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Astrid and the Space Cadets: Danger at the Black Lagoon!
By (Author) Alex T. Smith
Pan Macmillan
Macmillan Children's Books
30th September 2025
19th June 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
160
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 12mm
136g
Blast off on an adventure with the Space Cadets! From beloved children's author-illustrator Alex T. Smith, the bestselling creator of Claude and How Winston Delivered Christmas, comes a funny and fast-paced illustrated adventure through space. Filled with out-of-this world illustrations on every page, Astrid and the Space Cadets: Danger at the Black Lagoon! is perfect for fans of Grimwood and Bad Guys, and for kids who are ready to read by themselves. Astrid and the gang are excited to help two scientists track down a mysterious, never before seen fish rumoured to be living on an underwater planet. But it isn't long before things take a shocking turn when Astrid and the Space Cadets discover that they have been tricked - the scientists are actually infamous Intergalactic Sea Bandits! Can the gang catch the Sea Bandits and rescue the treasure It's going to prove a difficult job especially when they find themselves swallowed whole by one of the Guard Sharks . . . Join Astrid and the gang on more adventures in Attack of the Snailiens and Race from Planet Peril!
Alex T. Smith has drawn and written stories since he could hold a pencil. After considering several career options (space traveller, cake maker, professional rabbit), Alex decided to train to do the job hed wanted to do since he was five an illustrator specializing in the world of childrens publishing.
Alex graduated with a first-class degree in Illustration in 2006 and also won second place in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in his final year. Since then Alex has gone on to work for a wide variety of clients, not just in the publishing industry, as well as writing and illustrating his own picture books, many of which have won prizes and have been read on TV during the Bedtime Hour on the CBeebies channel. Alex is also the creator of the bestselling Claude series for early readers, which appear in their own TV series on Disney Junior. His much-loved How Winston Delivered Christmas, How Winston Came Home from Christmas, The Grumpus and the witty retelling of The Twelve Days of Christmas, or Grandma is Overly Generous are all set to become future Christmas classics.
His series Astrid and the Space Cadets, filled with black and white illustrations, is an out of this world adventure series, perfect for readers who are ready to read by themselves.
When not working, Alex enjoys doodling in his sketchbook, reading, people-watching and eavesdropping. He is also a big fan of cake and a nice cup of tea. He lives with and under the constant supervision of his canine companions in Warwickshire.