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Dex and the Grumpy Air Conditioner
Paperback
Series: Critter Mechanical
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 23 2026
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.08 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Meet Dex. Dex is a raccoon - and Dex fixes the air.
When the Pig family's house gets too hot, they call Dex.
But the big metal box in the back garden is rattling, steaming, and very grumpy indeed.
Dex is not scared. He kneels down low, and asks the question that changes everything: Where does it hurt?
Inside this book
- Fourteen full-page pictures on big square pages
- Sound words to read aloud - RATTLE, CLANK, GRRRRRR... and then a happy hummmmmm
- Real tools and a real job, drawn clearly enough that a small child can point at them and name them
- A story about helping, not winning. Nobody is a villain here - something is simply unwell, and somebody turns up to help
Children follow the machine's mood by the noise it makes long before they understand a word about how it works. By the second reading they will be making the sounds with you.
A warm introduction to the trades and the people who keep a home running. For ages 3 to 6, and for anyone who has ever waited on a hot day for someone to come and fix it.
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