Book Author and Illustrator Swapna Haddow & Minky Stapleton
Rights Available World, excl. NZ, Australia, UK, New Zealand, Australia, USA, UK, Canada, Ireland (Eire), Netherlands, Denmark, Israel, Serbia, Germany, Spain, Greece, Slovakia, Mongolia & Brazil
In a world where all animals have superpowers, café workers Zeb the zebra, Margarine the penguin and Barry the lemur have been given the WORST powers of all.
Watching all the other superheroes save the world, day in and day out, Zeb, Margarine and Barry wonder if they will ever get to be superheroes for a day themselves.
• Swapna Haddow, award-winning author of the Dave
Pigeon and Bad Panda books, loves writing about
boisterous animals and madcap adventures and this
outrageously funny, action-packed and warm-hearted
new series delivers a super-sized serving.
• Haddow’s lively, goofy characters are brought to life
by artist Minky Stapleton’s fun and quirky illustrations.
• To be followed by Books #2 and #3, super-sized
servings of slapstick comedy and heartfelt friendship.
About the Author
Swapna Haddow grew up in the UK and wrote her first book at age eight. She wishes she’d kept it, but it seemed like a good idea at the time to trade it for two stickers and a couple of marbles! Her first published book was the award-winning junior novel Dave Pigeon. She has also written the early reader Ballet Bunnies series as Swapna Reddy.
Swapna now lives in Dunedin, NZ, with her husband, son and their dog. Her first book with Scholastic NZ was But Then . . . the almost true story of an overdue book.
About the Illustrator
Minky Stapleton is a multi-faceted illustrator with a range of styles, all with a dash of humour. An award-winning Art Director and Creative Director originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, Minky gave up advertising to follow her first love, illustration. She now resides in Auckland, New Zealand, where she balances illustration projects with running classes for kids on how to design scary monsters. Minky has illustrated many titles for Scholastic, from hilarious picture books to historical fiction and high-energy, heavily illustrated junior fiction.
