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Beastopia was fabulously fun to read from start to finish. Unfortunately, in Digby’s family, there is a curse where their family pets always disappear on their tenth birthday. It follows the main character Digby and his excitable best friend, Tai, and his sister, Mog, on a mission to find his lost pet mouse, Cheddar. What follows is lots of fun, humour (they have to take the basilisk underground metro, also known as BUM!) and mild danger. The book follows the journey of our characters to become apprentice guardians of Beastopia- a haven for magical creatures. Along the way, they take part in challenges with a little bit of danger and mystery and find out about Cheddar and the ‘lost’ family pets. It ends on a cliffhanger that makes the reader immediately want to read the sequel. The book has fun illustrations dotted throughout, which add to the experience of reading. Mog has diabetes, which is mentioned briefly in the story and can be seen during illustrations, adding to the inclusivity of the story. A great story as a read-aloud story or for readers 7+.

The fourth and final adventure in the hilarious series about Scooter and his alien sidekick Fizzbee. The jam factory is under surveillance by the Alien Intelligence Agency – will they succeed in finding a reason to evict Fizzbee from Earth?

Scooter and Fizzbee are experts when it comes to making out-of-this-world jam inventions. But lately there have been a few hiccups. Giant vegetables, floating children … their new line of jam infused with Fizzbee’s alien ingredients has got a little out of control.

Scooter and his friends decide it’s time to launch Operation: Make Fizzbee Look Good to reassure the villagers that Fizzbee isn’t dangerous. Unfortunately, someone else is getting to work on Operation: Make Fizzbee Look Bad. Agent Fleur De Vious, the one and only spy in the Alien Intelligence Agency, believes Earth should be alien-free. After she receives a request from Fizzbee’s family to visit her, she decides enough is enough – she’s going to find evidence of Fizzbee’s wrongdoings and have her evicted once and for all. Will Scooter be able to stop her in time?

This is a highly recommendable early chapter book series, featuring an inclusive and humorous story a with illustrations throughout.

Scooter lives in a jam factory with his parents and has Cerebral Palsy. His head fizzes with brilliant ideas and he’s the one behind all of the fantastic jams produced in the factory. Scooter is also longing for a friend – and his wishes come true when a friendly alien called Fizzbee crash-lands through the jam factory window! The pair pull together to thwart a devious villain who wants to steal Scooter’s jam-making secrets.

This is an original story full of warmth and humour and a lovely choice to read aloud to Year 2 children.

The second hilarious adventure starring Scooter the inventor and his top secret alien sidekick.

Scooter’s hyper-creative brain is a constant fizz of brilliant ideas, but when he pairs up with his best friend Fizzbee the alien, his inventions are out of this world…

McLay’s Jam factory is scheduled for a Grand Re-Opening TONIGHT. That is until Scooter’s nemesis Daffy Dodgy turns up to reveal her name is still on the deeds. Scooter must either hand over all his best ideas, or find the money to buy back the factory. When Cat Pincher turns up with a treasure map, revealing there’s a hoard of treasure buried under the jam factory, it seems like Scooter’s in with a chance.

But he’s not the only one after the treasure…

Can Scooter, Fizzbee and Cat follow the map and find the treasure? Will Daffy and Boris the guinea pig do what they do best and mess everything up? Or will Cat’s nefarious uncle, Perry Pincher and his gold-sniffing ferret Colonel Pom Pom beat them all to it?

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