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Looking for a Quick Snack? The Ickles(R) are proud to dish up 20 mind-tingling short stories to delight readers whose appetite includes fun, fantasy, adventure, and sci-fi themes- you certainly won't go hungry. If you like aliens, AI robots, sharks, octopus, and mermaid stories, plus animals, bugs, boats and planes you'll love these Ickle stories. Each page-turning tale transports you to a whimsical world of pure imagination. You'll meet: Heroickle, a 12-year-old video gamer who saves his school and the world from an alien invasion. Technickle, who invents an AI robot that goes rogue, threatening to exterminate all non-AI lifeforms. Tentickle, an octopus who captures a band of smugglers. Spherickle, who outruns an avalanche and survives. Unmusickle, who can't carry a tune and becomes an overnight singing sensation! Zoologickle and her wonderful world of animals. Aquanautickle and an encounter with a shark. Biologickle and the hidden world of bugs. And many more incredible stories and characters. Age 8+ for fans of: Roald Dahl's stories The Iron Giant The Wild Robot Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Secret Zoo Harry Potter Also available from the series: The Ickles(R) Second Helping The Ickles(R) They're Everywhere! They're Everywhere!

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"The Ickles! What a fun read! ""I love how the stories have a lot of outrageousness based on a possible reality that will really draw young readers in. Each story has a wide vocabulary to excite and challenge more advanced readers, while still explaining things enough to make sure the younger readers understand (and learn). And each story broaches positive human aspects like perseverance, pride, achievement, and overcoming adversity while not making it seem like a moral to the story. Each Ickle has been written so descriptively that I can see their adventures in my mind as I read. I loved reading all about the Ickles and their adventures, cheering them all on."" Karen Myers Central Coast, NSW, Australia This book shows us just how unique and amazing each of us are! ""Well, what can I say, it was a crazy and fun ride reading about the stories, adventures & worlds of these eclectic and quirky range of characters that make up the Ickles family! What stood out the most about these characters, much like the people I have the joy of coaching, is their passion for what they are interested in and the dedication they have to the strengths that they innately know that they have - sometimes it may just take a major life event to remind them of that inner courage to stand into their power so that they can connect with it again, and sometimes it's an opportunity to become more than they ever thought possible before."" Deearn Moore Coach and Speaker Living Above the Line"

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"A.J. Eccles first turned his hand to writing fictional stories after a career as a video producer, writer and senior global marketing executive.He loves writing for strong characters and developing unusual stories with unexpected plot twists. Stories range from comedy to adventure to sci-fi drama. The result is pure entertainment.The Ickles gives the author the opportunity to develop story lines based on the roles and personalities suggested by the names of each character.""Each name suggests the plot. Then I build up fantasy worlds, stories and adventures that allow the characters to explore them."" A.J. Eccles first turned his hand to writing fictional stories after a career as a video producer, writer and senior global marketing executive.He loves writing for strong characters and developing unusual stories with unexpected plot twists. Stories range from comedy to adventure to sci-fi drama. The result is pure entertainment.The Ickles gives the author the opportunity to develop story lines based on the roles and personalities suggested by the names of each character.""Each name suggests the plot. Then I build up fantasy worlds, stories and adventures that allow the characters to explore them."""

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