Imprint
- Hodder Children's Books
- Hodder Children's Books
Foxy Tales, For National Curriculum Key Stage 1, Interest age: from c 5 years, Fiction, Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Humour & jokes (Children's / Teenage)
The third crazy story in the series bursting with ridiculous scrapes and slapstick humour from two of the hottest talents around.
Foxy DuBois and Alphonso the Alligator find themselves in a very tight place. Can they escape? Or will it be a life behind bars for these two hapless rogues?
This is the third title in an hilarious 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 has been optioned for TV by Sixteen South. Alex is the World Book Day Illustrator 2014. Follow him at http://alextsmith.blogspot.co.uk and http://twitter.com/Alex_T_Smith
Caryl has been shortlisted for the Red House Award and won many awards including the Stockport Award. Follow her at www.carylhart.com and http:/twitter.com/carylhart1
'Wildly illustrated on every page by Alex T. Smith. Early reading made highly enjoyable.' Independent on Sunday
Praise for Foxy Tales: The Great Jail Break: Book 3
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Comedy geniuses Smith and Hart collaborate for a crazy new series... aimed at developing readers. - Children's Bookseller
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Foxy Tales are smart books for upercucumbercool kids, packed with delightfulness, devious critters and a belly-aching laugh on every page. NOT TO BE MISSED. - Booksniffer
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A laugh on every page. - Manchester Evening News
Caryl Hart
Caryl Hart (Author)
Caryl Hart is the author of many bestselling books for children, including the hugely successful How to Grow A Dinosaur and The Princess and the Peas. She is the winner of the Stockport Children's Book Award, the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the Lancashire Share a Story Award. Caryl lives on the top of a windy hill in the Peak District with her guitar-playing husband, two cheeky daughters, one extremely fluffy black cat, a goldfish, four hens and an invisible dog called Paddy.
Follow Caryl at carylhart.com and @carylhart1
Nick East (Illustrator)
Nick East is the illustrator of the bestselling Toto the Ninja Cat as well as the Goodnight Digger and Knock Knock series. He has been working as a museum designer for the past 16 years but has always been a storyteller, whether as a child, filling sketchbooks with quirky characters, or as a designer displaying a collection of ancient artefacts. Nick lives near York with his wife and two children and, when he isn't drawing, he is out riding bikes and spending time with his family.
Find Nick at nickeastillustration.com
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