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Elastic Island Adventures!
This is the official website for the Elastic Island Adventures books by Karen McMillan. Find out about all the books, author Karen, watch the videos, listen to Suzy Cato read from Rainbow Cove, find out about upcoming events and do some fun activities!
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Elastic Island Adventures
Plantation Island Resort
Publishing 17 February 2025
Kiri, Jed and twins Emma and Ethan frequently journey on ‘elastic island’, a unique way to travel that sends them pinging across the ocean to various South Pacific destinations. This time, they travel with Blong the Cat and Heathcliff the Dog to beautiful Fiji.
When they arrive at Plantation Island Resort, they are surprised to discover Lepani, a small hermit crab, hiding in their room. He has run away from home, is terrified of plastic and doesn’t want to be a crab anymore. The children are determined to reunite him with his family, but it seems they will first have to allow him to enjoy the ‘day life’ with them. But they soon discover that he is accident-prone, and their biggest challenge will be keeping him alive!
Tell us who your favourite character is from the series, and why, and you could win some books! MORE INFO HERE!
Blong the Cat's Costume Caper
Blong goes shopping to buy a special outfit to wear to a wedding, but not everyone likes his choices. A story of costumes, numbers and dancing, all wrapped up in a bow of kindness.
Karen and her husband adopted their real-life cat, Blong, from Vanuatu and took him to live with them in Auckland. Just like the fictional cat, Blong loves cuddles and music.
Reviews/Awards
'A fast-paced, original story aimed at readers eight to 12.' North & South Magazine
'From Karen McMillan comes Port Mugaloo, the second in her Elastic Island Adventure series aimed at kids aged 8-12. Her stories about four children going off on holiday on their own and having adventures are reminiscent of the Famous Five but these are more fantastical and told with a quirky sense of humour.' Grownups.co.nz
NZ Herald pick as one of the best children's book series!
The Quokka Logic and Baking Book was the prestigious third place winner in the Baking Books Category in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2023.
