Max & Chaffy: What A Delicious Discovery!
Jamie Smart
David Fickling Books

As this story begins Max and Chaffy are sound asleep in the lighthouse but then a massive explosion wakes them from their slumbers: their help is needed urgently. The sound emanated from the bakery where Crumble lives and she’s having a crisis of confidence. Her new recipe has gone completely wrong and apparently so have her other recent recipes. The last time one went according to plan was when she was at baking school with her best friend and baking partner, Sprinkles.

Sprinkles now lives far away on Food Island and Max resolves to see the two reunited. Captain Foghorn refuses to take them in his boat but fortunately along comes Orlando Pig in a new hot air balloon. With thoughts of some possible new chaffies for Max’s book off they fly and after a somewhat hazardous landing at their destination, the friends are greeted by Mayor Chomp Chomp. He informs them that the Grand Food Festival is taking place but every recipe the chefs prepare ends up tasting disgusting.

Unsurprisingly Max offers to help find out why, the first stop being Pasta Hills. The pasta looks good but as Pasta Pete explains everything is going wrong.

Chaffy disappears and reappears to report a displaced Burger Chaffy. And so begins a concatenation of brand new chaffy findings in different locations on the island. There’s one in Veggie Park, another in Sushi Land and one more in Bakersville – brand new flavoursome combinations galore. But in Bakersville Crumble’s old pal Sprinkles just isn’t coming up with the goodies any more: time for them to start inspiring one another all over again. As for the Grand Food Festival – who will collect the winners’ cup?

A tasty treat that includes a ‘Help Max find Chaffy’ spread at the end of each part and a help Sprinkles locate his lost ingredients. With its brightly hued panels, established fans of Max and Chaffy will gobble up this fifth book and the two will likely win lots of new followers too