Masher
Author(s): Fifi Colston
What would you do if you accidentally created a barking-mad glove puppet, with sharp teeth, a fierce attitude and an unpredictable mouth?
A boy and a fast-talking terrier glove puppet form a hilarious double act in this warm and funny illustrated novel for readers twelve years and under.
Twelve-year-old Freddie Foxworthy just wants to do arts and crafts. He finds them a lot easier to deal with than his peers, and far more rewarding. His latest project is to create the perfect glove puppet from papier-mache and home-made glue. But when ashes from his metal-head neighbour's deceased bull terrier get into the mix, he finds he has accidentally made a growling puppet with an unpredictable mouth! But where a possessed puppet can bring fame, it can also bring plenty of trouble. And Freddie already has an overload of mysteries to solve - what (or whom) is to blame for the late Masher's death? Was Masher responsible for the disappearance a neighbourhood cat?
And, most of all, is Masher actually for real? Surely Freddie couldn't be causing all this chaos himself?
Masher is acclaimed author, illustrator and arts-and-crafts guru Fifi Colston's warm and funny novel about animal companions, imaginary friends, perceived enemies, and finding your happy place.
No dogs or papier-mache were harmed in the making of this book.
General Information
- :
- : Penguin Group New Zealand, Limited
- : Penguin Books (NZ)
- : 0.2
- : March 2022
- : 2.4 Centimeters X 12.9 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Fifi Colston
- : Paperback
- : 823.3
- : 224
- : YFQ
More About The Product
​Shortlisted for the 2023 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Junior Fiction, Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award category
Fifi Colston is a straight-up creative with her fingers in many arty pies. She is an award-winning junior-fiction novelist and illustrator of more than 30 children's books, a poet and a television presenter of arts and crafts - firstly on TVNZ's 'What Now' and then 'The Good Morning Show'. She has been creating World of Wearable Arts designs with 26 category entries in 24 years and has been a finalist and an award-winner many times over. She has also worked with Weta Workshop, 3 Foot 7 Productions, Pukeko Pictures and The Production Shed in the New Zealand TV and film industry as a costumier, puppet maker and illustrator and trainee scriptwriter. In between writing and creating, Fifi enjoys visiting schools and community groups, inspiring budding artists and writers through workshops in creative process.