Get going with our Flo.

Iggy and me by Jenny Valentine, pounds 4.99pb (HarperCollins) IGGY and me is Jenny Valentine;s first book for younger readers.

Aimed at the six-pluses it is a collection of stories about how it feels to have, and be, a sister.

Inspired by some of the characters in her teen novels - Jed in Finding Violet Park, Stroma in broken Soup and Bohemia in The Ant Colony - Jenny wanted to write for a stories for smaller children but with characters with the same qualities: a quirky take on things; a pure and optimistic spirit and a great sense of humour.

Here, she introduces two fun and loveable girls, Flo and Iggy.

Flo is eight, a little quiet and quite wise. Iggy is five, noisy and opinionated and eccentric.

They, and their mum and dad, get on like a house on fire and the story follows the shenanigans of the irrepressible Iggy through the eyes of her big sister, Flo.

Funny and endearing, each chapter is a complete story in its own right, perfect for newly confident readers to enjoy alone, or for reading aloud at bedtime.

Humorously illustrated, too, it is a joy.

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By Janet Tansley.