Panda in the Spotlight

by Sarah Horne

Life is good for Callum’s family and Pudding, their panda.

Pudding and Dad’s hit stage show, Panda-mime, has been wowing audiences – but then an ambitious journalist, Penni P, twigs that Pudding’s a real-life talking panda.

If she exposes the truth, her story will be everywhere. Penni woos the family with false promises of fame and fortune in Hollywood in order to find her proof.

Soon, everyone’s starry-eyed except Callum. Can he expose Penni and stop her from breaking the story that could tear his family apart?

A heart-warming, middle-grade adventure for fans of Paddington Bear and Mary Poppins!

Paperback

First published June 1, 2022

About the author

Sarah grew up in Derbyshire, mainly under a snowdrift. She spent much of her childhood scampering in the nearby fields with a few goats. Then she decided to be sensible and studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Arts, graduating in 2001. She has illustrated many different projects including an ad campaign for Kew Gardens entitled ‘Plantastic Play’. She has also worked on commissions from The Guardian and The Independent newspapers.

Sarah is now based in South East London and specialises in funny, inky illustration and words for children’s fiction and picture books. Her books have sold internationally in Mexico, Japan, Korea, Portugal, Germany, Australia and NZ.

- from her website

Reviews

[Katie Kaste · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pudding is an escaped Giant Panda who is now a nanny. She and the dad created the sold-out show "Panda Mime" where Pudding pretends to be an artist in a show. She and the dad give an interview with Mrs. Penny P. And she claims to have a link to someone who is remaking "Mary Poppins". The whole family gets swept up in the movement to go to LA and become famous movie stars. The only problem is the son overhears something bad from Penny. The characters were fun and this story was sweet. The plot was very basic but very sweet. I loved the characterization of the panda as a nanny. She was sweet and a great nanny. I loved this story.

[Sonja · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fantasievol verhaal, leest vlot weg. Geschikt om leerlingen van avi-boekjes naar langere verhalen te krijgen.

[Kubuś · Rating 3 out of 5]

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