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Hodder Children’s Acquire Series From Comedian James Campbell

February 17, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

BoyFace

Hodder Children’s Books has announced the acquisition of Boyface, a debut young fiction series by children’s stand-up comedian James Campbell. The first Boyface title, Boyface and the Quantum Chromatic Disruption Machine will publish on 05 June 2014 and will be followed by the second title in the series on 07 August with further titles to follow. The books are illustrated throughout by Mark Weighton. 

Hodder Children’s Publishing Director Anne McNeil acquired the series from Ian Wilson at IMWP.

Anne McNeil comments: “I have seen James Campbell engage with an audience of five hundred plus children at the Royal Festival Hall, and this understanding of what makes kids tick is something he has brought to his fiction. He is a master of the truly funny; and able, too, to capture the essence of a boy, about to turn ten, who is ready to take over some big, big things! Watch this space – James Campbell is someone who will be on bookshelves for many years to come – and I’m proud that he will be on our Hodder Children’s shelf from the start.”

Ian Wilson says: “For many years, I have watched James weave his magic with words to children all over the world in his Comedy 4 Kids shows. I am delighted that he now has the chance to do the same with the written word courtesy of Hodder and having read the first of these four books, I am very excited for both author and publisher alike.”

Boyface and the Quantum Chromatic Disruption Machine introduces the reader to the world of Boyface Antelope and his family: 

“They weren’t antelopes. They were just people. Actual people. But unlike most people, their surname was Antelope.” 

Boyface is the son of a stripemonger – someone who rearranges patterns and shapes:

“He longed to get a weasel and make its hair go all fluffy; fiddle with a flatfish; polish a frog; and even fulfil his dream to re-organise the hexagons on giraffes.” 

However, it is not until the morning of his tenth birthday that Boyface gets to experience the inside of his father’s shop… does he have what it takes to be a stripemonger himself?

 

 

 

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: comedy, deals, Hodder, humour. comic, series

The Grunts in Trouble for iBooks is FREE for a week

August 13, 2013 By achuka Leave a Comment

Just announced on the Nosy Crow blog

THE GRUNTS IN TROUBLE IS FREE FOR IBOOKS!

The Grunts in Trouble, the first hilarious book in The Grunts series by Philip Ardagh and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, is currently free for iBooks!

As part of the ‘First in a Series’ campaign, you can download the book for free for your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch for the next week. Here’s a link to the book on the iBooks Store – the promotion will run until August 20.

And there’s also a free Grunts app available for iOS – The Grunts: Beard of Bees. Build the biggest beard of bees as you can before your time runs out, but beware of birds and butterfiles – they’ll make your bees fly away! Here’s a link to the game on the App Store.

via The Grunts in Trouble is free for iBooks! :: Blog :: Nosy Crow.

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: app, apps, comedy, game, games, humour, Nosy Crow

‘Evil dentist’ theme for Walliams Next Book – Demon Dentist

July 30, 2013 By achuka Leave a Comment

The new children’s novel from David Walliams is to be a comic horror story called Demon Dentist. It will feature a “drilling-crazed villain” with “an over-the-top devotion to teeth extractions”.
Walliams said: “Demon Dentist is my very first horror story, with an unspeakably evil villainness at its centre. I hope children of all ages will love the new book’s combination of chills, action and of course comedy.”
Publisher Ann-Janine Murtagh said the novel was “gloriously original and flamboyantly dark”.
She said: “David’s imaginative flair takes readers on an epic adventure with a super-villain so rotten, fans will be hooked from page one.”
The book will be published in hardback in September.

via ‘Evil dentist’ theme for Walliams | The Bookseller.

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: comedy, comic, dentist, humour

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