Meet the Ickles: 20 characters, 20 mind-blowing adventures!
Are you ready for a world where octopuses fight crime, and the universe is wilder than your wildest dreams? Welcome to The Ickles First Bite!, a collection of 20 fast-paced, short stories for kids aged 8-12 who crave non-stop action, mind-bending sci-fi, magical fantasy, and gripping mysteries.
Every story features a brand-new hero with a custom-illustrated chapter header serving as a visual clue.
Meet the Ickles:
- Heroickle: Can one ordinary kid save his school and the planet from a surprise alien space invasion?
- Tentickle: The brilliant, eight-legged octopus detective taking down harborside crime.
- Aeronautickle: A fearless pilot taking to the skies in her trusty red biplane.
- Technickle: Who creates an AI robot who tries to dominate the Earth!
- Plus meet Spherickle, Mathematickle, Zoologickle, Nautickle, Biologickle, Aquanautickle, Pyrotechnickle, and many more! From shark encounters and mermaids to earthquakes, avalanches, and explosive fireworks, there is an Ickle for every adventure.
Why Parents, Teachers, and Librarians Love This Book:
- Brilliant Wordplay & Vocabulary: The clever "-ickle" suffix naming convention is a fantastic tool for teachers and parents to engage kids in linguistics, puns, and root words.
- The Perfect Screen-Time Antidote: Short, self-contained stories offer instant gratification, keeping easily distracted readers engaged from start to finish.
- Built for Reluctant Readers: Thick novels can feel intimidating. These 10-to-15-minute bite-sized stories give kids a massive sense of accomplishment with every chapter they finish.
STEM & Literacy Crossover: Blends creative storytelling with real-world sciences (zoology, biology, aviation, and physics), making it an ideal classroom read-aloud or morning brain break.
Whether you read one story before bed, tackle a chapter during a school break, or devour the whole book in a single weekend, The Ickles First Bite! is the ultimate 15-minute adventure guide.
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About the Author :
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."Built for Reluctant Readers: Thick novels can feel intimidating. These 10-to-15-minute bite-sized stories give kids a massive sense of accomplishment with every chapter they finish.STEM & Literacy Crossover: Blends creative storytelling with real-world sciences (zoology, biology, aviation, and physics), making it an ideal classroom read-aloud or morning brain break. 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."Built for Reluctant Readers: Thick novels can feel intimidating. These 10-to-15-minute bite-sized stories give kids a massive sense of accomplishment with every chapter they finish.STEM & Literacy Crossover: Blends creative storytelling with real-world sciences (zoology, biology, aviation, and physics), making it an ideal classroom read-aloud or morning brain break.
Review :
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
