Fur Power (Guinea Wigs #1) by Rebecca McRitchie, illustrated by Shiloh Gordon

Title: Fur Power (Guinea Wigs #1)

Author: Rebecca McRitchie, illustrated by Shiloh Gordon

Genre: Humour

Publisher: HarperCollins Australia

Published: 31^st March 2026

Format: Paperback

Pages: 144

Price: $16.99

Synopsis: A gaggle of guinea pigs discover their silly new wigs have transformed them into the newest superheroes on the block … and now it is the Guinea Wigs to the rescue!

What happens when five guinea pigs find a box of weird wigs?

Best friends Jet, Minnie, Meatball, Bud and Tofu become the GUINEA WIGS – guinea pigs but with SUPERPOWERS!

And it’s just in time, too, because somebody in town is kidnapping all the chickens.

Can the GUINEA WIGS work out how to use their new powers AND find the chickens before it’s too late?

Or will the superheroes have to wig it – I mean – wing it …?

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Guinea pigs are big in children’s books right now. They seem to be everywhere in children’s books, and Guinea Wigs is the latest series on the shelves.

Meet Jet, Minnie, Meatball, Bud and Tofu. They’re looking for the one thing that will give them everything they want. Fame, money, talent – anything, really. When they hear about free croissants, they race to a place called Project X.

But when this plan to find food, fame and money fails, they rush to the back of the building to investigate. And that’s where they find the box of magic wigs. Wigs that give them superpowers. Not always the ones that people expect, but superpowers that alter their lives.

So they become G-Force. When they’re called upon the local chook, Betty, to help them find her friends, things really kick off!

Guinea Wigs is a fun book about finding something random that leads to uncovering what you can really do. In this case, a set of wigs is what gives the characters the skills they need to help people.

The first book introduces the characters in a fun way, and is a great junior fiction novel that bridges early reader and upper level junior fiction and middle grade books. It balances the text and images well so that they’re starting to take up equal space to ease readers into books that are less likely to have illustrations.

For some readers, it will be an easy read, a circuit breaker, or something where they can take a break from heavier reading or things in their lives. For other readers, it will be a great step towards independent reading, and is also something that can help encourage reading.

 It’s a great book to explore this kind of thing at home or in a class setting because it feels like there are no demands on the reader. It’s pure fun and enjoyment with a plot and set of characters that younger readers will enjoy.

This was a fun book, and looks like it will be a fun series.