JOURNALISTS

 

Gastronimus has been talked about in newspapers,

on the Internet and in book reviews. Hailed as

a breakthrough in children’s food writing,

the cosmic chef has won phenomenal approval ratings

from children, parents and teachers.

Gastronimus is an official recommendation of the

School Library Association.

 

 

The comic novel-cum-children’s food

book has been published at a time

of historically unparalleled interest in children’s

eating habits and of efforts to improve

childhood literacy rates. It is one of only a handful

of children’s novels which are directly

relevant to every child between the

ages of 8 and 12.

This means 4.5 million children in

Britain and 20 million children in America.

 

 

Gastronimus has won an enviable list of supporters:

Save The Children
Sheila Dillon of the BBC Food Programme
The Food Standards Agency
BAFTA-winning children’s TV director Adrian Hedley
Netmums
Corams, Britains oldest children’s charity

 

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

 

“This delightful, hilarious and above all healthi-licious book

should charm its way into every child and parent's appetite”

- SAVE THE CHILDREN

 

 “If good food is ever going to draw children away from the

real seductions of coke, pizza, burger and chips, it needs some

help - this book is it”
- SHEILA DILLON of the BBC FOOD PROGRAMME

 

“Scrum-tastic! The world has been waiting far too long for

such a groundbreaking and charming food book for children.

Gastronimus and Scrumlix are certainly

set to change the way we think about food for kids”
– BAFTA-WINNING CHILDREN’S TV DIRECTOR,

ADRIAN HEDLEY

 

SEE QUOTES OF SUPPORT

 

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

Charlie Duncan is a writer, former Japanese linguist and

languages teacher. He lived and worked in Japan for four years.

He was based in Tokyo for two years before accidentally paying for a

giant removal van to take his suitcase to central Japan.

Here he made heroic atttempts to study

biology in the Japanese language

at the local Japanese university. It has since been said

that Charlie's knowledge of Japanese is wider and

more useless than any other foreigner who

has studied Japanese.

 

 

TRAFFIC LIGHT FOOD LABELLING

An important innovation of the story is Gastronimus’s

‘Rainbow Stars’. The intrepid chef pulls the multi-coloured

stars out of his pocket and touches them against any

substance in outer space and they flash red,
yellow or green to show how safe it is.  The Rainbow Stars

are carried over into the food section where they

sit next to every recipe as simple traffic

light food labels - showing in a fun way, how

healthy each recipe is.

 

SEE QUOTES OF SUPPORT