Four on the Run

Maxie, Fergie, Flash and Lady are good friends who live in Mrs Brown's farm shed. Life isn't exciting, but they're happy. Until the day they learn that Mrs Brown wants to sell them - to the scrap yard! So they decide to run away: and suddenly life becomes very exciting for the four lovable machines in a series of madcap adventures that will change everything. This is an exciting, funny chapter book, with warm and interesting characters who just happen to be machines! With lively, appealing illustrations by Cheryl Orsini, Four On the Run is a fresh and original adventure which is great both for reading aloud to pre-literate children and for young readers to read for themselves.

AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR: Sophie Masson is the award-winning author of over 60 books for children, young adults and adults. Her latest books include the children's historical novel War and Resistance (Scholastic Australia 2019), and several picture books: The Snowman's Wish (illustrated by Ronak Taher, Dirt Lane Press, 2020); A House of Mud (illustrated by Katrina Fisher, Little Pink Dog Books, 2020); There's A Tiger Out There (illustrated by Ruth Waters, Little Hare, 2019); and On My Way (illustrated by Simon Howe, Scholastic Australia, 2019). In 2019, Sophie received an AM (Member, General Division) award in the Order of Australia honours list. Cheryl Orsini has illustrated over 20 picture books including Caravan Fran (Lothian Books/Hachette Australia), The Tales of Mrs Mancini (ABC Books) The ABC Book of Cars, Trains, Boats and Planes (ABC Books), and Pom Pom, Where Are You? (Viking/Penguin). Her illustrations are also sought after by Australian magazines including Gardening Australia and The School Magazine. Cheryl lives in Sydney, with her husband and daughter.