€ 9.99
ISBN: 9780702330834
A high-energy, laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated adventure
story by much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and talented artist
Anita Mangan, creators of Top 10 Fiction Bestsellers Escape
the Rooms, The Fart That Changed the World and The
Great Reindeer Rescue.
Timothy Trench looked down into the toilet bowl and he did not
like what he saw.
Disaster! The Queen of Dunny, the land where jokes come from, has
lost her sense of humour and banned fun of any kind. Her subjects
have one final shot at making her laugh otherwise NO NEW JOKES
will be created EVER AGAIN!
Enter the hero the world needs. Timothy Trench: straight-talking,
uber-decisive child genius. oh, wait. In an unfortunate case of
mistaken identity, the wrong Timothy - a boy who finds it impossible
to make decisions - is fetched to make the Queen laugh. He is
faced with outlandish puns, silly limericks, dancing ogres and more
Dad Jokes than you could possibly imagine. Can he work out what
will tickle Her Majesty's funny bone and save the day?
A wildly imaginative, brilliantly silly adventure that's overflowing
with toilet humour!
Wildly funny, delightfully imaginative storytelling with a message
that any kid can be a hero!
Packed with pictures by Stephen Mangan's sister
Anita Mangan.
Escape the Rooms, The Fart That Changed the World
and The Great Reindeer Rescue have been huge bestsellers:
Stephen and Anita are comic dynamite.
Praise for Stephen and Anita's books:
Escape the Rooms:
"A brilliant, clever, kind of genius book" Graham
Norton, Virgin Radio
'Richly imagined and deeply heartfelt' Hadley
Freeman, Guardian
'Manages to feel both classic and modern at the same time'
Good Housekeeping
'A beautiful and exciting adventure that ignites the imagination'
Edith Bowman
The Fart That Changed the World
"A sure-fire way for kids to entertain themselves. What's
more, it's also excellent for reading aloud" LoveReading4Kids
"Laugh-out-loud stuff" Ray D'Arcy
"A high-energy, brilliantly imaginative and laugh-out-loud tale
that is guaranteed to blow away young readers" Lancashire
Evening Post
The Unlikely Rise of Harry Sponge
"After the runaway success of joint debut novel, Escape
the Rooms, and the hilarious The Fart That Changed the World,
the dynamic duo return with an all-action, marvellously manic and
laugh-out-loud tale with a message that any child can be a hero"
Lancashire Evening Post
"hilarious ... A right royal romp" First
News
ABOUT THE MANGANS
Stephen Mangan is an author, script-writer and
actor with huge range across TV, radio, film and theatre. From
classic comedy such as Green Wing,
Episodes and I'm Alan Partridge
and acclaimed drama such as The Split,
Stephen also presents Portrait and Landscape
Artist of the Year and regularly appears on
stage, most recently as a highly praised Ebeneezer Scrooge in A
Christmas Carol. Stephen also voiced the
title role in Postman Pat: The Movie.
He has been a member of the judging panels for the Costa Book of
the Year prize and The Laugh-Out-Loud Awards (The Lollies). His children's
books are the bestselling Escape the Rooms and
The Fart that Changed the World.
Stephen on writing for children (interview on ITV's
Lorraine):
"Every page has to grip them, make
them laugh, be interesting because they can drop it. There are
screens everywhere that they can pick up. That's part of
the reason why I s
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Date of Publication: 11/04/2024