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Freddy vs School – The Awesome Robot Chronicles 1 by Neill Cameron
Freddy vs School – The Awesome Robot Chronicles 1 by Neill Cameron
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A fully illustrated novel from comics creator Neill Cameron – the first title in a new series from David Fickling Books. POW! PEW! FWOOSH! Meet Freddy – the most super-amazing superhero robot EVER. His unbelievably Amazing Robotic Abilities are mind-blowingly cool. But it turns out that teachers get really angry when you […]
Comic Classics: Treasure Island – Comic Classics by Jack Noel
Comic Classics: Treasure Island – Comic Classics by Jack Noel
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Previously: Comic Classics – Great Expectations OLD books get NEW doodles – it’s the classics as you’ve never seen them before! A hilarious new series that brings the classics to life with illustrations by Jack Noel.  Jim Hawkins spends his life helping out at his mum’s boring old inn by the sea, […]
Pizazz vs the New Kid: The super awesome new superhero series! – Pizazz 2 by Sophy Henn
Pizazz vs the New Kid: The super awesome new superhero series! – Pizazz 2 by Sophy Henn
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop 2nd book in the series…   Related posts: Make Me Awesome by Ben Davis Little Lies: The Stinky Truth by Joe Berger Action Stan by Elaine Wickson ill. Chris Judge Mark Anchovy: Pizza Detective by William Goldsmith
Love is for Losers  by Wibke Brueggemann
Love is for Losers by Wibke Brueggemann
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “This debut has a terrific voice: very funny and spirited with a sex-positive message.” The Bookseller  “Exactly the book everyone needs right now. Witty, light, clever and absolutely absorbing.” The School Librarian  Love is for Losers by Wibke Brueggemann is a hilarious, life-affirming debut novel about all the big stuff: love, sex, […]
Stick Boy by Paul Coomey
Stick Boy by Paul Coomey
ACHUKA Book of the Day 4 Jan 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop It’s tough fitting in when you’re born to stick out! From the moment Stick Boy and his family move to Little Town, there is way more to worry about than being the new kid. There’s a mysterious plot involving Baron Ben’s new Mega Mall, […]
Toffle Towers 1: Fully Booked by Tim Harris ill. James Foley
Toffle Towers 1: Fully Booked by Tim Harris ill. James Foley
Fawlty Towers meets Treehouse in Tim Harris’s brand-new series… Toffle Towers is about to be inherited by the next generation. Chegwin Toffle is only ten years old but he isn’t going to let that stop him from turning this run-down hotel into a success. Chegwin is determined to transform Toffle Towers from a boring hotel […]
The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips ill. Isabelle Follath
The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips ill. Isabelle Follath
‘Reads like a modern classic. Sharp, funny, original – I thought this was brilliant’ – Sam Copeland = ‘What a FEAST! A funny and (bone) cracking good read’ – Michelle Harrison, bestselling author of A Pinch of Magic The Beast and the Bethany has all the classic macabre humour of Roald Dahl with the warmth […]
The 130-Storey Treehouse – The Treehouse Series by Andy Griffiths ill.Terry Denton
The 130-Storey Treehouse – The Treehouse Series by Andy Griffiths ill.Terry Denton
We’ve added thirteen new levels to our Treehouse, including a soap bubble blaster, a GRABINATOR (it can grab anything from anywhere at any time), a time-wasting level, a toilet paper factory (because you can never have too much toilet paper) and an extraterrestrial observation centre . . . Which will come in handy when giant flying […]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End (Book 15) by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End (Book 15) by Jeff Kinney
In The Deep End, book 15 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and his family hit the road for a cross-country camping trip, ready for the adventure of a lifetime.  But things take an unexpected turn, and they find themselves stranded at an RV […]
My Headteacher Is An Evil Genius by Jack Noel
My Headteacher Is An Evil Genius by Jack Noel
ACHUKA Book of the Day 21 Oct 2020 Meet Tom Ginger. She’s shy! she’s retiring! She’s … our only hope! Not exactly the stuff that heroes are made of – or is it? Shy girl Tom Ginger is the world’s unlikeliest hero – until she discovers that her new braces have the power to act […]
The Accidental Adventures of Onion O’Brien: The Secret Scientist by Jason Byrne ill. Oisin McGann
The Accidental Adventures of Onion O’Brien: The Secret Scientist by Jason Byrne ill. Oisin McGann
Onion and the gang are at it again. This time they’ve stumbled across a Russian scientist at an old folks’ home whose crazy experiments are causing all kinds of confusion in Ballinalud. Suddenly there are old people acting strangely all over suburbia, power cuts and People in Black (PIBs) menacing the locals. Not even The […]
Queen Of King Street by Tom McLaughlin
Queen Of King Street by Tom McLaughlin
Unlucky Bertie has only gone and gambled away the entire family fortune. It’s the last in a long line of disasters, and nobody is going to save the Montgomery family this time. But this is no ordinary family – this is the royal family, and Bertie is the Queen’s brother. So it’s goodbye to the […]
