Extract - The Travelling Bookshop by Katrina Nannestad illustrated by Cheryl Orsini

Flossy picks up speed. The caravan hits a bump and three more cupcakes roll off the roof. A tearing sound comes from Nat’s pants. I grab his foot. Nat sticks his hand down his pants and out the back through the newly torn hole. His big brown eyes grow even bigger. Flossy is galloping now, and the caravan rumbles and lurches. Dad plops Nat into my lap. I stare at the tattered pants that stay nailed to the roof. Nat blushes and we both giggle. Dad gathers the picnic blanket and everything upon it into a bundle. He opens the hatch and drops it down into the caravan. He jumps at the sound of smashing china, then laughs. ‘Awk!’ screeches Coco. ‘Duck!’ cries Dad.

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