Warduff and the Corncob Caper
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Warduff is a cat who loves naps and fish cakes. It's a tough job being a lazy, hungry cat, but somebody has to do it. One evening, his aftersnack snooze is disturbed by a call from Fefferflap, a chicken at Corncob Farm. There's a fox alert and the frantic animals urgently need his help! Warduff needs to come up with an absolutely brilliant plan to outwit the wily fox, and fast!
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As is true for many modern heroes, the first glimpse of Warduff isn't promising: a very fat feline, he's stuffed into the top of a garbage can, sleeping off a fish-eating binge. But when the ravenous fox Snipe threatens the barnyard, the endangered animals think of calling no one else. Debut author Head has a fine sense of visual comedy. His bold black outlines and graphic environments' geometric shapes establish a mock noir mood, and his cast has an endearing air of eager anxiety crossed with cluelessness bringing to mind a cross between Sandra Boynton and Aardman, the British animation studio responsible for Wallace and Gromit. Clearly a talented illustrator, Head's first outing as an author shows some promise in that department, too. Though his prose can be overly literal ("Hooray for Warduff and his brilliant plan!"), and the big reveal of how repurposed sweet corn can defeat a foe is a stretch, he ably builds suspense during the climactic scenes ("Deeper and darker went the trail. Then suddenly...") ensuring read-aloud enjoyment as Snipe gets what's coming to him. Ages 4 9.
