Take the Stage

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At the bottom of Miss Heatherbell’s garden lives the last Wodge in the world . . . Nancy and Dom’s photographer father is in the Antarctic, and Nancy and Dom are not. They’re staying with the eccentric Miss Heatherbell and her hordes of free-range guinea pigs. But Miss Heatherbell’s house is large and mysterious, full of surprising rooms, odd objects, and a creature called Wodge.
With Miss Heatherbell and Mrs Pikelet soon leaving for Sydney, Nancy and Dom must deal with a very annoying Mrs Biddlethorpe, a very hungry Wodge, a very bad-tempered fairy, and a very uninvited bulldozer – all the while rehearsing for the school concert. What could go wrong? 
Packed with daring escapades and oodles of laughs. With hints of classic adventure stories like Narnia and The Magic Faraway Tree, Wodge and Friends: Take the Stage is also bursting with outlandish and distinctly modern humor – perfect for 7+ fans of laugh-out-loud adventures such as How to Train Your Dragon. Carol Ann Martin has worked as an author and editor for more than 35 years. She writes picture books, junior fiction and young adult fiction, and several of her books have been recognized by The Children’s Book Council of Australia as Notable titles. Her books include the Dulcie and Dud series, Once There Were Mermaids, Tansy Magill, Heart and Soul and many titles in the Cocky’s Circle series. She lives with her husband in a small, vibrant town in southern Tasmania, where she is always scribbling new ideas in her notebook.
Sam Caldwell grew up in the north of England and now lives in Glasgow, Scotland, where he works as an illustrator and designer. Sam studied painting at the Edinburgh College of Art and is passionate about using texture and color to tell stories with his art. His illustrations are regularly featured in magazines and newspapers, including The Guardian, The Independent and The Sydney Morning Herald, and his previous books include Explore Your World: Weird Wild, Amazing! and Explore Your World: Deep Dive into Deep Sea (both written by Tim Flannery) and Sneaky Shadows (written by SC Manchild).

Second in the Wodge and Friends series

Fun adventures for fans of classic stories such as Narnia or The Magic Faraway Tree, with contemporary humor like How to Train Your DragonLine illustrations throughout to help young readers visualize the story and characters

Winning mix of humor and fantasy elements to enthrall a wide range of readers.

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