The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond the Fence (The Breakfast Club Adventures, 1)

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MARTA: Little lines underneath, because he's smiling, and when we smile we've got these little lines. And last but not least... LAURA: –Yeah, that's a good-, that's a good tip. OK, Marta, this one's for you. As an illustrator, how do you decide what you're going to draw in a book? OK, Marta, I've got another one for you here. How do you think illustrations add to the experience for the reader? ALEX: So the first thing I think about is what do I want the setting to do in- as part of the story? Um, how do I want this place to feel? Um, how do I want the audience to feel about it? And then when you can go from there, when you know what you want, um, you-, how you want the place to feel, then you- you go through your senses. Think about your smell, um, the things you can hear, the things you can see. And then just really go through there, and, um, and using that you can really craft a- a setting.

The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Ghoul in the School The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Ghoul in the School

With a book that includes emphasised words in a text, how do you decide which are the important words to stand out? The Phantom Thief” is the third novel in the “Breakfast Club Adventures” series and was released in 2023. This mysterious figure is stealing from clubs all around Rutherford High! The one clue is this odd calling card left behind at the scene of the crime.The Breakfast Club Investigators haven't managed to solve a mystery in months and Marcus is worried that the group is going to break up! So when the captain of the school basketball team comes to ask for their help Marcus knows this might just be the Investigator's last chance to prove themselves. The support of publisher Macmillan Children’s Books and funding from KPMG UK has allowed 50,000 copies of the book to be donated to schools participating in the Marcus Rashford Book Club initiative. Inspired by Marcus’s own experiences growing up, The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond the Fence is the first fiction book by England International footballer, child-poverty campaigner and bestselling author Marcus Rashford MBE. LAURA: Yeah. OK, Alex, another one for you. Do you have any tips for writing setting descriptions? How do you set the scene?

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The Breakfast Club Investigators have not solved a mystery in months now and Marcus has been worried that this group will break up. When Gbenga, captain of the school’s basketball team, asks them for help Marcus knows that this may just be the investigator’s final chance to prove themselves.Marcus is a lifelong supporter of Manchester United, his local football club, and grew up in a family divided in their support of United and their local rivals Manchester City. Marcus went to Ashton-on-Mersey School, where United have been sending their academy players since 1998, close to their Carrington training ground. He studied for a Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) National Diploma in Sport. MARTA: Exactly. And when you do both sides at the same time it's easy to find your way. Now we're gonna do the bottom...part. Don't miss the Breakfast Club Investigators next adventure in The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Ghoul in the School!

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LAURA: Hmm. We've got some questions about writing and illustrating books, but all we need is a writer and an illustrator. Ah! Marta! Alex! Perfect! MARTA: So, we look at the bottom of the six, again, and a little bit over the nostrils, just to find your way...somewhere here. Fresh from receiving an MBE for his campaigning to lift children out of poverty, Marcus Rashford is now warming up for a new challenge: the England footballer is writing a children’s novel. In the short clip above, filmed as part of CBBC Book Club , co-author Alex Falase-Koya and illustrator Marta Kissi share some tips about writing and illustrating. Greater Manchester Metrolink lines to be closed as engineering works planned- replacement bus service details

ALEX: Well, um, this is the type of thing where we kind of do-, it's all a real team effort. So we have loads of book designers who, um, look really hard at the text and think about what are the type of things which, um, are words that can catch the audience's eye. Um, and they kind of help, er, put that all together. ALEX: Yeah! laughter Um, I definitely read out loud, especially because sometimes I may make a little mistake or miss out a word, and so it's good to read out loud to catch that. Um, but also when you read out loud you can really s-, um, sense the rhythm of a piece and how- and how it feels when you're reading it. So yeah, that's definitely something to do, maybe even with some EXPRESSION!