Children's Book review

Eliot Jones Midnight Superhero

By Anne Cottringer

Published by Scholastic

Meet Eliot Jones, by day quiet, unassuming bookworm and by night, Superhero. No mission is beyond him, whether capturing escaping lions, or returning teddies to babies. But the gigantic meteor hurtling earthwards REALLY is serious.

Luckily Eliot's Meteor-Busting- Rocket- Launcher can help. Unluckily it's hidden in the mountains of Tibet. One death-defying jet flight later, and KAPOW! - Eliot saves the world!

But being a Superhero's exhausting – which explains why, by day, Eliot is very quiet!

This laugh-out-loud picture book is a delight. With their wild humour and imaginative energy the illustrations use an eclectic mix of styles, layouts and visual jokes.

Diminutive, be-spectacled Eliot will reassure the shyest child that deep down there's a superhero within. 

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Illustrator: Alex T Smith

Reading age: 5+
Interest level: 3+