ISBN King Matt The First book English Paperback 464 pages

‘Children! I, Matt the First, appeal for your help in carrying out my reforms’Little Matt becomes King Matt when he is just a young boy. He can barely even read or write and he certainly doesn’t know anything about governing a country. What should he do? What wouldyoudo?
Ignoring his grown-up ministers, he builds the finest zoo in the world and decrees that children should be given chocolate every day. But ruling turns out to be a much trickier business than Matt ever realised.
Can the happiness of a nation depend on one small boy? Well, let’s find out…
Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can discover the life story of the brave author and put your governing skills to the test.
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