There's not much worse than having to go back to school afterward the holidays. Except perhaps if you return and there's graffiti all over the school! And then a flea epidemic!But at least they have the Founder's Feast to look forward to. Things are getting pretty hairy for the students of the Mammoth Academy ...The heaviest snowfall in history means lots of hungry humans and soon the Academy is surrounded. How will they get out of this one? Ages: 8+

Author Biography

Neal Layton was born in Chichester, West Sussex. Many of his ideas come, he says, from his childhood. In the past he has worked on a lettuce farm, in a chocolate factory, a teapot factory, a book shop and he has delivered papers. Neal has illustrated more than 40 books to date working with award winning authors such as Michael Rosen and Roger McGough. 'Oscar and Arabella' which he both wrote and illustrated won him the Smarties prize in 2003. He now lives in Southsea, Portsmouth with his girlfriend who is also an artist.