Simon Woodward
In this book, Brave Dave the Feather and Tariq
the Tortoise (Tariq the Gifted if you asked him) continue on their quest to
help those people in this world that have come into difficulty through no fault
of their own. This time around Tariq happens upon a story in the local
newspaper about a guy who is never able to do anything on time no matter what
he tries. As Dave and Tariq dig deeper into the mystery it becomes apparent that
Trevor Emit’s problem with time is not actually his fault. Eventually the two
friends unravel the mystery, amongst other things, and in the end the problem
is solved — by accident!
Simon Woodward lives in Benfleet in Essex. The Brave Dave stories were created primarily
for his daughters, Molly and Tillie, but after canvassing the thoughts of other
children his daughters’ ages it became apparent the characters and the adventures
they have, had a much larger appeal than expected and so the stories went into
print.
"Tariq settled down
for the evening, happy that his life had got back to normal after the strange
meeting with the feather in a skin-tight yellow Lycra bodysuit; a feather who
had been brought to life after being struck by lightning on Halloween, just a
day or so ago.
Tariq’s thoughts turned to the Tortoise
Tall Story Talkathon; an event which was going to take place in about five or
six month’s time, in the spring. He couldn’t wait to meet up with his friends
and tell them about the strange day he’d had. He was sure they would wonder in
disbelief as he told them about the amazingly weird feather from the sky; a
feather that liked to be called Dave."
