Description
It's Franklin's birthday! Luna and all the villagers are planning a surprise party, and Franklin's family are visiting from the moon. While the party is being set up, Luna takes Franklin book shopping. They find a padlocked book of fairy tales, which the bookseller tells them is full of dangerous magic. Luna's tortoise, Neil, can't help picking the lock... but when he peers inside, the book swallows him whole. Franklin and Luna dive into the book to rescue Neil. They tumble into cobwebbed forests and meet dusty fairy-tale characters who have been trapped inside these pages for hundreds of years.
After several encounters and some narrow escapes, they finally find Neil - who has won a gold medal after racing a hare - and, all together, they break out of the book and into the real world. Exhausted but victorious, all the fairy-tale characters, Franklin, Luna and Neil arrive at Franklin's birthday party. They're not sure it's a happily ever after, but they're certainly very full of cake... and that will more than do for now.
From the creators of the bestselling Franklin's Flying Bookshop comes another charming tale about book lovers Franklin and Luna.
About the Author
Jen Campbell is a bestselling author and award-winning poet. She's written ten books for both adults and children, spanning non-fiction, poetry, short stories and children's books. Her podcast BOOKS WITH JEN is an iTunes top 100 podcast. She reviews books on BBC Radio, runs a book club for TOAST, and has a Youtube channel where she talks about books, the history of fairy tales, and the representation of disfigurement and disability. Katie Harnett is a sought-after British illustrator with an MA in Children's Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art. She won the 2015 Ars in Fabula Award and is the author of Archie Snufflekins Oliver Valentine Cupcake Tiberius Cat.
Reviews
'Beautifully illustrated' - Jean's Thoughts
'Fantasy-filled, lyrical text, enchanting & expressive illustrations and a humorous plot' - Luggy Library
'Magical' - Alice's Magical Library
'A delight' - Red Reading Hub
Book Information
ISBN 9780500651759
Author Jen Campbell
Format Hardback
Page Count 32
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight(grams) 480g
After several encounters and some narrow escapes, they finally find Neil - who has won a gold medal after racing a hare - and, all together, they break out of the book and into the real world. Exhausted but victorious, all the fairy-tale characters, Franklin, Luna and Neil arrive at Franklin's birthday party. They're not sure it's a happily ever after, but they're certainly very full of cake... and that will more than do for now.
From the creators of the bestselling Franklin's Flying Bookshop comes another charming tale about book lovers Franklin and Luna.
About the Author
Jen Campbell is a bestselling author and award-winning poet. She's written ten books for both adults and children, spanning non-fiction, poetry, short stories and children's books. Her podcast BOOKS WITH JEN is an iTunes top 100 podcast. She reviews books on BBC Radio, runs a book club for TOAST, and has a Youtube channel where she talks about books, the history of fairy tales, and the representation of disfigurement and disability. Katie Harnett is a sought-after British illustrator with an MA in Children's Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art. She won the 2015 Ars in Fabula Award and is the author of Archie Snufflekins Oliver Valentine Cupcake Tiberius Cat.
Reviews
'Beautifully illustrated' - Jean's Thoughts
'Fantasy-filled, lyrical text, enchanting & expressive illustrations and a humorous plot' - Luggy Library
'Magical' - Alice's Magical Library
'A delight' - Red Reading Hub
Book Information
ISBN 9780500651759
Author Jen Campbell
Format Hardback
Page Count 32
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight(grams) 480g
