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The second in a series of young fiction by Jenny Valentine, winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for her debut novel, Finding Violet Park. More funny and endearing family stories featuring the irrepressible 5-year-old IGGY as seen through the eyes of her big sister Flo, the ME of the title. Whether learning to swim, or playing at home, going on a day trip or baking birthday cakes, Iggy and Flo add sparkle to everyday activities. Each chapter...

More adventures of the irrepressible Iggy as told by her sister Flo, by Jenny Valentine, winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for her debut novel, Finding Violet Park. At home, all Iggy could think and talk about was babies. "Pleeease have one more," she said. "Just one." Iggy is OBSESSED with babies and wants more than anything in the world to have a new baby brother or baby sister to play with. But mum is far too tired to have another...

Why would anyone want to ditch their friends? Iggy is an introverted inkapus and while he loves his new friends, sometimes he just needs a little break-something they don't seem to understand. The more Iggy tries to be alone, the more they chase him. It's all fun and games-until Iggy nearly loses his ink. The quintessential Iggy book, this fun and sometimes ironic story surfaces some of the main communication differences between introverts...

Little Iggy Iguanadon does not like to take a bath, but finds a way to make it fun (even if he does not get very clean), or go to bed, especially after his older brother tells him a scary story about "people."

Iggy Iguanodon is disappointed that his brother will not let him tag along to the swimming hole, but when Murka Triceratops comes over they find a game they are both good at, and have a fun afternoon; than at dinner Iggy refuses to eat his ferns, until his grandfather brings him a pile of flowers and Iggy agrees to try ferns (yucky), and the two of them eat the flowers together.

"When Iggy needs to make a bit of money, he conjures up a scheme to help kids con the Tooth Fairy for profit"--