The Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam Series
By Tracey Corderoy
Two reformed robber dogs bake cakes, solve mysteries and stumble into deliciously comic adventures.
funny · rhyming · charming · whimsical
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What is The Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam series by Tracey Corderoy about?
Beginning in 2013, Tracey Corderoy’s Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam series follows two hapless robber dogs who swap burglary for baking, opening a village bakery and using their detective skills to help friends. Across rhyming picture books and two-colour early readers, their cases grow from local thefts and missing treasures to school mysteries, festive mishaps, alien visitors and pirate trouble. Full of slapstick, wordplay and food-themed fun, it suits children aged roughly 3–7, with mild comic peril, spooky moments and mischievous crime safely resolved.
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About the author
Tracey Corderoy is a much-loved children’s author who has written over seventy books, including 'Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam' and 'The Grunt and The Grouch'. She enjoys creating fun and exciting stories filled with adventure and laughter, and she hopes her books inspire children to use their imagination and enjoy reading.
All the books in The Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam series
Shifty McGifty & Slippery Sam
by Tracey Corderoy
Two bungling burglars swap stealing for baking... but can their secret café succeed?
Published: 2013
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Aliens are Coming!
by Tracey Corderoy
A new café, a sandcastle mystery and unexpected visitors keep these doggy detectives busy!
Published: 2019
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Train Trouble
by Tracey Corderoy
A jewel thief strikes aboard the Pawrient Express—but which cunning cat has escaped by gondola?
Published: 2013
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Cat Burglar
by Tracey Corderoy
Can two reformed robber dogs outwit a cunning cat burglar during a midnight bank robbery?
Shifty Mcgifty and Slippery Sam: Pirates Ahoy!
by Tracey Corderoy
Former robbers turned bakers face a pirate plot—but can they recover the stolen treasure?
Published: 2013
Shifty Mcgifty and Slippery Sam: the Diamond Chase
by Tracey Corderoy
A glittering party turns into a not-so-boring mystery when Lady Kate’s diamond tiara disappears.
Published: 2013
Shifty Mcgifty and Slippery Sam: the Missing Masterpiece
by Tracey Corderoy
A stolen gingerbread Eiffel Tower sends two baker dogs racing through Paris after a cunning fox.
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Spooky School Mystery
by Tracey Corderoy
Cheeky ghosts turn St Spectre’s School upside down—but what spooky secret are they hiding?
Published: 2013
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Robber Ghost
by Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton
A ghostly jewellery thief crashes Halloween—can two baking detectives uncover who’s hiding beneath the sheet?
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Santa's Stolen Sleigh
by Tracey Corderoy
Two robber dogs turned bakers face a mysterious gadgeteer and a Christmas crisis in Lapland.
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Up, Up and Away!
by Tracey Corderoy
Two clever baker dogs chase a jewel thief—but a mysterious parcel changes everything.
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Jingle Bells!
by Tracey Corderoy
A mysterious curse, a missing Santa, and a sea monster send two baking dogs racing into trouble!
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