Monster Doughnuts (monster Doughnuts 1)

By (author) Pollero, Gianna; Illustrated by Horne, Sarah
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''Delicious, dastardly and diabolically delightful'' Jack Meggitt-Phillips, author of THE BEAST AND THE BETHANY Ten-year-old Grace likes doughnuts and cakes as much as the next kid - but they are also her secret weapon.
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''Delicious, dastardly and diabolically delightful'' Jack Meggitt-Phillips, author of THE BEAST AND THE BETHANY Ten-year-old Grace likes doughnuts and cakes as much as the next kid - but they are also her secret weapon. Grace is a monster hunter who owns a bakery - and everyone knows how much monsters LOVE any kind of sweet treat! Just don''t tell them about the secret exploding baking powder inside the doughnuts and the cookies ... When Grace''s Monster Scanning Machine alerts her to the doughnut-loving, people-eating, board-game-playing cyclops Mr Harris, she realises she''s about to face her biggest challenge yet ... A deliciously funny series from sparkling new talent Gianna Pollero, illustrated by the award-winning Sarah Horne ''Funny, fast and really inventive'' Harriet Whitehorn, author of VIOLET AND THE PEARL OF THE ORIENT
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With monsters, heroine Grace''s secret weapon doughnuts and a first chapter titled ''Poo and Old Cheese'', this easy to read page-turner is bound to be popular with reluctant readers in KS2. The extremely short chapters and pacey dialogue will have 7-11-year-olds ripping through this funny story in no time.
Biographical note
Gianna Pollero (Author) Gianna Pollero was born and raised in Kent but also spent a considerable amount of her childhood in northern Italy, where the majority of her family live. She originally trained as a journalist and is currently a communications manager for a schools'' academy trust in Kent. In 2017, she completed the Curtis Brown Online Writing for Children course. MONSTER DOUGHNUTS is Gianna''s debut novel. Sarah Horne (Illustrator) Sarah Horne grew up in Derbyshire, mainly under a snowdrift. She studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Arts and gained a Masters degree at Kingston University. Sarah lives in London and specialises in funny, inky illustration and words for children''s books.
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A deliciously funny series from sparkling new talent Gianna Pollero, illustrated by the award-winning Sarah Horne
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The first in a series of three books for 7-9 year olds
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Illustrated by the award-winning Sarah Horne
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For fans of Pamela Butchart, Sam Copeland and Andy Stanton
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Author Gianna Pollero works as communications manager for a Kent schools academy trust and has already run creative writing workshops with children