle Vernon. And when Timmy performs on the football field, everyone wants to be friends with him.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12749 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-01
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Audio CD

Angela MacPherson, PUBLISHING NEWS
'Great reading of this rather poignent story.'

Review
'Great reading of this rather poignant story.' (Angela MacPherson PUBLISHING NEWS )

About the Author
Sally Gardner trained at art college and went on to work in the theatre, winning awards for her costume designs for some notable productions. After her twin daughters and her son were born she started to illustrate children's books, and then turned to writing. She lives in North London. Andrew Sachs has performed widely in stage, film and television. Television work includes Manuel in FAWLTY TOWERS Einstein in HORIZON SPECIAL: EINSTEIN, Peter Pryce in JACK OF HEARTS, and Joseph in SILENT WITNESS. He also does commentating, radio work (winner of the SONY RADIO AWARD 1989 BEST ACTOR) and numerous voice-overs and audiobooks (PERFORMER OF THE YEAR, SPOKEN WORD AWARD 1999).

Customer Reviews

wonderfully inspiring football story
My boys ages 6 and 7 really love this CD. They play it again and again....and again! It is an inspiring story covering topics such as bullying, low self-esteem and courage within an engaging football tale. It is very well read and would be totally absorbing for any football-mad child.

It's Lightning!
The author of this book is Sally Gardner. Timmy Twinkle is a large boy who gets bullied at school because he is large. He desperately wants to play football but he is hopeless at it. His grandma died and one of her friends was called Mad May, she is a fitness fanatic she also comes to stay. Mad May made him do lots of fitness exercises every day. Then he became thin and got lots of friends. One day Timmy finds out he has magic feet and he is a football expert.
My favourite part of the story is where Timmy gets thin and sad to happy. I also liked the part where he gets lots of friends.
The language was good because all the characters names were described using alliteration. I also liked it all because it made me laugh.
The characters were funny. Mad May was quite thin and always wearing a tracksuit. Timmy Twinkle was chubby and wore plain clothes. Grandpa had a bold patch and wore an apron.
Overall I really liked this book I would give it 20 out of 20.
Issy

Football classic
I bought some copies of these to try and motivate a group of my Sp Needs' boys to read a novel. It worked- they were hooked - we read a chapter each day in school, they even read it one wet lunch time! It is a very touching book and has many underlying issues - but you could just read it as a lovely story. My boys were so hooked that I have ordered more from Sally Gardner to keep the interest up.