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Max and Chaffy: Search for the Ice Chaffy

Hardcover
5-1/2"W x 8-1/4"H | 20 oz | 30 per carton
On sale Nov 25, 2025 | 128 Pages | 9780593972038
Age 5-8 years
FOC Oct 13, 2025 | Catalog September 2025

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It's a new day on Animal Island, but something is different… It's snowing!

New friend Jacob has arrived to search the snowy landscape for the elusive Ice Chaffy. Who better to help him than Max and Chaffy? Skip through snowy meadows, explore ice caves, and follow the clues to try and find the sparkly Ice Chaffy before the snow melts.

From bestselling author Jamie Smart comes another vibrant, highly visual graphic novel about discovering new things, making friends, and returning what’s been lost to its rightful owner.

This graphic novel for kids features:
  • Content written by bestselling author of Bunny vs. Monkey, Jamie Smart, who has exceeded 1 million lifetime sales.
  • The perfect introduction to independent reading, with warm, lovable characters and an adventure centered around friendship and fun.
  • Search and find pages included in addition to the story to keep kids engaged and interacting.

Each hilarious Max and Chaffy story is interspersed with engaging search and find pages, since Chaffy has a habit of getting lost, as well as items that aren’t where they should be! Discover how Max first met Chaffy in Max and Chaffy: Welcome to Animal Island, or help search for Crumbles' special strawberry cupcake in Max and Chaffy: The Great Cupcake Mystery.

Jamie Smart was named Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards 2024, Best Laugh Out Loud Illustrator of the Year at the Lollies Awards 2024, and won Illustrated Children's Book of the Year for Bunny vs Monkey: Multiverse Mix-Up. He studied art at college for four years, but it was just an excuse to practice drawing animals with goggly-eyes. His comic Fish-Head Steve was the first comic to be shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Jamie has illustrated comics for The Sunday Times, the Dandy, and the Beano, and is also the creator of the Max and Chaffy comic series for younger readers, and the illustrated middle-grade Flember series. View titles by Jamie Smart
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About

It's a new day on Animal Island, but something is different… It's snowing!

New friend Jacob has arrived to search the snowy landscape for the elusive Ice Chaffy. Who better to help him than Max and Chaffy? Skip through snowy meadows, explore ice caves, and follow the clues to try and find the sparkly Ice Chaffy before the snow melts.

From bestselling author Jamie Smart comes another vibrant, highly visual graphic novel about discovering new things, making friends, and returning what’s been lost to its rightful owner.

This graphic novel for kids features:
  • Content written by bestselling author of Bunny vs. Monkey, Jamie Smart, who has exceeded 1 million lifetime sales.
  • The perfect introduction to independent reading, with warm, lovable characters and an adventure centered around friendship and fun.
  • Search and find pages included in addition to the story to keep kids engaged and interacting.

Each hilarious Max and Chaffy story is interspersed with engaging search and find pages, since Chaffy has a habit of getting lost, as well as items that aren’t where they should be! Discover how Max first met Chaffy in Max and Chaffy: Welcome to Animal Island, or help search for Crumbles' special strawberry cupcake in Max and Chaffy: The Great Cupcake Mystery.

Creators

Jamie Smart was named Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards 2024, Best Laugh Out Loud Illustrator of the Year at the Lollies Awards 2024, and won Illustrated Children's Book of the Year for Bunny vs Monkey: Multiverse Mix-Up. He studied art at college for four years, but it was just an excuse to practice drawing animals with goggly-eyes. His comic Fish-Head Steve was the first comic to be shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Jamie has illustrated comics for The Sunday Times, the Dandy, and the Beano, and is also the creator of the Max and Chaffy comic series for younger readers, and the illustrated middle-grade Flember series. View titles by Jamie Smart

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