As promised, here’s Bethan’s review of Who Ate All The Pies, along with the chance to win a signed copy..

Who Ate All The Pies? – CB Lindsay

Cuthbert is hooked on his granny’s custard pies. But his world turns topsy turvy when Granny starts feeding him turnip stew instead. With the help of his friend Arnold, Cuthbert embarks on a mission to discover who is eating all of Granny’s pies… Will Cuthbert get his just desserts? Find out in this addictively funny adventure story filled with mad inventions, an out-of-control robot, barmy bakers, and lots and lots of custard!

This story is about a boy called Cuthbert who loves custard pies.  When Cuthbert finds out there aren’t any more custard pies, he and his friend Arnold are determined to find out why Granny isn’t making them.  And then when they discover she is still making them, they want to know where the pies are going…

There are a lot of really great characters in this book, I couldn’t decide who my favourite was.  I liked Cuthbert because he is the one who found out that Granny was still making custard pies, the machine that does funny things, Granny because the things she says make me laugh and Arnold because he is a very good detective.

This book is a very quick read but it’s really funny, especially when Professor Ankles fights his fridge!

Thanks, Bethan! Sounds like she enjoyed it! Tick Tock books have offered us a signed copy to giveaway to one lucky Bookbabbler. To be entered into the draw for it, just comment on this post, retweet it or Facebook ‘like’ it (UK only). We’ll pick a winner at 8PM on Wednesday – good luck!

Take a peek at Mad, I mean, Professor Ankles’ Journal entries, written just days before the mystery of “Who Ate All the Pies?” begins…

Monday

8.00am: Awoke to discover the room had turned blurry overnight. Was about to run down to the lab to grab the radiation detector, when I realised my glasses had fallen off while I was sleeping

8.30am:  Soggy fish fingers for breakfast again

8.50am:  Arnold complaining of a sore tummy before setting out for school – nothing a strawberry sherbet couldn’t sort out

9.00am:  Donned lab coat and went to lab to try some new experiments

11.10am:  Accidentally melted the legs of my glasses into my face – thankfully growing a beard at the moment and so was able to shave them out – this took up best part of the day

2.45pm:  Lunch – some mouldy cheese I found at the back of the cupboard. (Scraped the mould off of course!)

3.00pm:  Read an article in the Science Times about frozen turkeys taking over the planet in 2050

3.25pm:  Defrosted this year’s Christmas turkey just to be on the safe side

3.30pm:  Arnold home from school and wanting to know what’s for dinner

6.00pm:  Ordered curry and hid the Christmas turkey under the sink

6.30pm:  Ate tea and watched a movie about Lizard People – very interesting

9.00pm: Time for bed

Tuesday

9.30am: Ironed some socks and listened to the shipping news

11.30am:  Headed down to the lab and thought about how one would go about creating Lizard People

12.45pm: Searched the garden for lizards

1.00pm:  Found a slug

1.30pm:  Popped to the shops and bought fresh cheese and some lettuce for the slug

3.30pm:  Arnold came home and we ate the cheese. We played with the slug for a while until it fell asleep

7.00pm:  Bad smell coming from under the sink

7.15pm:  Arnold has found the turkey and seems unhappy

9.10pm: Off to bed

Wednesday

8.35am:  Ate Colin’s lettuce for breakfast. Named the slug

8.45am:  Cut Arnold’s hair with Great Aunt Sandy’s priceless fruit bowl

8.55am:  Arnold set off to school with his scarf over his head – very odd behaviour

9.30am:  Read over this journal – think our eating habits could be tweaked somewhat

10.15am:  Had a brilliant idea! Pulled apart kitchen.

12.30pm:  Arnold is going to love this…

Has this got you wanting more??! We’ll be bringing you our review of Who Ate All The Pies? later today, along with the chance to win a signed copy of the book – watch this space!

You can find out more about the author, CB Lindsay here, and follow her on Twitter here. Thanks for the diary sneak peek, Cathryn!