Is it a boy? Is it a flying machine? Is it a can of chicken noodle soup? No - it's Soupy Boy, the astounding result when a boy falls into a vat of soup. Now it's up to Soupy Boy to save the world, and go on the trail of the sick and twisted Mortimer Napkin.

 

There are 96 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1997 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Damon Burnard is an experienced author/illustrator who has books published by Puffin, Macmillan and Collins, amongst others. Born in England, he moved to Boston in the States in 1991.