{"product_id":"9781785898709","title":"The Inventing Tubes","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘The Pasta Kidz™ and Petz Adventures’ are humorous, zany, magical and chaotic stories that bring together the pasta-themed Kidz – including \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Spaghetti\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eRikki Ravioli\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCamilla Cannelloni\u003c\/strong\u003e (above) and their creative Petz – \u003cstrong\u003eMumbo the Macaroni Dog\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSpud the Spaghetti Horse\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eVal the Vermicelli Snake\u003c\/strong\u003e (above) together in unusual circumstances, engaging with strange magical objects that have a life of their own. The songs, music and humour, told in specially invented pasta language, will engage 4-to-7 year olds in a fantasy world of friendship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plots and messages reinforce how the Kidz are unique, with different personalities and their own needs. Each tale shows how they help each other, usually with their own individual Petz, and throughout the series we see how their personalities and friendships develop especially when encountering new characters, like the evil and huge Pasta Beasties! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Inventing Tubes\u003c\/em\u003e, the first Pasta Kidz™ adventure in a series of up to forty books, Sarah and Marc Macaroni try their hand at inventing fun objects – and get a very grumpy PastaBall to play football with. But Sarah proves that the sport is not just for boys and she tries her hand at inventing her own ball! Every highly-branded Pasta Kidz™ and Petz story, illustrated in beautiful, full-colour detail, contains a moral message and will both inform and entertain young readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Troubador Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49780166689008,"sku":"9781785898709","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781785898709","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}