The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ’n’ Cheese Ran Out
Swapna Haddow, illustrated by Minky Stapleton
Scholastic

When Zeb the zebra, Barry the lemur and Margarine the penguin first discovered they had the worst superpowers in the world, Zeb was sure they would never ever have another day as terrible. Now though, disaster has struck the Terrible Trio, one of them in particular. On arriving for his shift at the Superhero Cafe, Zeb finds that it’s closed. Nothing is wrong with the cafe but Margarine has lost her power of making mac’n’cheese. Surely that isn’t so terrible? It may not have been, had Zeb not upset a lion and rashly promised that if he came to the cafe bringing his pride of sixteen plus twenty eight cubs along too, they could all have mac’n’cheese. The Trio realise they must do everything they can to fix Margarine’s problem before the Lion and his family arrive for one of the cub’s cheesy birthday party, if not they may be barbecued instead …
A deliciously silly and madly melodramatic combination of words and pictures presented graphic novel style that younger readers will likely gobble up.
For slightly older readers

The Donut Squad: Make a Mess
Neill Cameron
David Fickling Books

Cameron’s confections return for another round of crazy shenanigans. Now, the Donuts are off on a camping expedition, hiding from bears no less. However those bagels are lurking with a dastardly plan – to kick the Donut Squad right out of their own book. Will they succeed? That would be telling and I’m sure you’re eager to know, so head off to a bookshop and treat yourself to a copy. Mine’s already been appropriated by a young fan of the series.