Sam the Chef

by Felicity Brooks, Jo Litchfield (Illustrator)

Each book in this series follows a main character through a working day, with plenty of excitement and drama along the way. Written in conjunction with experts in each field, these books also contain accurate detail to give children a taste of what people really do at work.

Genres: Fiction, Picture Books

Paperback

First published August 27, 2004

About the author

Felicity Brooks is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She studied English and Drama at Exeter University and worked as an actor, teacher and lexicographer (someone who compiles dictionaries) before starting work in children’s publishing in the late 1980s.

She has written and edited hundreds of children’s books, including stories and novelty books for pre-schoolers and books about history, geography, languages, science, maths, nature and the arts.

Her books have won the TES Senior Information Book Award, the Aventis Science Books Prize, the SLA Information Book Award, the Sheffield Baby Books Award and Practical Pre-school Gold and Silver Awards.

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 4 year old likes this one because it's a longer story. I liked it for all the 'big' descriptive words in it!

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my son's favorites--we love the pictures!

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best. Book. Ever.

[NicoleHasRead · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this. It's full of detail and we had fun choosing what we'd choose from the menu.