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- Hodder Children's Books
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Foxy Tales, For National Curriculum Early Years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 1, Interest age: from c 5 years, Prose: non-fiction, Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage)
From two of the hottest talents around comes a crazy new series bursting with ridiculous scrapes and slapstick humour.
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.
Praise for Foxy Tales: The Cunning Plan: Book 1
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Wildly illustrated on every page by Alex T Smith. Early reading... made highly enjoyable. - Independent on Sunday
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The illustrations are wonderful... full of comic touches and lots of detail... great fun. - Bookbag
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Playful... anarchic... wicked sense of humour... great fun. - Teach Primary
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Alex's fantastic illustrations bring this great caper to life, a brilliant new series for newly confident readers. - The Guardian
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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
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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
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The author is a comparative newcomer to picture books; on this evidence, he should go far. - The Independent on Sunday
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Chaos prevails in this very funny story... perfect for those beginning to gain confidence in their reading. - Primary Times
Caryl Hart
Caryl Hart is an award-winning children's author who writes picture books and young fiction. She runs creative literacy workshops for schools, libraries, communities and festivals. The Girl who Planted Trees won Teach Early Years' Best Picture Book Award, 2022 and was chosen as one of the best books of 2022 by the U.K Children's Laureate, Joseph Coelho.
Meet the Oceans was one of Waterstones' Best Books for Babies and Toddlers and Books for Topics' Best EYFS Curriculum Support in 2021, and Girls Can Do Anything was shortlisted for the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award in 2019.
Her best-selling Princess series has sold over a quarter of a million copies, and her books are published in numerous languages all over the world.
Caryl lives in Sheffield with her family and loves walking in the hills, cycling and wild swimming.
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