Review
Top contemporary authors make up this lively and stylish new series with strong child appeal." Junior Education"
Product Description
A new title in the extremely popular Starters series for beginner readers. Brian the Giant loves eating muffins - but he hates making them. When his muffins keep disappearing, he sets a trap for the muffin thieves involving black pepper to make them sneeze! He soon discovers that the mice who live under his clock are the culprits and strikes a deal with them - if they will bake some muffins, they can all share them, then they will all be happy!; Using several different types of text - from signposts and speech bubbles to recipes - the Starters series fits guidelines in the National Literacy Strategy, which recommends using different media to teach children to read.
About the Author
Vivian French is a professional story-teller as well as an acclaimed children's author who has written over 40 picture books for Walker Books alone. Vivian lives in Edinburgh. Sue Heap has illustrated a number of children's books, including the Smarties Book Prize Gold Award-winning "Cowboy Baby" and its sequel, "Cowboy Kid". She lives in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
