The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip - Tapa dura

A gapper is a bit like a 'burr' but it is a dangerous thing. When it attaches itself to goats the goats become very unhappy and even stop giving milk. There is nothing gappers like more than goats and nothing goats hate more than gappers. When gappers get your goats it means trouble. In one small town gappers are a real pest and it takes the ingenious approach of Capable to find a solution - ife a solution exists at all.

George Saunders is the author of the highly acclaimed book PASTORALIA published by Bloomsbury Paperbacks and this is his first book for children. Lane Smith has illustrated many other sensational books for children including THE STINKY CHEESE MAN. Both George Saunders and Lane Smith live in America.