Alastair MacDonald
Benjy Twiglet loves custard. He loves custard so much that he sings and dreams about custard.In Mopsworth, a mining town in Yorkshire, a surprise discovery of natural free forming custard in an underground coal mine changes the world. Everyone who loves to eat custard is looking forward to an endless supply of their favourite food.But the mine has a new owner. His name is Igor Bagsofmoneyov. He owns the mine and all the custard inside it. The Mopsworth Custard Company starts pumping custard and selling it all over the world. The Mopsworth town economy is now a custard economy.Benjy Twiglet and his best friend Rio are both very excited. As the Mopsworth Custard Co starts pumping custard, their lives change forever and everything they know turns yellow.What Benjy Twiglet would like to know, is Igor Bagsofmoneyov a good or a bad man?Whatever happens, Benjy and Rio will fight to keep the custard flowing and available for all the world’s children.About the AuthorAlastair MacDonald was born in the Midlands in the mid-sixties. Both his parents loved to read and encouraged him to always have a book at his bedside. Therefore, he spent many an afternoon with his nose in a book when he should have been doing more constructive things like homework or helping with the washing up. Alastair now lives in Jakarta. Alastair tries to write every day, but sometimes when he says he is writing, he is just eating chocolate and ice cream. The Mopsworth Custard Company is part of the Mopsworth Custard book series.
