Another fantastic book in a great series. Clara has a real skill at creating fun quirky characters where nothing quite goes to plan and mayhem ensues. A great combination for hooking young readers into reading.

This is the beautifully illustrated story of Marshmallow Pie, an egotistical diva (which is exactly how I imagine Pie would think of them self) cat. I loved the fact the story is told from the cat’s point of view and the developing relationship between Pie and Gingernut - especially after Pie realises how unfair they have been to the young kitten. I will definitely be recommending this book within school and I’m sure it will be popular with lower KS2.

We learned in the first story in this series that this adorable fluffy cat has a very impressive name:
Marshmallow Marmaduke Vanilla-Bean Sugar-Pie Fluffington-Fitz-Noodle & he isn't very keen when people shorten it!
But Amelia, his new-ish human friend, calls him Pie! The cat is not impressed!
She looks after Pie & in this, the 2nd story of the series. Amelia is excited to enter Pie into an audition for a TV advert.
Pie has a balcony where he lives & loves to tease the dog who lives below them, by waving his tail so Buster sees it & goes barking mad! This is Pie's idea of mischievous fun!

Pie is really an extra special cat & with his IMMENSE meow, thinks HE could do all the voice-over work for the filming, instead of a human!
Pie also thinks he's too special to have to look after a tiny kitten on the filming set.
A friend's tiny kitten, Gingernut, gets to join in the TV audition adventures in this story. There's an uh-oh moment when a teensy tiny little backpack is missing & filming has to stop.

They have a bit of fun trying on costumes, but Brad, the director, is getting annoyed because he'd like to get finished quickly & doesn't have time for cats making mistakes or props causing delays.

Pie thinks he can be the star, of course. Gingernut is tiny & so is her meow. Pie spends time fluffing up his tail to perfection but will they get their acting parts right? Where did the tiny backpack go?
When something else goes wrong, will Pie be kind & help Gingernut or be a grumpy star who thinks he is an acting genius?
Though this is a chapter book, the chapters are relatively short - I feel this could be encouraging for young readers transitioning from 'advanced' picture books. The small, sketch-style illustrations are interesting.& show a lot of character.

After some crazy adventures, friendship finally wins the day but how do they become stars? Disaster turns to a triumph in a surprising ending.