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Foxy Tales: The Cunning Plan

Book 1

Alex T. Smith, Illustrator

Caryl Hart, Author

Paperback

Series: Foxy Tales

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Publication date: March 6, 2014

Category: Animal stories (Children's / Teenage)

ISBN: 9781444909319

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Foxy DuBois is on a mission to get rich quick. Only one thing stands in her way – Alphonso the Alligator! Can Foxy’s hair-brained schemes make enough money to keep Alphonso fed? Or will Foxy DuBois find herself on the menu?

An hilarious new series for young readers from an award-winning author-illustrator team. Alex’s first fiction series – Claude – was selected for the Richard and Judy Children’s Book Club and the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize, and he is the World Book Day Illustrator 2014. Caryl has been shortlisted for the Red House Award and won many awards, including the Stockport Award.

Reviews

Playful... anarchic... wicked sense of humour... great fun.

Teach Primary

Chaos prevails in this very funny story... perfect for those beginning to gain confidence in their reading.

Primary Times

Alex's fantastic illustrations bring this great caper to life, a brilliant new series for newly confident readers.

Ruth Swindon (The Bookworm)

A funny and exciting story.

School Librarian

Fast-paced, funny and with the marvellous illustrations one would expect from Smith... an entertaining and recommended read for the infant age group.

English 4-11

Praise for Claude:

'The author is a comparative newcomer to picture books; on this evidence, he should go far.'

The Independent on Sunday

'A handsome creation.'

The Children's Bookseller

'I loved everything about this book.'

Bookbag

The illustrations are wonderful... full of comic touches and lots of detail... great fun. * * * *

Bookbag

Wildly illustrated on every page by Alex T Smith. Early reading... made highly enjoyable.

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Alex T. Smith

Author-illustrator Alex T. Smith is the award-winning creator of the bestselling Claude series, which is published in 20 languages worldwide, and is now on TV. Alex’s newest series is the critically acclaimed and well-loved Mr Penguin. Alex has won the UKLA Picture Book Award, the Children’s Book of the World Illustration Award and the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award, and been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Award. He has also been the official World Book Day illustrator.

Caryl Hart

Caryl Hart is the author of many bestselling books for children, including the hugely successful How to Grow A Dinosaur and The Princess and the Peas. She is the winner of the Stockport Children’s Book Award, the Sheffield Children’s Book Award and the Lancashire Share a Story Award. Caryl lives on the top of a windy hill in the Peak District with her guitar-playing husband, two cheeky daughters, one extremely fluffy black cat, a goldfish, four hens and an invisible dog called Paddy.

Follow Caryl at carylhart.com and @carylhart1