Dude's Gotta Snowboard

***"Good for children comfortable reading longer books on their own." For ages 8-12 years. Magali: A French marmot who ventures out with her funny mountain mates for their crazy, nocturnal, sports adventures!*** Magali gets thrown out of hibernation and into a world of snowboarding! Why? Because Puppy Bébé went digging for cherries and dug her out without realising it. *'Cherries?' asked Chamois Luc. Puppy Bébé nodded. 'Maybe you dug out some sleeping animals too, huh?' The puppy shook his head. 'Nah!' Henri Le Hare slapped his paws to his helmet. 'Dude, your brain's not right! You had too many crashes last season. I think you did something to your head that time. Keep your helmet on, please.'* The group of animals promise to return Magali to her burrow that very night, after they finish snowboarding, but they forget her. The marmot must find her way home, but instead, she embarks on a fun and exciting journey of making new friends and learning how to snowboard! A middle grade book series about unexpected friendships, trusting instinct, and learning independence! The books have British spelling. For ages 8 to 12 years old. Set in the French Alps. Each book can be read as an individual book or as part of the series. Available in English, French, Spanish + bilingual versions (English / français) (English / español). Available in English, French, Spanish + bilingual versions (English / français) (English / español). Question for the Author How did you come up with the character of Magali? 'You know, I really love the French Alps, and looking at all the animals that live in the mountains. I'm Australian, so I had never seen a marmot before moving to France. I worked one summer, for a kids' summer camp, and part of my job was to take the children out on walks. We would go looking for marmots, all of us being very quiet, secretly sneaking up to the holes in the ground, where the entrances to the marmot burrows were. Of course, we would make too much noise and the marmots would disappear into their underground tunnels, but sometimes we were lucky and able to take photos. I think their underground homes took over my imagination, and before you knew it, I had a whole chapter book in my head, with Magali as the principal character!'