Posh Watson - Softcover

Crumble Lane School is so dull that the spiders on the ceilings yawn. The school uniform is grey, the classrooms cold and bare and the teachers as dull as dust. The only happy person there is Natalie, who spends all her time doing what she loves best: maths. But then, enter Posh Watson, with his purple jacket, giant sunglasses and pink musical trainers, saying things like "abso-doodle-utely" and "hoo-doodle-ray". And, before you can say "fan-doodle-tastic", everyone is copying him - except Natalie, who thinks that the whole school has gone mad!

Gillian Cross has been writing children's books for more than fifteen years. She won the Carnegie Medal for her novel Wolf - and was a runner-up for the same award with A Map of Nowhere. The Great Elephant Chase won both the Whitbread Children's Novel Award and the Smarties Book Prize. She has written many stories for younger readers, including the Walker title Beware Olga! Married with four children, her hobbies include orienteering and playing the piano. Mike Gordon has illustrated many books for adults and children, including Free the Whales, Henry Hound and Hector the Spectre, as well as greetings cards, books, mugs and T-shirts. He was named Berol Cartoonist of the Year in 1988.