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20 Characters. 20 Wild Adventures. Infinite Punny Fun!
Looking for a book that will actually make your 8-to-12-year-old put down their screen and read?
Welcome to The Ickles Second Helping!—a high-energy collection of short, action-packed stories packed with mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, and laugh-out-loud wordplay!
Whether it's an Arctic dog-sled race, a high-stakes paintball battle, or a talking houseplant with way too many opinions, there is a brand-new adventure waiting on every single page.
What’s Inside This “Second Helping”?
Each story stars a completely unique main character with a cleverly punny name ending in "-ickle". Readers will swing through space, solve mysteries, and embark on grand rescues alongside:

• Artickle and the Great Art Caper (An accidental art celebrity!)
• Botanickle and the Talking Houseplant (When house plants start back-talking...)
• Athletickle and the Riverside Rescue Mission (Action-packed heroism!)
• Strategickle and the Great Paintball Splattering (The ultimate team battle!)
• Astronomickle & Astronautickle (Space exploration and zero-gravity experiments!)
• Comickle, the Saddest Clown on Earth (A heartwarming journey about finding joy)
• Ornithologickle and the Flight of the Roc (A legendary fantasy adventure!)
• Follickle and the Fairytale Hairstyle (Hair-raising fantasy fun!)
• ...plus 12 more incredible tales featuring Tropickle, Electrickle, Chronickle, Barnickle, and more!

Why Parents, Teachers & Librarians Love It:
"The perfect bridge for reluctant readers!"

• Bite-Sized & Fast-Paced: Short story formats build reading confidence and keep kids engaged without feeling overwhelmed. Great for bedtime, independent reading, or classroom read-alouds.
• Rich Vocabulary & Wordplay: The clever character names naturally teach kids about suffixes, root words, and punny literary humor!
• Wholesome & Inspiring Themes: Teaches teamwork, problem-solving, empathy, resilience, and curiosity through lighthearted, age-appropriate storytelling.
• Diverse Genres: From sci-fi and historical seafaring to fantasy and modern-day mystery, there's a genre to spark every child's imagination.

Perfect For:

• Kids ages 8–12 (Grades 3–7)
• Reluctant readers who prefer fast, standalone stories
• Fans of Sideways Stories from Wayside School, The Hero Next Door, or classic adventure anthologies
• Road trips, summer reading lists, and classroom libraries

Give young readers a book they won't want to put down! Grab your copy of The Ickles Second Helping! today and dive into 20 unforgettable adventures!

A.J. Eccles is the author of The Ickles Second Helping, a collection of short stories about a group of unique individuals with names that perfectly describe their personality, occupation or behavior. Their adventures are fanciful tales about ordinary individuals who do extraordinary things. They live in the real world, but their journeys often take them to far-off places, or fantasy lands where they live out their dreams.A.J. Eccles first turned his hand to writing fictional stories after a career as a video producer, writer and senior global marketing executive.He loves writing for strong characters and developing unusual stories with unexpected plot twists. The stories range from comedy to adventure to sci-fi drama. The Ickles® gives the author the opportunity to develop storylines based on the roles and personalities suggested by the names of each character. A.J. lives on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.When he's not writing you can usually find him playing music, walking his two dogs on the beach, doodling cartoon characters, watching sci-fi or researching all manner of interesting topics online.