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An action-packed day in the life of the Gaskett family. One morning Mr Gaskett puts on all his clothes, Mrs Gaskett picks up a robber in her taxi, Gus and Gloria have trouble with a teacher and Horace the cat goes to a friend's house. But why does Mr Gaskett put on all his clothes?
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Allan Ahlberg is one of the most acclaimed and successful authors of children's books. He lives in Bath. Katharine McEwen studied illustration at Kingston University. She is now the illustrator of many children's picture books with her instantly recognizable and appealing style.
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An appealingly madcap plot, dialogue that verges on slapstick and sprightly pictures keep this early chapter book rolling along at a snappy clip. Ahlberg (The Snail House) introduces Mr. and Mrs. Gaskitt and their nine-year-old twins, Gus and Gloria. One December morning, Mr. Gaskitt gets dressed, donning multiple layers of clothing: "He put on his tee shirt and underwear and socks, and his socks and tee shirt and underwear, and his underwear and socks and tee shirt." While he drives off in his car to an undisclosed location, Mrs. Gaskitt zooms off in her taxi to pick up a passenger whom kids will immediately recognize as a bank robber. The culprit eventually flees the taxi and boards a school bus carrying Gus and Gloria and their classmates, precipitating a farcical chase scene involving the bus, both Gaskitt parents' vehicles, a police car and the van of a camera-toting news reporter. Ahlberg adds to the mayhem with some absurd asides: the radio in Mr. Gaskitt's car bungles the news reports and the twins' teacher barks such instructions as "Fingers on lips! Elbows on knees!" McEwen's (Cows in the Kitchen) watercolor and crayon art comically captures the lighthearted tone of the tale, topped off by the revelation of the well-padded pater's profession: playing Santa. This is good silly fun. Ages 7-9.
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- PublisherWalker Childrens Hardbacks
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0744559553
- ISBN 13 9780744559552
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages77
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