Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets Award-winning author by Alex T. Smith (author) (UK edition)

From the international bestselling creator of Claude comes a brand new hero: Mr Penguin. Indiana Jones meets Hercule Poirot in this new Alex T. Smith series.

Follow Mr Penguin and Colin as they crash-land on a snowy mountain. Will they be able to solve the mystery of the missing pets? What are the strange noises coming from the abandoned fortress? And will Mr Penguin conquer his fear of flying?

Find out in the second Mr Penguin book with plenty of slapstick humour, mystery and adventure. Highly illustrated throughout with a striking black and orange design.

Praise for Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure: ‘Addictive slapstick’ – Guardian ‘The perfect introduction to mystery stories.’ – Scotsman

Claude won the 5-9 young fiction Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award, was selected for the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize, the Richard and Judy Book Club and is now a TV star on Disney Junior. Alex T. Smith was a World Book Day Illustrator.

Follow Alex on Twitter @Alex_T_Smith

Product Details

Catalogue number

1056 in Education Catalogue 2023–24

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781444932102

Publisher

Hodder Children's Books

Date published

May 2nd, 2019

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 5.6; Middle years; 4.0 points

Other details

288 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Available in these packs

30copies
Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets x 30
Award-winning author

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Price: $322.94

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Price: £209.70
6copies
Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets x 6
Award-winning author

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Price: $64.59

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Price: £41.94
3books
Pie Corbett's Independent Reading Packs: Year 4 Fantasy Stories Pack x 3

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Price: $33.83

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Price: £21.97

Author/Illustrator

Alex T. Smith

Alex T. Smith was born in 1985 and has drawn and written stories since he could hold a pencil.

After considering several career options (space traveler, cake maker, professional rabbit), Alex decided to train to do the job he’d wanted to do since he was five – a children’s books illustrator.

Alex graduated with a 1st Class Hons degree in Illustration and, having won second place in the Macmillan Prize for Children’s Picture Book Illustration in his final year, began working on his first commission as he put his degree show up!

Since then Alex has gone on to write and illustrate his own books – many of which have won prizes and have been read on TV during the Bedtime Hour on CBeebies, as well as illustrating books for several different authors.

Alex is also the creator of the CLAUDE series for early readers. CLAUDE in the City was selected for the Richard and Judy Children’s Book Club 2011 and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2012.

When not working, Alex enjoys doodling in his sketchbook, reading, people-watching and eavesdropping. He is also a big fan of cake and a nice cup of tea and a sit down.

He lives with and under the constant ‘supervision’ of his canine companions – two very tiny, very naughty chihuahuas (Coco and Mr. Bongo) and an ancient and very bossy Yorkshire Terrier, Lucy Locket.