Big City Butter-Finger - Softcover

Bob Cattell; John Agard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184507954X ISBN 13: 9781845079543

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2010

Synopsis

A rising young star known across the Caribbean, Riccardo - Butter-Finger to his fans - visits London for the first time to sing in the London Caribbean Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in front of thousands. He's also hoping to see the West Indies play at Lords Cricket Ground, but most of all he hopes to find out about his father who left home for London years ago and with whom he has lost touch. Meanwhile back at home, his friends in the Calypso Cricket Club are facing their biggest challenge ever when they play in Trinidad for the Valentine Shield. Riccardo's time in the big city is even more exciting than he could imagine as he encounters stars of music and cricket and discovers the secret of his father's disappearance in this hugely entertaining and richly plotted story.

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Review:

Beautifully illustrated ...this is an enjoyable little yarn. --All out Cricket

Bob Cattell 'teams up' with the irrepressible John Agard in this hugely entertaining and sometimes provocative book. Brian Lara appears as a cricketing guide and we meet up with Sir Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd, Michael Holding and Gary Sobers in wwhat provesa to be a real festival of fun. --Carousel

A joyous tale which will out a smile on the face of its readers. --School Librarian

About the Author:

Bob Cattell worked as a bookseller for many years and is now a full-time writer of children's books. He is best known for his Glory Gardens and Strikers series of books about cricket and football.

John Agard is one of the most popular poets writing in Britain today. He is the author of many children's books and his collection of poetry for young children, We Animals Would Like A Word With You was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize. He was born in British Guiana (now Guyana) and worked for the Guyana Sunday Chronicle newspaper as sub-editor and feature writer before moving to England in 1977, where he became a touring lecturer for the Commonwealth Institute, travelling to schools throughout the UK to promote a better understanding of Caribbean culture. In 1993 he was appointed Writer in Residence at the South Bank Centre, London, and became Poet in Residence at the BBC in London, an appointment created as part of a scheme run by the Poetry Society in London. He also played a key role in the 'Windrush' season of programmes in 1998. He is a mainstay of the Poetry Live road show bringing poetry to about 75,000 teenagers every year, and has travelled extensively throughout the world performing his poetry. He has contributed to, and edited, several anthologies, and is also co-editor of A Caribbean Dozen (1994) with his partner, the poet Grace Nichols, with whom he also co-wrote No Hickory, No Dickory, No Dock in 1991. His books for Frances Lincoln include The Young Inferno, a retelling of Dante's Inferno.

About this edition

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 184507954X
• ISBN 13: 9781845079543
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112