Mouse Noses on Toast
'I will have the colourful parrot soup,' the lady said, 'with extra beaky bits.'
'And I,' said her husband, 'will have mouse noses on toast.'
Hiding on the restaurant table, Paul Mouse's world has just turned upside down. Surely the man is making a joke? Isn't mouse noses on toast just a big myth? Gathering his friends - Sandra the Christmas tree decoration, Rowley Barker Hobbs, the sheepdog, and the Tinby, a kind of monster - Paul becomes determined to find the truth.
Daren King was born in 1972 in Harlow, Essex. He was educated at Bath Spa University College, Bath, where he graduated in creative studies. He is the author of three adult books - Boxy an Star, which was shortlisted for the 1999 Guardian First Book Award, Jim Giraffe and Tom Boler.
Author: Daren King
Format: Hardback, 128 pages, 143mm x 188mm, 214 g
Published: 2006, Faber & Faber, United Kingdom
Genre: Children's Fiction
Interest Age: From 7 to 11 years
'I will have the colourful parrot soup,' the lady said, 'with extra beaky bits.'
'And I,' said her husband, 'will have mouse noses on toast.'
Hiding on the restaurant table, Paul Mouse's world has just turned upside down. Surely the man is making a joke? Isn't mouse noses on toast just a big myth? Gathering his friends - Sandra the Christmas tree decoration, Rowley Barker Hobbs, the sheepdog, and the Tinby, a kind of monster - Paul becomes determined to find the truth.
Daren King was born in 1972 in Harlow, Essex. He was educated at Bath Spa University College, Bath, where he graduated in creative studies. He is the author of three adult books - Boxy an Star, which was shortlisted for the 1999 Guardian First Book Award, Jim Giraffe and Tom Boler.