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Created: 14th August, 2015

The No 1 Car Spotter

Author: Atinuke
Illustrator: Warwick Johnson Cadwell
Publisher: Walker

Atinuke doesn’t name the African country in which she sets her short fiction, although she draws on her Nigerian cultural background for her lively comic creations. Her family stories about Anna Hibiscus have found a delighted audience.

Here the focus is on Oluwalase Babatunde Benson, aka No.1, called thus because he is the foremost in his village at carspotting, the favoured hobby of all the boys and men, derided by the girls and women, who think it distracts them from more useful occupations. However, when the village’s only car breaks down, preventing them from taking their produce to market, it’s No.1 who says ‘No time for palava, no time for wahala’, and works out a way to make their Toyota Corolla into a Toyota Cow-rolla!

Also: The No 1 Car Spotter and the Firebird (9781406320787), Walker £5.99

The No 1 Car Spotter and the Car Thieves (9781406320800), Walker £5.99

The No 1 Car Spotter Goes to School (9781406342925), Walker £5.99

The No 1 Car Spotter and the Broken Road (9781406343465), Walker £5.99

The No 1 Car Spotter Fights the Factory (9781406343472), Walker £5.99