Josh is so forgetful he almost forgets to put his trousers on when he goes to school on Tuesday. Luckily his magic backpack zooms him into class just as they are discussing the ingredients for a chocolate cake they are going to make. Eggs come from hens, butter comes from cows, and flour comes from wheat, and Josh knows that chocolate comes from cocoa, because his uncle has a cocoa plantation in Africa. Josh offers to bring the cocoa for the cake, but he forgets! Luckily he doesn't forget his magic backpack and before he knows it, he and his friend Tracy are swooshing off - over the sea, over the desert, to the rainforest of his uncle's cocoa plantation. Will Josh get back in time to add the cocoa to the cake?

 

This book is part of a book series called Flying Foxes .

This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Heinemann Educational Publishers .

Julia Jarman is an ex-primary school teacher and is now a full-time childrens' author, specialising in fiction set during historical times. Opal Dunn is widely known as a specialist in books on early first and second language development. She has been shortlisted for the Eleanor Farjeon award for services to children's literature. Her books for Frances Lincoln include Hippety Hop, Hippety Hay, Acker Backa Boo! and Leo le Chat Comes to Play! Adriano Gon trained as a graphic designer. Since 1989, he has illustrated many picture books and texts by authors such as Philippa Pearce, Dick King Smith and Penelope Lively. This is his first book for Frances Lincoln.