Walker Books

The No. 1 Car Spotter and the Broken Road (Paperback – Walker Books)

Walker Books

The No. 1 Car Spotter and the Broken Road (Paperback – Walker Books)

£5.99

Product Code: WB116

Age: 3y+

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Overview

The No. 1 Car Spotter and the Broken Road (Paperback – Walker Books)

Oluwalase Babatunde Benson is the number 1 car spotter in the village – maybe even the world!

The road through No. 1’s village is full of holes. There are no cars for No. 1 to spot and no customers for Mama Coca-Cola’s roadside cafe. Mama Coca-Cola tries to get the road fixed but she fails. Grandfather says, “No. 1, you have a No. 1 brain. Use it to fix the road.” What can a small boy do? On Cousin Homework’s wedding day, No. 1 still hasn’t come up with a solution, but he does figure out a way to get everyone to the wedding. And when Mama Coca-Cola asks him to sell her goat at market, he returns home with two goats instead. Finally he has a brilliant idea – one he is sure will get the road through his village mended.

Paperback: 96 pages

ISBN: 9781406343465

Dimensions: 12.9 x 0.6 x 19.8 cm

Written by: Atinuke

Illustrated by: Warwick Johnson Cadwell

About the Author:

Atinuke is a Nigerian storyteller. She draws upon her recent ancestry from Yoruba land, England and Wales, and more ancient origins in Spain, Portugal and China, to tell stories from both the world of folktales and contemporary life. She has written many Anna Hibiscus Racing Read titles and picture books, as well as the series entitled No. 1 Car Spotter. She lives in Newport, Pembrokeshire with her husband and two sons. Find her online at atinuke-author.weebly.com.

About the Illustrator:

This is Warwick Cadwell Johnson’s fourth book for Walker Books. He lives in East Wittering, Chichester, Sussex, with his family and pets.