Four sparkling new stories about Jake and his family at 3 Maple Street, not forgetting Grandpa in the basement flat at 3a! In The Surprise Party, how will Jake prevent Grandpa going home from the park while his special surprise birthday party is being prepared? The Christmas Performance at school sees Jake as a shepherd, but disaster threatens when little brother Sam gets onto the stage! In A Great Adventure, Jake takes Algy, the class bear, home for the weekend, and all goes well till Algy is carried off by a dog… In That Was Lucky, Jake and his friend Jayden are chased into the garden by big sister Ellie – right onto Grandpa’s precious vegetable seedlings. Whoops! ‘Brilliant new chapter book series for early readers, written with warmth and humour’ – The Bookseller
