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Little Gems - Grandpa Bert and the Ghost Snatchers

Paperback

A pleasingly absurd caper where kids outwit crooks, ghost are let out of the bag, and grandparents refuse to behave! From beloved and best-selling author Malorie Blackman.

Grandma Gertie is rather strange. With her big square glasses and a parrot on her hat, Anna and Kasper don't know what to make of her. But Grandma's got a secret… Grandpa Bert is a ghost and he's travelled all the way from Barbados squished inside her handbag! Even worse, they're being followed and Grandpa Bert could be in very grave danger… Can Anna and Kasper help their grandparents before it's too late? A hilarious family adventure filled with ghosts and laughs.

RRP: £6.99

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-78112-830-5

Interest age

5+

Accelerated Reader Level

3.2

Publication Date

16-07-2018

Format

Paperback

Pages

104 pages

Dimensions

126x168mm

Product Description

A pleasingly absurd caper where kids outwit crooks, ghost are let out of the bag, and grandparents refuse to behave! From beloved and best-selling author Malorie Blackman.

Grandma Gertie is rather strange. With her big square glasses and a parrot on her hat, Anna and Kasper don't know what to make of her. But Grandma's got a secret… Grandpa Bert is a ghost and he's travelled all the way from Barbados squished inside her handbag! Even worse, they're being followed and Grandpa Bert could be in very grave danger… Can Anna and Kasper help their grandparents before it's too late? A hilarious family adventure filled with ghosts and laughs.

Author

Malorie Blackman, Illustrated by Melanie Demmer

Malorie Blackman was the eighth Children’s Laureate and is one of the UK’s most popular children’s authors. She has won, amongst a raft of other prizes, the Children’s Book Award and is the force behind YALC. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award and in 2008 she received an OBE for services to children’s literature. She has been described by The Times as ‘a national treasure’. She lives in Kent.||Melanie Demmer is an illustrator and designer based in Los Angeles, California. Originally from Michigan, she is a graduate of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, where she earned a BFA in illustration. In her spare time, Melanie loves to cook and spend time near the ocean.

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-78112-830-5

Interest age

5+

Accelerated Reader Level

3.2

Publication Date

16-07-2018

Format

Paperback

Pages

104 pages

Dimensions

126x168mm

Product Description

A pleasingly absurd caper where kids outwit crooks, ghost are let out of the bag, and grandparents refuse to behave! From beloved and best-selling author Malorie Blackman.

Grandma Gertie is rather strange. With her big square glasses and a parrot on her hat, Anna and Kasper don't know what to make of her. But Grandma's got a secret… Grandpa Bert is a ghost and he's travelled all the way from Barbados squished inside her handbag! Even worse, they're being followed and Grandpa Bert could be in very grave danger… Can Anna and Kasper help their grandparents before it's too late? A hilarious family adventure filled with ghosts and laughs.

Author

Malorie Blackman, Illustrated by Melanie Demmer

Malorie Blackman was the eighth Children’s Laureate and is one of the UK’s most popular children’s authors. She has won, amongst a raft of other prizes, the Children’s Book Award and is the force behind YALC. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award and in 2008 she received an OBE for services to children’s literature. She has been described by The Times as ‘a national treasure’. She lives in Kent.||Melanie Demmer is an illustrator and designer based in Los Angeles, California. Originally from Michigan, she is a graduate of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, where she earned a BFA in illustration. In her spare time, Melanie loves to cook and spend time near the ocean.