Betsey Biggalow is Here!

Four sweet and sunny short stories, starring Betsey Biggalow, a little girl with big ideas! Perfect for building reading confidence.Betsey Biggalow is here! She may be small but she's full of bright and shiny ideas about new trainers, winning at marbles and even helping the world! Join Betsey on four short, sun-filled adventures as she learns you don't have to be big to make a big difference.This book is one of five short story collections featuring the lively and likeable Betsey Biggalow from Children's Laureate, Malorie Blackman. Beautifully illustrated by Jamie Smith, these stories are ideal for building confidence in readers aged 7 and over, whether reading aloud or reading alone.

“Somewhere between Pippi Longstocking and Tracy Beaker, Betsey Biggalow, who stars in these short, pacey stories, is an imaginative and enquiring girl who is sometimes mischievous but always endearing”

Guardian

Malorie Blackman has written over seventy books for children and young adults, including the Noughts & Crosses series, Thief and a science-fiction thriller, Chasing the Stars. Many of her books have also been adapted for stage and television, including a BAFTA-award-winning BBC production of Pig-Heart Boy and a Pilot Theatre stage adaptation by Sabrina Mahfouz of Noughts & Crosses. There is also a major BBC production of Noughts & Crosses, with Roc Nation (Jay-Z's entertainment company) curating the soundtrack as executive music producer. In 2005 Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children's books. In 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children's literature, and between 2013 and 2015 she was the Children's Laureate. Most recently Malorie wrote for the Doctor Who series on BBC One, and the fifth novel in her Noughts & Crosses series, Crossfire, was published by Penguin Random House Children's in summer 2019.

"Have no fear! Betsey Biggalow is here!" Meet Betsey Biggalow! She may be small, but she's full of big ideas, like her HELP THE WORLD day. But botheration! No one seems to want her help . . . until she hears something that sounds like someone in trouble. Maybe someone does need her help after all! Four funny adventures in the sunny Caribbean, perfect for building reading confidence. Also available: BETSEY BIGGALOW THE DETECTIVE BETSEY'S BIRTHDAY SURPRISE MAGIC BETSEY HURRICANE BETSEY

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