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So, evidently it gets a thumbs up from at least one girl in the target audience, which would seem to be newly confident readers. I wouldn't like to read it aloud - those capitals and odd fonts would jar - even though the story itself appealed to me. However the book is entirely appropriate for even quite young children who can read for themselves, while having sufficient action and excitement to appeal to children up to, perhaps, nine or ten. Although it has over 200 pages, there aren't many words to a page so it's not a long book.

A child who enjoys this book would probably like the classic Mrs Pepperpot series by Alf Proysen, mentioned above. Most of the books by [[:Category:Dick King-Smith|Dick King-Smith]] could also appeal, or perhaps [[Someday Angeline by Louis Sachar]]