Snakes and Ladders

Written by Michael Morpurgo

Narrated by Cassandra Harwood

At school she’s called “wimpy Wendy” – but Wendy isn’t afraid of Slinky, Grandpa’s snake.

At school she’s called “wimpy Wendy” – but Wendy isn’t afraid of Slinky, Grandpa’s snake. When she takes Slinky to school and her he wriggles out of her school bag, Wendy will brave anything to rescue him.

“SOME PEOPLE HAVE goldfish or tortoises or hamsters. Wendy’s Grandpa had a snake, a king snake called Slinky. He was black and gold with little beady eyes and an ever-flicking forked tongue.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Dec 9, 2010
• ISBN: 9780007371020

Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children, with sales of over 35 million copies. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children’s Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

Reviews for Snakes and Ladders

[Meghan · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I have mixed feelings about this audiobook. To be quite honest, it was rather boring. I thought the set up of multiple chapters was weird considering that the book is actually only one chapter long. The part with the father happening to save the day and happening to have a wife who left him is just too coincidental. There is no way that that would be realistic. The girl should have been punished for lying as well. The narration was alright. I like the overall themes presented in the story. In the end, not the worst but definitely not the best.