It is December, and Stinky and friends hit on the idea of inviting everyone they know to the House of Fun for Christmas. Since the Spoonheads have sucked up all the adults into their space zoo, the three friends are free to have the craziest party the world has ever seen. They invite all their friends. At this point the Brain Drain arrives. Created by the Spoonheads, the Brain Drain is rather like a Blood Bank, except it siphons out a small (unimportant) portion of each donor's brain in order to revitalize Blue Soup. This is the first time since the Spoonheads' departure that the Brain Drain has visited. Icky, Stinky, and Bryan all give brains. The next day, replies start arriving from their invitations. They are delighted until they realize they can no longer remember what Christmas is. The Brain Drain has evidently malfunctioned.
Jon Blake, born 1954, is the author of over fifty books, primarily for children and teenagers. He was brought up in Southampton, UK.
Jon's successes include the picture book "You're A Hero, Daley B" (ill.Axel Scheffler, worldwide sales of over 100,000) and "Little Stupendo" (shortlisted for the Children's Book Award).
Other big sellers include "One Girl School" and literacy hour favourite "Mark Two".
In 1995 Jon's TV play 'Life' was shortlisted for a Writers Guild Award, while in 2002 he won a BBC Talent award for his adult radio sitcom "Degrees R Us". Jon is particularly noted for original and anarchic humour, typified by "Stinky Finger's House of Fun" and the subsequent "House of Fun" series. However he has also written politically-charged fiction for an older readership, including his acclaimed novel, "The Last Free Cat".
Jon went to Exeter and York Universities. He subsequently became a teacher and community centre warden in Peterborough and Nottingham, moving to his present home, Cardiff, in 1987.
Besides being a writer, Jon has been involved in many community projects and teaches creative writing at the University of Wales, Newport. He is also an activist, musician and songwriter.
