Turning the Pied Piper story on its head, and then flipping it around again so that it’s right-side up but utterly disoriented, The Amazing Maurice asks plenty of its young audience. As a former kid with a lot of affection for the animated movies that used to freak me out, that’s a compliment. This isn’t pristine, groundbreaking, photoreal CG, but cartoonishness that suits its oddballs-and might even give a kid a stray nightmare or two. Stuffed with motormouths and throwaway gags, the chunky animation can be a little off-putting, but its momentary ugliness feeds into its delightfully dark villains, its underdog heroes and the strange story tying them all together. Match the pairs and meet the cast of the film based on Terry Pratchett's first Discworld novel for kids! Follow the scheming Maurice and his band of rat-scammers to the town of Bad Blintz to meet fairytale-mad Malicia and some truly bad eggs! Get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding this town and learn about all the characters in this exciting matching game with an accompanying booklet.Adapting Terry Pratchett’s Carnegie-winning Discworld book, The Amazing Maurice is a successfully wry, odd, utterly British spin on the Shrek-like self-aware fairy tale. STURDY & ATTRACTIVE BOX perfect for gifting and storage. SCREEN-FREE FUN from one of the world's leading publishers of books and gifts on the creative arts. THE PERFECT GIFT for Terry Pratchett fans! INCLUDES A BOOKLET identifying all the characters and telling their tales. ![]() GET TO KNOW BELOVED CHARACTERS from Terry Pratchett's first Discworld novel for kids! Meet everyone from heroes like Keith, Malicia and Dangerous Beans, to villains like Boss Man and rat catchers Billy and Ron. The perfect challenge for Terry Pratchett fans - or anyone who loves a good card game. ![]() PUT YOUR MEMORY SKILLS TO THE TEST to match 20 character pairs from the world of The Amazing Maurice film.
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