Mr. Penguin and the lost treasure
Smith, Alex T.2018
Book
Total copies: 5
From the bestselling creator of beloved character Claude comes new hero Mr Penguin, who doesn't let his status as a penguin prevent him from adventure. Mr Penguin and Colin (the silent arachnid sidekick) must find a missing treasure in the Museum of Extraordinary Objects. Descrived in }The Scotsman{ as 'the perfect introduction to mystery stories'. From the international bestselling creator of Claude, comes a brand new hero - Mr Penguin, adventurer and penguin.Indiana Jones meets Hercule Poirot in this new Alex T. Smith series with plenty of slapstick humour, mystery and adventure. Highly illustrated throughout with a striking black and orange design.It has been weeks since Mr Penguin's last adventure and he's been stuck at his desk, twiddling his flippers ever since. That is until the phone rings!Mr Penguin and Colin (a spider and Mr Penguin's silent right hand man) are called in to find the missing treasure somewhere in the Museum of Extraordinary Objects. The quest finds them solving secret codes, fighting ferocious beasts, eating fish finger sandwiches and travelling deep below the museum to a lost jungle...Praise for Alex T. Smith's Claude series:'Illustrated with humour and elegance.' Sunday Times'Quirky illustrations with plenty of humour.' The MetroClaude won the 5-9 young fiction Sainsbury's Children's Book Award, was selected for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize, the Richard and Judy Book Club and is soon to be a TV star on Disney Junior with 52 episodes airing in 2017. Alex T. Smith is a World Book Day Illustrator. Follow Alex at http://alextsmith.blogspot.co.uk and https://twitter.com/Alex_T_Smith
Main title:
Mr. Penguin and the lost treasure / Alex T. Smith.
Author:
Smith, Alex T., author
Imprint:
London : Hodder Children's Books, 2018.
Collation:
203 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hodder, 2017.
ISBN:
9781444932072 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
Children's storiesFiction 5+General StoriesChildren's / Teenage fiction & true storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Animal storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Humorous storiesFor National Curriculum Key Stage 1Interest age: from c 6 yearsChildren's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure storiesChildren's / Teenage general interest: Birds
BRN:
327714