Author(s): Tim Levy

Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds

Squeak Evans is a pretty normal kind of boy except for one thing - he can't talk. His best friend Natalie convinces him to audition for the Rock Eisteddfod - it's only dance and music, after all. But when it's time to show the judges what he can do, Squeak learns that he needs to be able to sing to get the part. Can Doctor Von Schprecken, the world's only Sniffular-bio-herbologist, help Squeak find his voice? ABOUT CAR KIDS: Carkids began life as an ABC audio series of stories and games to keep kids occupied on long car trips, which Tim produced and distributed himself before they were picked up by ABC and distributed around Australia. Now come the books ... just as fun for long journeys and holidays, each book in the Carkids series will feature a chapter story to keep kids absorbed - whether in the car, bus, train or plane, or even sitting at home during those long, boring school holidays. But each book also features games, activities and every other boredom-busting, tedium-terminating, dullness-disintegrating extra you can think of. From games like 'Top 3' and Tim's unique take on 'Twenty Questions', to doodle pages and 'how to' pages, Carkids is sure to keep kids giggling for hours. Long trips will never be the same again.