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Call the Puffins: Muffin and the Shipwreck

Book 3
By Cath Howe
Series: Call the Puffins
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Third in a delightful new series about puffins and teamwork for readers aged 5+. Welcome back to the island of Egg, where a group of young puffins are training to join a search and rescue team. Meet Forti, the newest recruit. He's a bit of a... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Welcome back to the island of Egg, where a group of young puffins are training to join a search and rescue team. When an old wreck washes up in a storm, the puffins are told to keep away - but new recruit Forti cannot resist swimming right up to it for a closer look . . .

The third in a delightful new series about puffins and teamwork – for readers aged 5+.

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Third in a delightful new series about puffins and teamwork for readers aged 5+.

Welcome back to the island of Egg, where a group of young puffins are training to join a search and rescue team.

Meet Forti, the newest recruit. He's a bit of a dreamer, and the other puffins have their work cut out looking after him!

When an old wreck washes up in a storm, the puffins are told to keep away - but Forti cannot resist swimming right up to it for a closer look. But then disaster strikes, and Forti's leg gets stuck in the rigging. Can Muffin, Tiny and the other puffins remain unflappable in the face of danger and save the day?

Call the Puffins: Muffin and the Shipwreck is a charming tale of adventure and friendship that will captivate young readers.

Series: Call the Puffins

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  • Call the Puffins
    First in a delightful new series about puffins and teamwork for readers aged 5+. Welcome to the island of Egg where a group of young puffins are in training to join a search and rescue team. Meet Muffin, who is following in her dad's footsteps and anxious not to let him down. Everything is new. There is so much to...
    By Cath Howe
    Paperback
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  • Call the Puffins: Muffin and the Shipwreck
    Third in a delightful new series about puffins and teamwork for readers aged 5+. Welcome back to the island of Egg, where a group of young puffins are training to join a search and rescue team. Meet Forti, the newest recruit. He's a bit of a dreamer, and the other puffins have their work cut out looking after him! When...
    By Cath Howe
    Paperback
    Sold Out
  • Call the Puffins: Tiny and the Cave Ghost
    Fourth in a delightful illustrated series about puffins and teamwork for readers aged 5+. Muffin, Tiny and the rest of the trainees are busy learning the skills they need to become rescue puffins. Life is always busy on the island of Egg, and the friends are delighted to be taking part in a special day of celebrations called Puffin Power,...
    By Cath Howe
    Paperback
    Sold Out
  • Call the Puffins: Tiny's Brave Rescue
    Second in a delightful new series about puffins and teamwork for readers aged 5+. Welcome back to the island of Egg where a group of young puffins are training to join a search and rescue team. Tiny's Brave Rescue continues the adventure as Tiny worries about whether he is good enough to join the team, particularly as he can't always...
    By Cath Howe
    Paperback
    Sold Out

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781801301206

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 June 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Welbeck Children's Books

Illustration: B&w illus

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Ella Okstad
  • Illustrated by Ella Okstad

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 105g

Pages: 112

Collections

Cath Howe Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Series: Call the Puffins

About the Author

Cath Howe (Author)

Cath Howe is an author and teacher based in South West London, UK. Her novels for middle-grade readers include Ella on the Outside, How to Be Me and My LIfe on Fire (The Times Children's Book of the Week). She also regularly runs workshops on writing and performing. Call the Puffins! is Cath's first younger fiction series.

Ella Okstad (Illustrator)

Ella Okstad returned to her native Norway after graduating from the Kent Institute of Art and Design. She has worked on lots of different children's books for both Norwegian and British publishers and is particularly well known for illustrating the Squishy McFluff series.

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