Review
Jaco the Leek is a fast and funny read for six to nine-year-olds by Cat Weatherill. --The Tenby Observer
Product Description
'Look out, world! Here comes JACO THE LEEK!' Jaco Evans is tired of dressing up for the Saint David's Day celebrations in school. So he makes a wish - and turns into Leek Boy! How will Jaco get his pants on when he has no legs? Will the school cook chop him up for lunch? Will he get to play against Wood Green Juniors in the annual Saint David's Day football match? Fast and funny and ever so stinky...This is one Saint David's Day he'll never forget!
About the Author
Cat Weatherill performs at storytelling and literature festivals both in the UK and abroad. She has enjoyed many sell-out shows at The Guardian Hay Festival, and appeared at the Barbican in London. Her international work includes the prestigious Festival d Automne in Paris and Graz Tales in Austria. She also performs in arts centres, theatres, schools, museums, castles, woods and libraries, and in village venues under the National Rural Touring Scheme. On television, Cat has been a guest presenter on Carlton Television s Heart of the Country, and on radio she has performed live for two million listeners on Radio 4 s Front Row. She has also appeared on The Verb (Radio 3) Go 4 It (Radio 4) and The Big Toe Show (Radio 7) Jaco the Leek is her first publication with Pont Books. She has previously published Barkbelly, Snowbone and Wild Magic with Puffin.
