The Treasure Under The Jam Factory - Chrissie Sains; illustrated by Jenny Taylor

 

Scooter is back and he has just as many ideas to help develop his family's jam factory as he did in book 1!  As we meet him again, the extended factory is about to open with a huge public launch.  This is something of a departure for his family who have previously kept their jam making a strict secret.  However, just as things are set to open, Daffy Dodgy makes a reappearance, causing trouble and demanding her factory back, or money.  This sends Scooter into a frenzy but, as luck would have it, his new friend, Cat, may have the answer to his problem ... there's just one catch: Cat's Uncle Perry Pincher has very different, evil ideas on his mind.

I loved The Alien In The Jam Factory and was thrilled to be part of the blog tour for that book when it was released, so to have a copy of The Treasure Under The Jam Factory arrive in the post last week, was very exciting and I wasted no time before heading in!

It was wonderful to be back with Scooter and Fizzbee, and they were just as I remembered them: Scooter lets nothing get in his way, not even his cerebral palsy (I love the explanation pages at the back of the book, by the way), and his inventive brain comes up with the most wonderful creations - as well as his jammy creations (& disasters ... toilet roll jam anyone?!), I loved RALPH!

As well as the characters I got to know and love in book 1, there are some new characters to get to know and love in The Treasure Under The Jam Factory.  Perry Pincher is a character that you will love to hate as you get to know him and his pet ferret, Colonel Pom Pom!

With wonderful illustrations once again from Jenny Taylor, The Treasure Under The Jam Factory is a thoroughly entertaining sequel to The Alien in the Jam Factory and I would love there to be a third book.