That’s Snow Business! – Bad Nana 3 by  Sophy Henn
That’s Snow Business! – Bad Nana 3 by Sophy Henn
The third book in the wickedly funny series for ages six and up from the creator of Where Bear?, Pass It On and the Pom Pom series, with colour illustrations throughout. Hi! I’m Jeanie – still 7 3/4 years old, and back for another adventure with my BRILLIANT grandma BAD NANA. There’s a local winter talent […]
Cally and Jimmy: Twins in Trouble – Cally and Jimmy by Zoe Antoniades ill. Katie Kear
Cally and Jimmy: Twins in Trouble – Cally and Jimmy by Zoe Antoniades ill. Katie Kear
Join Cally and Jimmy in four hilarious stories, perfect for newly confident readers. They get into scrapes together, bake some poisonous cakes, almost ruin their school assembly and finally have a twintastic birthday party. I have a twin brother. Everyone calls him Jimmy, which is sort of the English version of Dimitri, his actual Greek […]
A Super Weird! Mystery: Attack of the Haunted Lunchbox by Jim Smith
A Super Weird! Mystery: Attack of the Haunted Lunchbox by Jim Smith
Super Weird Mysteries is a hilarious new series, perfect for readers aged 7 and up, and fans of DogMan, Pamela Butchart and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. It’s the new funniest mystery detective series ever, from the genius behind the bestselling Barry Loser books! Melvin, Rhubarb and Yoshi are on the hunt for a new […]
Noodle the Doodle by Jonathan Meres ill. Katy Halford
Noodle the Doodle by Jonathan Meres ill. Katy Halford
Someone new is joining the class at Wigley Primary … He’s got four legs, a big bark and shaggy golden curls! Nora, Lou, Marty, Josh and the other children love having Noodle the Doodle at school. He listens when they read him stories, he sings along in music class and he even delivers messages to […]
On Account Of The Gum by Adam Rex
On Account Of The Gum by Adam Rex
From the madcap mind of Adam Rex comes a book about the improbable, downright bizarre remedies for a problem kids have faced since the creation of gum. How do you get gum out of your hair-a pair of scissors? Butter? The cat? Call your aunt, she’ll know what to do. She doesn’t? Try the fire […]
Dog Man 9: Crime And Punishment by Day Pilkey
Dog Man 9: Crime And Punishment by Day Pilkey
The next great Dog Man adventure from the worldwide bestselling author and artist Dav Pilkey. You’ll howl with laughter! The Supa Buddies bamboozled the baddies, but all’s not right in the world. Dog Man has a new problem to pound, and he’s going to need his entire pack to help him. Will he go barking up […]
Kevin And The Biscuit Bandit by Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre
Kevin And The Biscuit Bandit by Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre
ACHUKA Book of the Day 15 Sep 2020 Another brilliantly quirky adventure from creative double-act Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre. Bumbleford has been hit by a series of biscuit thefts. All the clues lead straight to the only roly-poly flying pony in town, and Max’s best friend, KEVIN! Max and Kevin are forced to go […]
The Accidental Prime Minister Returns by Tom McLaughlin
The Accidental Prime Minister Returns by Tom McLaughlin
Joe Perkins, first the first child PM, is back and ready to make politics fun again. In The Accidental Prime Minister, Joe Perkins was trying to save his local park when he accidentally ended up being Prime Minster. In this hilarious sequel, Joe is back. The people need someone to remind them about the good […]
Calm Down Cooper by Lily Murray ill. Anna Chernyshova
Calm Down Cooper by Lily Murray ill. Anna Chernyshova
Hilarious picture book about unconditional love… “Marvellously madcap and uplifting picture book… Murray’s enchanting rhyme is matched perfectly by Chernyshova’s high-octane illustrations in a fabulous rainbow palette of colours. Laughter all the way!” Pam Norfolk Our hero, a characterful young puppy, is top-dog at home, and the happiest pooch in town. Until … one day, […]
Llama Out Loud by Annabelle Sami ill. Allen Fatimaharan
Llama Out Loud by Annabelle Sami ill. Allen Fatimaharan
First in a hilarious new series… Yasmin Shah is a quiet (VERY quiet) ten-year-old girl who is part of a big, noisy family. Levi is a rude, sassy toy llama, who talks A LOT and has come to wreak havoc in Yasmin’s life. Yasmin tries everything she can to escape Levi, but she can’t help being […]
The Worst Class In The World by Joanna Nadin ill. Rikin Parekh
The Worst Class In The World by Joanna Nadin ill. Rikin Parekh
ACHUKA Book of the Day 29 Jun 2020 “This is LITERALLY the funniest book I’ve read this year! Fabulous cast of characters, brilliant pace and energetic illustrations. What more could you want?” NetGalley reviewer  “Deliciously silly, with hilarious catchphrases” GUARDIAN First in a brand new series, with two madcap adventures in each book including the […]
How To Change Your Parents Into Superstars by Pete Johnson ill. James Cottell
How To Change Your Parents Into Superstars by Pete Johnson ill. James Cottell
ACHUKA Book of the Day 24 Jun 2020 Sixth book in Louis The Laugh series. Profound commentary about having confidence in simply being ourselves presented with disarming humour in a new tale about Louis the aspiring schoolboy comedian. Waterstones Amazon Related posts: Killer Vending Machines Wrecked My Lunch by Matt Brown ill. Paco Sordo Action […]
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