Foxy Tales: The Cunning Plan: Book 1

Description

Foxy DuBois is on a mission to get rich quick. Only one thing stands in her way - Alphonso the Alligator! Can Foxy's hair-brained schemes make enough money to keep Alphonso fed? Or will Foxy DuBois find herself on the menu? An hilarious new series for young readers from an award-winning author-illustrator team. Alex's first fiction series - Claude - was selected for the Richard and Judy Children's Book Club and the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize, and he is the World Book Day Illustrator 2014. Caryl has been shortlisted for the Red House Award and won many awards, including the Stockport Award.

Caryl Hart is an award-winning and bestselling children's author based in Derbyshire. She writes picture books and young fiction and loves walking her dog, sitting in cafes and snuggling. Caryl runs creative literacy workshops for schools and libraries. Alex graduated from Coventry University with a degree in Illustration and won second place in the Macmillan Prize for Children's Illustration. Alex's first picture book won the Coventry Inspiration Award, and was longlisted for the Greenaway Medal in 2009. Alex was also shortlisted for The Best Emerging Illustrator Award by Booktrust in 2008. He is currently shortlisted for the Association of Illustrators Award and is the World Book Day illustrator for 2014.

Wildly illustrated on every page by Alex T Smith. Early reading... made highly enjoyable. - Independent on Sunday The illustrations are wonderful... full of comic touches and lots of detail... great fun. - Bookbag Playful... anarchic... wicked sense of humour... great fun. - Teach Primary Alex's fantastic illustrations bring this great caper to life, a brilliant new series for newly confident readers. - The Guardian A really rollickingly good start to a new book series that's absolutely bound to become a huge hit. Foxy and Alphonse, destined for greatness! - readitdaddy Packed full of wacky situations, slapstick humour, outrageous plans and ludicrous behaviour from baddies you love to hate, The Cunning Plan will keep young readers entertained till the very last page - librarymice The author is a comparative newcomer to picture books; on this evidence, he should go far. - The Independent on Sunday Chaos prevails in this very funny story... perfect for those beginning to gain confidence in their reading. - Primary Times