Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are favourites of my 8 year old and I. We realised that we’d not shared it with the 4 year old, so we’ve dug them out of the shelves. These books are a lot of fun, and all three of us enjoyed the book.

Genre: rhyming humour

Author and Illustrator: Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton

Publisher: Nosy Cow

What’s the book about? Our heroes Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam once again save their town from a dastardly criminal

Which Hatcher Reading level is this book? 19

Phonics info: my recommendation is that students follow a good quality phonic-based decodeable reading scheme, to phase 5, before tackling this book independently. This is an excellent book for reading aloud, so this could be tackled sooner with the support of a mature reader.

Interest level: 4+ , but it is a book that can be enjoyed by a range of age groups

Is this book part of a series? Yes: Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam, The Missing Masterpiece, Santa’s Stolen Sleigh, The Cat Burglar, Jingle Bells, Pirates Ahoy!, Up Up and Away!, The Spooky School, The Aliens Are Coming (affiliated links)

If you’d like to get a copy of the book, it’s here (affiliated link)

If you enjoyed this, try: [firstly take a look at the other books in this level, and if you didn’t struggle to read this book, take a look at the books in the next level]