by IanWhybrow (Author), Mark Beech (Illustrator)
Philip's dad has always told him he can be a Somebody. But Philip's more interested in catapults and chewing gum ...and whether he can be in Mickey Durston's gang. On the day when the steam engine is in danger, though, who will have the guts to save the train? Ian Whybrow's BOOKS FOR BOYS are funny, pacy reads from one of the UK's best-loved authors - collect them all!
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 07 Nov 2013
ISBN 10: 1444915738
ISBN 13: 9781444915730
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years
Book Overview: These books offer the first steps on the path to reading confidence: with blatant boy appeal, but enough drama, excitement and humour to entice ALL readers.
Ian Whybrow has lived in Kent, various places in London and as far afield as Hong Kong and New York. The most important thing to him in his writing is that it reads aloud brilliantly and that there is something in it for everyone.
Mark Beech has been working as an illustrator for over ten years, but he has scribbled all his life on anything he could get his hands on. As well as children's books, he has animated his illustrations for a picture book for the iPad, designed greetings cards and packaging, and worked in the world of advertising.