Follow the wildly imaginative adventures of Esme as she leaves behind her circus home for the first time to spend the summer with her cousins Magnus, Cosmo and Gus at Maclinkey Castle where it's easy to get lost and where you can discover all sorts of weird and wonderful animals in unlikely places - there are porcupines in beds, lizards in drawers and giraffes on the loo. It's all a little wonderful and a lot overwhelming and when her pet donkey, Donk, turns up in a parcel sent from her parents, the fun really begins.When hundreds of baby penguins hatch in Esme's top floor bedroom, the children have to figure out how to get them outside. Esme and her cousin have the ingenious idea of building a helter skelter around the castle turret, but this is just the start - soon Maclinkey Castle is turned into a full-on Fairground Circus with a big wheel, Bumper Bears, and the show stopping Flying Tigers starring Esme herself!

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Amazing Esme .

This book has been graded for interest at 6-8 years.

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published in 2013 by Hachette Children's Group .

Ellie Wharton's career in children's books began in the rights department of a small London-based publisher, taking her to book fairs all over the world. Ellie went on to work at Egmont, publishing children's authors including Michael Morpurgo and Giles Andreae. She is the author of many children's books including Michael Recycle, following the trials and tribulations of a green superhero, which has sold over 200, 000 copies worldwide. Dylan's Amazing Dinosaur series is one of many bestselling series and books created with writing partner Tamara Macfarlane.