Les Norton catches the extreme water polo semi-final on TV and is amazed to see that the man behind the game is his old mate Neville Nizegy Nixon. So when Neville calls and asks Les to drive the Murrumbidgee Mud Crabs to the final, Les takes him on. But things are never as simple as they appear.
"I'm too fast, you're too slow. Pan, pan, patty-cake pan, I can get away from you, I can!" The much-loved story of the Runaway Pancake who pops out of the oven and is sure he can escape all who want to eat him, is given a new spin when Marsupial Sue and her friends put on a play version for their neighborhood. The Cast includes Marsupial Sue as Auntie May, Bartholomew Koala as Old Dog Tray, Sydney Wombat as Cow, Winifred Wallaby as Donkey, Perth Platypus as Wolf, Melbourne Sheep as Bear, and Neville the Tasmanian Devil as Fox (with Collie Dundee as the Stage Manager!) Reading Level: Grade K-3
For those of you who like Dan Brown and the other History Mystery writers
The Eight is a non-stop ride that recalls the swashbuckling adventures of Indiana Jones as well as the historical puzzles of Umberto Eco which, since its first publication in 1988, has gone on to acquire a substantial cult following.
