TRACEY CORDEROY lives in a hidden valley in Gloucestershire with her husband, two children and an everincreasing menagerie of devilishly-cutebut-sometimes-rather-naughty pets.
Also by TRACEY CORDEROY
STEVEN LENTON has drawn characters since he can remember and is now an award-winning animator and book illustrator. He works in a studio with his little dog called Holly.
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First published in the UK in 2016 by Nosy Crow Ltd The Crow’s Nest, 10a Lant Street London, SE1 1QR, UK Nosy Crow and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Nosy Crow Ltd Text copyright © Tracey Corderoy, 2016 Cover and illustrations copyright © Steven Lenton, 2016 The right of Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton to be identified as the author and illustrator respectively of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 A CIP catalogue record for this book will be available from the British Library. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of Nosy Crow Ltd. Printed in Spain Papers used by Nosy Crow are made from wood grown in sustainable forests. ISBN: 978 0 85763 701 7 www.nosycrow.com
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CONTENTS
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To Mark, for all your love and support. T.C. x
For Kerry, James, Sam, Joe and Mae, the cheekiest family I know. S.L. x
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Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam don’t just make AMAZING cakes. These two brave bakers solve wacky mysteries too! Trouble might be just around the corner but Shifty and Sam are always ready…
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“Spooky. . .” gasped Sam as the Bakemobile pulled up outside St Spectre’s boarding school. Shifty peeped out. Sam was right. St Spectre’s was perched high on a hill, gloomy and dark, like a big black grumpy crow! They splashed in through the rainy night armed with rolling pins and bowls. They were
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helping Mr Frogspawn’s class bake Halloween treats for a midnight feast later that night. Inside, they set out their things in the kitchen and the excited pupils scrambled in. “Hello!” said Shifty, and Sam gave a wave. “Aprons on then!”
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Chattering, everyone threw on an apron and started baking bread. “A party’s not a party without sandwiches,” said Shifty. “But as it’s Halloween, these ones will be a little bit . . . different.”
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As the schoolpups weighed and sieved and stirred, everyone was really careful. Except for one playful little fellow. “It’s snowing!” grinned Alfie, blowing flour everywhere. “Alfie,” Mr Frogspawn warned. “Calm down.”
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Soon the bread was baked and all the sandwiches made. But then Sam topped them off with starry wands and witches’ legs made from striped fondant icing. Their black liquorice boots stuck up in the air, as if the witches had dived into the bread. “Look!” beamed Bella. She pointed a paw. “He’s made sandwitches!”
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Next they made Creepy-Crawly Cupcakes with popping-candy icing on top. As they added little jelly spiders and bugs, the rainstorm outside rattled the windows. “It’s turning quite nasty,” Shifty said. “Yippee!” Bella cheered. “I hope it thunders – then we might see . . . a ghost.” “A ghost??” Sam shuddered. “A ghost!” Bella nodded. “Out in the garden there’s this old twisted oak tree. And if lightning strikes it – on Halloween – then the Lightning Strike will come and get you!”
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“The L-lightning S-strike??” stuttered Shifty and Sam. “He’s a ghost-dog!” Alfie smiled. “He’s in my Book of Spooky Legends. He’s meant to be as fast as lightning, and as wispy-white as clouds. And he’s meant to have a really wicked bite!”
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“Oh – that’s probably just a made-up story,” said Shifty, in case the rest of the class were getting scared. But they all looked fit to burst with excitement. “Oh, no it’s not!” they cried.
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