Fred and the Fantastic Tub Tub

When Fred's green-fingered grandfather shows her a map to the mysterious island of Papa Nupi, he leads her on a summer holiday adventure that just might save the planet. From Zeb Soanes, author of the bestselling Gaspard the Fox books. Fred and the Fantastic Tub-Tub is also an exciting orchestral concert work by James Marangone. AUTHOR: Zeb Soanes is a children's author and broadcaster. He presents weekday evenings on Classic FM. For over 20 years, he was a newsreader and reassuring voice of the Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4. He has written for The Observer, Country Life, and The Literary Review and his best-selling first book for children, Gaspard the Fox began a series of stories based on the real urban fox that visits him at home in London. He has earned a reputation as 'the go-to person for music narration' with the UK's leading orchestras, performing favourite works for children including Paddington's First Concert and Peter and the Wolf. In recognition of his efforts to culturally rehabilitate the urban fox, he was made the first patron of the Mammal Society. Anja Uhren is a storyteller - working with images as well as words to deliver narratives. She was chosen to illustrate one of the books in Nicola Davies's Shadows and Light series, Mother Cary's Butter Knife, which published in 2016.