Train Trouble, the latest Shifty and Sam adventure by multi-award-winning children’s author Tracey Corderoy, has been included in the Waterstones Best Books of 2023: Baby & Toddler. See the full list here.

Written by Tracey Corderoy and illustrated by Steven Lenton, Shifty and Sam is a hugely successful, action-packed series about two baker-dogs who used to be robbers, but now solve mysteries and sniff out crimes!

The seventh picture book in the series, Train Trouble sees Shifty and Sam encounter a familiar feline foe…

When Shifty and Sam are asked to bake on board the Pawrient Express, travelling to Venice for Carnival night, they find themselves caught up in a robbery. A sneaky thief has stolen the posh passengers’ gems and she’s making her escape in a getaway gondola! The doggy detectives are hot on her tail, but can they unmask that kitty-cat criminal and save the day?

A brand-new instalment of the smash-hit rhyming picture book series featuring Kitty Le Claw, the fabulously mischievous villain in Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Cat Burglar.

Train Trouble is out now. Grab your copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

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