Magnificent Mabel and the Egg and Spoon Race

By Ruth Quayle and Julia Christians

Meet Mabel - she's MAGNIFICENT.

Sometimes life isn't fair for Mabel Chase. Like for instance she ALWAYS comes last at sports day, even though it is NOT HER FAULT. And her family have not taken her to one SINGLE dog show. And she NEVER gets a good part in the school play.

But none of that matters in the end ... because Mabel is still MAGNIFICENT.

The third book in a hilarious new series, highly illustrated throughout and with three short stories, this is ideal for newly-confident readers.

A perfect introduction to chapters books and independent reading for 5 - 7 year olds, and for fans of Pamela Butchart's Wigglesbottom Primary series and Alex T. Smith's Claude series.

Look out for:

Magnificent Mabel and the Rabbit Riot

Magnificent Mabel and the Christmas Elf

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
• Release date: Feb 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781839940118

Ruth Quayle

Ruth grew up surrounded by sisters (she's the middle of three). She spent a lot of her childhood writing to the tooth fairy, pretending she had a pet rabbit of her own and stomping up to her room to read books - vital training for a children's author! She writes picture books and young fiction and many of her books have been nominated for awards. She lives in a small village near Oxford with her husband and three children.

Book preview

Everyone thinks sports day is fun.

Sports day is not fun.

Sports day is unfair.

At sports day I am always being partnered with people who get cross if I come last – even if it’s by an accident and NOT MY FAULT.

Last year, I had to be on a team with Edward Silitoe and the problem with being on a team with someone else is that your scores get added together and if you’re not a rusher you can’t help letting your team down.

Last year Edward Silitoe got really cross with me. He said that if I hadn’t been so slow getting in my sack at the beginning of the sack race we would have won.

But the reason I was slow was because I spotted some rare moths at the bottom of my sack and I had a feeling that those moths were making a nest for their eggs.

So then I had to take an extra-long time getting into that sack because if those moths WERE making a nest, I didn’t want to squash all those precious baby moth eggs.

Edward Silitoe, I explained. Winning races is not as important as saving the lives of living creatures.

But Edward Silitoe does not care about living creatures.

Edward Silitoe cares about being fast.

That is why for this year’s sports day I did not want to be on a team with someone who is always in a rush like Edward Silitoe.

I wanted to be on a team with someone fun and jolly.

When it was time for Mr Messenger to announce our teams my heart began to wobble and I felt quite jumpy.

I