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Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Aliens Are Coming!
Series: Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam
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See moreJoin Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam for three more thrilling canine and cake-based adventures.
Join Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam for three more thrilling canine and cake-based adventures.
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Three more slapstick adventures from our favourite doggy detectives, all set in the summer sun. And things are HOTTING UP! Someone is CHEATING in the SANDCASTLE competition! There's something FISHY about the new CAFE! But it's the ALIEN INVASION that REALLY makes Shifty and Sam lose their COOL! Anyone for an ICED bun?! Brilliant stories hilariously told by Tracey Corderoy and beautifully brought to life by Steven Lenton's illustrations.
Have you read Shifty and Sam's other fiction adventures?
The Spooky School
Up, Up and Away!
Jingle Bells!
Have you read Shifty and Sam's other fiction adventures?
The Spooky School
Up, Up and Away!
Jingle Bells!
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781788001526
Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 March 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Nosy Crow Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Steven Lenton
- Illustrated by Steven Lenton
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 128
About the Author
Tracey began writing in 2006. She lives in a hidden valley in Gloucestershire with her family and a whole host of cute-but-naughty pets.
Steven hails from Cheshire where he spent many a school holiday working in the family Pom-pom Factory, packing poms and designing new products. Since this somewhat fluffy start to his career he has gained a BA and MA in Animation and has become a successful animator and art director within the realms of children's television. Steven also designs greetings cards and prints. His main ambition has always been to be a children's book maker and he is very proud to be realising this dream with Nosy Crow. Steven now lives in London where he works from his studio with his little dog, Holly, and dunks endless amounts of biscuits in big red spotty cups of tea while listening to Radio 2.
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