Toby Tucker is an orphan with a secret. He owns a chest filled with torn paper, and a strange message: Piece your family tree together and you'll find out who you are and when you come from. When he manages to put together a name, the most incredible magic happens. Toby travels back in time and becomes his ancestor! He's already been to Ancient Egypt, and can't wait for the magic to begin again! This time Toby is plunged back to Ancient Greece, into Niko's life, where he finds himself dodging the donkey doo: It's hardly a good idea to head-butt a donkey, and I'll never know what made me do it this morning. One minute I was standing there wondering which of the stubborn creatures to take to market, the next I was cross-eyed with my nose pressed up against a donkey's rear end. Not the nicest thing I've smelt today! Melissa the bee woman keeps well back because, she says, she doesn't want to catch my fleas. Cheek! They're not my fleas. They're the donkeys'

 

This book is part of a book series called Toby Tucker .

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Egmont UK Ltd .

Michael Broad lives in Surrey with a big black dog called Bella who likes to drop toys at his feet while he's writing or drawing and then waits for him to get up and trip over them. Valerie Wilding has been writing for 20 years and has written many books for all age ranges. She is the author of the Secret Diaries series, publishing April 2006. This is her first Banana. She lives in Alton, Hampshire. Maria Maddocks has illustrated two board books about vehicles for Ladybird previously. This is her first Banana.