Looking for a Quick Snack? The Ickles® are proud to dish up 20 mind-tingling short stories to delight readers whose appetite includes fun, fantasy, adventure, and sci-fi themes- you certainly won't go hungry. If you like aliens, AI robots, sharks, octopus, and mermaid stories, plus animals, bugs, boats and planes you'll love these Ickle stories. Each page-turning tale transports you to a whimsical world of pure imagination. You'll meet: Heroickle, a 12-year-old video gamer who saves his school and the world from an alien invasion. Technickle, who invents an AI robot that goes rogue, threatening to exterminate all non-AI lifeforms. Tentickle, an octopus who captures a band of smugglers. Spherickle, who outruns an avalanche and survives. Unmusickle, who can't carry a tune and becomes an overnight singing sensation! Zoologickle and her wonderful world of animals. Aquanautickle and an encounter with a shark. Biologickle and the hidden world of bugs. And many more incredible stories and characters. Age 8+ for fans of: Roald Dahl's stories The Iron Giant The Wild Robot Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Secret Zoo Harry Potter Also available from the series: The Ickles® Second Helping The Ickles® They're Everywhere! They're Everywhere!