It's also the perfect reading adventure to help little readers move from picture books on to their very first chapter books, all while entertaining them and getting them giggling with laughter. This special edition of Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam comes with read-aloud audio and text highlighting. But when they’re asked to bake for a pirate party, they find themselves caught up in the middle of a robbery.

Adventure awaits Shifty and Sam in this action-packed Christmas picture book – with shiny foil on the cover! BOOK OF THE MONTH - the much awaited latest installment in this popular diary-style series for ages 7+.

Two hapless canine robbers a roly-poly bulldog and a tall brown hound believe they've hit on a truly cunning plan: they'll throw a tea party. As you read the story again children can join in by completing the rhymes or taking the part of Shifty, Sam or the neighbours. The rhyming text is easy to read, some pages have a lot more text than others which adds to the story’s suspense and changes the pace according to the action.

He enjoyed pretending to be Shifty, dressing as a baker, making cakes and decorating them – and eating them of course! His books have won awards such as the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award and have been selected for the WHSmith Children’s Book of the Year and Tom Fletcher Book Club. Instead of retribution, however, their victims offer career counseling: "Why don't you open a caf instead? From cats robbing banks, penguins stealing tiaras and burgled fancy hotels, to Christmas mysteries, missing masterpieces and even ALIENS, Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are two busy pups solving crime, all while baking delicious cakes!

that Shifty and Sam have whipped up momentarily distract the guests, the pair is invariably caught red-handed. BOOK OF THE MONTH - A heart-warming and hilarious story told in 25 chapters, perfect for the countdown to Christmas. A hilarious rhyming picture book and early chapter book series for all dog lovers about two animal friends, perfect for fans of funny books for children! The first title in a two-colour fiction series, ideal for children growing in confidence as readers and beginning to rea. Noah really likes looking back at particular pages with dramatic scenes– for example Shifty and Sam’s attempted Zoo robbery and when Kitty is hanging from the roof in book two.

When their master plan for a robbery goes hopelessly wrong again, they discover that crime doesn’t pay but cupcakes certainly do! The two adorable robber dogs are back in the kitchen, but they'd better watch out when Kitty-le-Claw is about! This funny, quirky story, deliciously dished up by debut artist, Steven Lenton, is full of depth of detail and colour, which little ones will pore over time and time again – and the two robber dogs are adorable comic characters! But Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam's life is everything but boring, and soon enough they're the ones to sniff out CRIME!He likes going back again and again to this story and its sequel Shifty McGifty, Slippery Sam: The Cat Burglar.