The Foxbury Force

A very funny book, based on the lovely idea that a firm of burglars are employed by the town council of Foxbury to rob a shop once a month in order to give the police some practice in catching robbers. They're supposed to be caught by tea time and give back the loot... but one day the temptation to break the rules is just too much. Along the way there's a great deal of fun and several sly, little jokes which are as much in the pictures as in the text. The two, as always from Graham Oakley, work perfectly together. I have to say, as well, that the refreshingly honest moral portrayed here is that crime does sometimes pay! An intelligent read for 8-10 year-olds.