<p><strong>Looking for a Quick Snack?</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Ickles® 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>You'll meet:</strong></p><ul><li>Heroickle, a 12-year-old video gamer who saves his school and the world from an alien invasion.</li><li>Technickle, who invents an AI robot that goes rogue, threatening to exterminate all non-AI lifeforms.</li><li>Tentickle, an octopus who captures a band of smugglers.</li><li>Spherickle, who outruns an avalanche and survives.</li><li>Unmusickle, who can't carry a tune and becomes an overnight singing sensation!</li><li>Zoologickle and her wonderful world of animals.</li><li>Aquanautickle and an encounter with a shark.</li><li>Biologickle and the hidden world of bugs.</li></ul><p><strong>And many more incredible stories and characters.</strong></p><p><strong>Age 8+ for fans of:</strong></p><ul><li><em>Roald Dahl's stories</em></li><li><em>The Iron Giant</em></li><li><em>The Wild Robot</em></li><li><em>Diary of a Wimpy Kid</em></li><li><em>The Secret Zoo</em></li><li><em>Harry Potter</em></li></ul><p><strong>Also available from the series: </strong></p><ul><li><em>The Ickles® Second Helping</em></li><li><em>The Ickles® They're Everywhere! They're Everywhere!</em></li></ul><p><br></p>