Marty Moose is written and illustrated by the brilliant Claire Powell – we recommend her chapter book series for readers aged 7+ who love funny adventures and even funnier characters.
Marty Moose is not a moose, but a sweet mouse who has the hard job of being his town's PostMouse. Being a PostMouse in Little Ditch is no easy task, and in each book Marty and his (not-so-helpful) sidekick Nibbles Frizzby get lost in a new adventure! We love the funny tone of these stories, the characters and all the fantastic two-colour illustrations throughout, including a detailed map at the very beginning of each book.
For more series like this, check out our top lists of the Best Illustrated Series for 7 and 8 year olds and the Best Animal Stories for 7 and 8 year olds.
All the Marty Moose books in order:
Book 1: First Class Mischief (2025)
Book 2: The Great Stamp-ede (March 2026)
My daughter really enjoyed this book. She’s 8 years old and read with ease. It’s good it has illustrations to help the child picture the story. Daught...
This was always going to be a slightly challenging read for us (WebbyJnr is nearly 5) but we have really enjoyed the Claude books, and this was recomm...
Perfect sequel to the first Marty book. Lovely illustrations and perfect amount of text on the page. Chapters are ideal to be read one per night befor...