Paul himself went on to further success presenting his chat shows on Channel 4 and ITV, For the Love of Dogs and Animal Orphans on ITV, and his weekly show on BBC Radio 2.

Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang - LoveReading4Kids Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang - LoveReading4Kids

His four volumes of autobiography – At My Mother’s Knee, The Devil Rides Out, Still Standing and Open the Cage, Murphy – are all Sunday Times bestsellers.Unbeknownst to anyone, Eddie Albert can speak to animals – including his pet dog Butch, his hamster and his two pet goldfish (who claim they were once pirates). All of the bits with him talking to the animals are funny and I think it would be cool to be able to have a chat with animals.

Book Review: Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang Kid’s Book Review: Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang

Whichever you choose, we hope you enjoy being part of your unique reading community – happy reading everyone! I’d leave the house in the summer holidays at 8:30am and I’d come home at 5pm looking absolutely filthy! But when Eddie is sent to stay with his eccentric aunt in Amsterdam, he discovers that she too has this gift. So, begins a breathless cosmopolitan comic crime adventure from Paul O’Grady, published by Harper Collins.Paul O’Grady is best known for his character Lily Savage( now retired) Paul presents chat shows on Channel 4 and ITV, For the Love of Dogs and Animal Orphans on ITV, and his weekly show on BBC Radio 2. Will their race against time pay off as they try to stop evil villainess Vera Van Loon from doing something truly awful to an orangutan?

‎Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang: The Amsterdam

O’Grady has hosted Blind Date and Blankety Blank and these days is most recognised as the presenter of ITV’s For The Love Of Dogs, and for his new prime-time celeb game show, Paul O’Grady’s Saturday Night Line Up. The adventures that follow are funny, lively and feature a fabulous cast of characters including one of the best villainesses since Cruella de Vil.Eddie, Aunt Budge, his new friend Flo and a whole gang of amazing animals take on the most-dastardly villain Amsterdam has ever seen, in a desperate race against time to save one of their own. Raised by his dad since his mum died, Eddie works hard and is fiercely loyal to his dad and his friends – human and animal! There is a villain in the book who Eddie and his Aunt have to defeat and it's great that there are plenty of laughs as well as a brilliant storyline.