What is The Great Alien Cake Off about . . .

The picture book is a fantastical rhyming story based on the planet Cookie Dreams. Everyone lives exclusively off biscuits, until one day a young alien called Zappo discovers cake.  Soon the other alien parents learn to bake and start to get competitive about their cakes. The headteacher decides to put it to the test and organises a cake off competition at the school. Full of wonderful alien characters who get a little carried away with their new-found love of cake making and accidentally create more than they bargained for . . . what happens next is literally out of this world. Guide age range: 2-8 years (perfect for a child to read with others or alone).

TICKETS

This is an unticketed event as we are running an author signing/reading at 4 o’clock daily during Hay Festival (more details to follow). Please support Rachel as our first 4 O’Clock Friend!

At North Books, 4 Castle Street, Hay-on-Wye on Saturday 27 May, 4pm.

THE AUTHOR

Rachel McCoubrie is a doctor working for the NHS at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust. This is her first book, which is illustrated brilliantly by Robert McPhillips, and won an Independent Publishers Award in 2020 in the category ‘Best picture books for under 7’s'.