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Master Bun the Bakers' Boy

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Master Bun the Bakers' Boy by Allan Ahlberg, and Fritz Wegner

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By Allan Ahlberg, and and, Fritz Wegner

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Bertie Bun was born to be a baker. His mum is a baker. His dad is a baker. Even his grandparents were bakers. But Bertie has a big problem – he’s bored of bread! He wants to be a butcher’s boy, or a bus-driver’s boy or even a balloonist’s boy – and his wishes are going to land him in lots of trouble …

Based on the classic ‘Happy Families’ card game, this highly entertaining series is ideal for reading and sharing at home or at school.

Reviews

04 Jan 2024

I love it because Bertie dreamed about bread. funny and I recommend this book.

05 Aug 2023

It's about a boy, that was born to be a baker. But when he grew up he was bored with bread.

15 Jul 2023

I liked Bertie Bun the best because I liked how he kept wanting to swap jobs with people. I liked it becaise I read it at school when I was younger and remembered it was good. I would definitely recommend it to someone else.

02 Sep 2022

I liked the bit where he decided he didn't like bread any more. He had a funny dream about the bread too.

30 Jul 2022

I really like these books. I really enjoyed reading this one. Would definitely recommend to other people to read it.

30 Aug 2021

I thought it was funny when the naughty dog ran off with the sausages

04 Aug 2021

I liked this book because it was funny.

01 Sep 2020

I liked the book but thought it was a bit confusing when it kept saying that it was another story .

11 Aug 2020

I like this fiction book the children all swap jobs and Bertie ends up having a hair cut that he doesn't want.

29 Jul 2020

Bertie Bun got to try lots of different jobs. In the end he decided he liked bread!

21 Jul 2020

This was quite a funny book. I liked how he dreamed of bread with legs. I would recommend this to my 6 year old friends.

22 Aug 2019

It's about a little boy who was born to be a baker. One day he got out of bed, went downstairs and said I'm browned off with bread and I'm bored of baking.

18 Aug 2017

Good book but I didn't like the ending

29 Jul 2017

It is about a boy who gets sick of bread so tries other jobs but he doesn't enjoy them.In the end, he realizes he actually likes bread.

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