whoosh!: adventures with grandad

Following on from the successful Seasons and Nature series from award-winning author Sam Usher, this is the final book in Sam's Transport quartet featuring the much-loved Boy and Grandad.

Boy has the most wonderful desert-filled dream so he and Grandad decide to have ice cream for breakfast. Having cycled up a few hills, disaster strikes when they discover all the ice cream has sold out. Boy and Grandad soon concoct a plan, but it involves creating a faster form of transport...

In this exciting new story, Whoosh! sees Boy and Grandad use their imagination and resourcefulness to create a flying balloon-powered bike. They whoosh all the way to Ice Cream Mountain encountering obstacles along the way such as a sprinkle storm. Guaranteed to increase ice cream sales, this is a delightful family read exploring creativity and perseverance, all the while following the enduring and heart-warming Boy-Grandad relationship.

Sam graduated from the University of West England and his debut picture book Can You See Sassoon? was shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize and the Red House Children's Book Award. He is particularly admired for his technical drawing skill and prowess with watercolour. Also a talented pianist, when he's not holding a pen and wobbling at paper you'll find him perfecting a fiendishly difficult piece of Chopin. He is also creator of the bestselling seasonal series about a boy and his grandfather.