The Cabbage Patch Fib

Paul Jennings

Puffin, 1996 - Fiction - 49 pages

Chris is only eight years old when he becomes the "father" of a cabbage-green baby, which, in fact, Chris discovered in his father's cabbage patch. But, the baby is not meant to be with Chris and, in the end, a crone appears from a monstrous cabbage and, jabbering away in some odd language, she removes the baby and vanishes.

Contents

• Section 1: 6
• Section 2: 7
• Section 3: 16

About the author

Australian writer, Paul Jennings was born in England on April 30, 1943. He moved to Australia when he was six years old. He attended Frankston Teachers College and became a teacher. He then attended Lincoln Institute and became a speech pathologist. In 1989, he decided to become a full-time writer. His first title Unreal!, winner of a Young Australians' Best Book Award (YABBA), was published in 1985. His other works include the Singenpoo series, the Wicked! series, the Deadly! series, and The Nest. He has won numerous awards including the Kids Reading Oz Choice Award, the Books I Like Best Yearly Award, the Angus and Robertson Bookworld Award and a COOL Award for his title The Paw Thing. He also received the Golden Puffin Award in 1992 for selling 1 million books in Australia. In addition to writing, he visits school and lectures at conferences and seminars on encouraging children to read. Craig Smith was born in South Africa. Apart from some years in the UK and months in the US Craig Smith has lived most of his life there. Having a wild imagination from ever since he could remember he finally decided to take advantage of it when he was 19, and began writing seriously. Since then he has written 2 novels, numerous short stories and started 3 other novels. He hopes to finish them all sometime this decade. His most exciting project at the moment is a post apocalyptic novel with 3 other South African writers called Crumbling Ruins. His titles include: The Red Stone, Zoolin Vale and the Chalice of Ringstar, Allen the Alien, Anna's Ghost, and Aussie Soldier. In 2015 his title's, My Daddy Ate an Apple, The Wonky Donkey, Eating, Edmonds Beginner's Cookbook and Willbee the Bumblebee made The New Zealand High Profile List.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Cabbage Patch Fib; Book 1 of The Cabbage Patch Series
• Author: Paul Jennings
• Illustrated by: Craig Smith
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Puffin, 1996
• ISBN: 0140377697, 9780140377699
• Length: 49 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories; Juvenile Fiction / Toys, Dolls & Puppets