A Sprinkling of Crumbs
2 primary works
Book 1
From the best-selling author Tracey Corderoy (The Grunt and The Grouch and Whiz, Pop, Granny Stop) come The Crumbs, a most unusual family! Follow the fabulously funny adventures of Martha, Otto and Scarlett Crumb, their Aunt Beastly and her pet boar Basil, as they battle baddies and conquer monsters.
Otto, Martha and Scarlett Crumb are three most unusual children. With their dad, Henrig, busy inventing a special case to protect the Golden Elephant of Heera, they’re expecting to look after themselves over the summer. Yet suddenly Henrig’s long-lost sister turns up – and she's beastly! The children think things can’t get any worse … but then the Unstoppables, a notorious gang of robbers, set their sights on Henrig’s special case, and it seems they’ll stop at nothing to get their hands on it… Winner of the Hounslow Junior Fiction Award 2014
Book 2
From the best-selling author Tracey Corderoy (The Grunt and The Grouch and Whiz, Pop, Granny Stop) come The Crumbs, a most unusual family! Follow the fabulously funny adventures of Martha, Otto and Scarlett Crumb, their Aunt Beastly and her pet boar Basil, as they battle baddies and conquer monsters in this second adventure.
The Crumbs have got something that belongs to The Unstoppables, who will stop at nothing to get it back! When Aunt Beastly takes the children up to Scotland so she can deal with an emergency on her boar farm, the ruthless criminal gang the Unstoppables are hard on their heels to get their mastermind scrapbook back. For their cover, the gang must take part in the local highland games whilst the children try to keep the scrapbook hidden. But it turns out they're not the only ones with a secret – the local villagers have a cunning plan, too… Let the mayhem begin!