Flying Furballs Take-Off is a brightly coloured, jam-packed modern version of the Children’s Annuals published in the 50’s and 60’s. Whether you’re already a fan of the Flying Furballs series of 9 books or are just discovering young pilot Claude D’Bonair and his exciting adventures, Take Off is full of fun.

There are 64 pages of stories, diagrams, and activities:

There’s a code to crack on an intercepted enemy message, and also learn other ways of sending secret messages. Flags, trains and even fish can be used!

Flying Ace Major Tom tells a story that begins with Tom Foolery and ends with a daring escape involving loop the loops, Dogz attacking from every angle and a precious 400 year old Ming Vase!

There are detailed drawings of fighter planes – showing inside and out, and even tips and tricks about drawing your own cats and dogs.

Up in Smoke – A graphic novel story is spliced among the pages – Rookie pilot Claude D’Bonair is keen to flex his flying muscles in his kitty hawk plane. When an urgent mission is declared against a Dogz attack, Claude is grounded by paperwork. Will he ever get to experience a dog fight in the sky?

You will see a flying pilot’s view of Chateau Fur-De-Lys, CATs Headquarters, with a numbered guide to the chateau’s special rooms and outbuildings.

A search and find activity inside CATs secret gadgets workshop.

…and even more!

The Flying Furballs series is super popular with readers keen to step up from Dogman and Captain Underpants etc, with its gripping plots and exciting characters.

This collection of stories, activities, information and full-on-fun extends The Flying Furballs series and also invites new readers into the world of ace fighter pilot Claude D’Bonair and his CATs airforce, up against the evil Dogz force trying to take over Europe.

Funny, full of action, with Donovan Bixley’s multi Award Winning intricately drawn spreads and graphics style – Take-Off is perfect for animal lovers, graphic novel readers, or anyone who loves action packed stories, filled with fun.  

Author / Illustrator – Donovan Bixley

Age – 7+

(2022, Upstart Press, NZ, Action, War, Humour, Animals, Adventure, Historical, Series, Cats, Dogs, Europe, Paris, Dogfight, Planes, Search and Find, Funny, First World War, WW1, World War 1, Bi-planes, Fighter Planes)