Books and other works
How Ali Ferguson Saved Houdini
How Ali Ferguson Saved Houdini will be published by Bloomsbury in 2010. More details coming soon.
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How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant
Kirsty Jenkins adores the allotment her grandfather lovingly tends and, just before he dies, promises that she will look after it for him. Then horrible Mr Thomas from the council insists that it must go to the next person on the waiting-list. Kirsty is determined to keep her promise - whatever it takes. A warm and funny story about marrows, peas, families (aargh!) and one very special elephant.
Read Kirsty's blog at: www.kirstyjenkins.blogspot.com. How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2009. It was also longlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
Buy a copy of How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant, or leave your own review on Amazon.
The audio book version is available from W F Howes.
Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week:
Its ingenious ideas, humour and clear, unfussy style keep the pages turning speedily to the feel-good conclusion.
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer:
This is a funny, lively and touching book, with a very English humour and written in a smart, witty style that will appeal to pre-teens (marrows taste like "dinosaur-skin wrapped around snot"). Caldecott has created a thoroughly modern heroine in Kirsty Jenkins.
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When you write a story, the first version you write is not going to be the final version that makes it into the book. Lots of sentences get re-written to make them as good as they can be. Sometimes, even whole scenes or chapters get cut to make the story flow better. That’s exactly what happened with How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant. But, I quite like some of the scenes that got cut, so I’m sharing them with you here.
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