Ming and Miaow's Great Race chapter book and activity pack
Ming and Miaow's Great Race chapter book and activity pack
- Includes an exclusive poster and bookmark
- UK shipping from £2.99 (Free on orders over £25)
- Secure payments
- Recyclable packaging
An action-packed animal adventure for newly independent readers aged 5+
Young readers will be thrilled by Ming and Miaow's Great Race by Eric Huang. Plus they'll have fun with the accompanying activity pack which we created for Parrot Street Book Club subscribers in January 2025.
“We're delighted to have shared Ming and Miaow's Great Race with our Parakeet subscribers. It's a fun and thrilling adventure inspired by the animals of the lunar zodiac, highly illustrated throughout and the first in a new series that is perfect for newly independent readers.”
~Emily
All Miaow wants is to enjoy his peaceful, solitary life as a temple guardian catching mice. But when the Jade Emperor invites all creatures on Earth to compete in a Great Race, the reserved cat finds himself reluctantly entering - and worse, socialising!
Spirited and fiery, shapeshifter Ming is Miaow's polar opposite, and she's determined to make him her new best friend. But she hadn't counted on Miaow making other friends too. As the race heats up, things start to unravel . . . Can the pair (and their friendship) make it to the finish line?
Eric Huang has always been fascinated by legends and lore. As a boy, he was determined to find real-life dragons, so he studied palaeontology at university. Eric lives in London with his boyfriend Brian and cat McNulty. He's a podcaster, writer, and lecturer at City University of London's Masters in Publishing programme.
The activity pack includes book club-style questions to ponder, facts about Chinese New Year, and a delicious recipe for Chinese dumplings, alongside stickers, jokes and further reading recommendations. Solve our lunar zodiac word swirl, decorate a butterfly and create a Chinese lantern!
Activity packs are a handy A5 size and printed on uncoated paper which is fully recyclable.
We dispatch orders Monday - Friday.
- Standard UK Royal Mail delivery £2.99 (free on orders over £25)
- UK Express delivery also available from £5.50
- International shipping available to select destinations (calculated at checkout according to weight)
Our packs are wrapped in a simple paper sleeve and sent out in a cardboard book wrap – we would be so grateful if you could recycle both.
We don't include any paperwork in our parcels so you can send our book gifts directly to the recipient with confidence.
We'll happily add a handwritten note to your order. Simply leave your message in the box on the cart page.
This pack is also available as part of a gift set:
You may also like to browse our greeting cards & gift wrap
We are a monthly book subscription by post for children aged 5 to 14, focused on helping families discover new and different chapter books.
This title was sent to subscribers in the Parakeet reading group, aged roughly 5 to 8, who are emerging or newly independent readers. Many in this group prefer to listen to the books being read aloud by an adult.
