Simple text is easy for children to follow and gives plenty of information to stimulate further discussion. The bright uncluttered pictures show exactly what is happening.

Stanley and his fellow rodents are adorable...Little listeners are sure to come back to Stanley over and over, as he explores jobs and uses equipment sure to pique their interest.

Every now and then a writer comes along with a unique way of storytelling . . . Meet Megan Rix . . . her novels are deeply moving and will strike a chord with animal lovers

Few books are laugh-out-loud funny; fewer still are the children's books that have you stifling titters on the train . . . Uncle is a brilliantly sustained exercise in nonsense, played with the straightest of faces

You ask any class "Who's heard of Alice in Wonderland" and up goes a forest of hands. Uncle is on the same level and should be more widely read and enjoyed

Would make a great gift for literary eccentrics of any age

I think Uncle stuck with me because of its combination of excess, gadgetry and eccentricity - all of which are modes of being I have attempted to emulate in my adult life. I blame J.P. Martin

If there was ever a children's series generating fanatical, "cult" adoration, this is it. And deservedly so

[This] beautifully illustrated picture book contains a moving message about love, loss and learning to accept change

Selected in Time Out's 100 best children's books