Blubbers And Sicksters

Description

Read and weep ...Six brand-new accounts from the Hothell Darkness's Visitor's Book (a.k.a the Book of Grizzly Tales). There's no love lost between the baddest children of all - blubbing brothers and sickening sisters or, as the Night-night Porter so fondly thinks of these rotten relations ...the blubbers and sicksters!

Promotion info

'perfect for readers to carry on from Horrid Henry' (The Bookseller TOP TITLE). Series had a high profile launch in April 07 - including an audio except from book 1 given away in the popular boys' magazine TOXIC. Sales of books 1 and 2 exceeded 15,000 within 3 months of publishing. Overall sales of the series, books 1-4, now over 36,500. Ideal for fans of Paul Jennings, Andy Griffiths and Michael Lawrence - guaranteed boy appeal. Ideal to tempt reluctant readers. Very collectible titles in the spirit of Lemony Snicket and Spiderwick. Author is brilliantly marketable and is a star schools and at conferences (incl. Brighton and Edinburgh festivals). Although we are publishing brand-new stories, the Grizzly Tales brand will be familiar to many readers. 78 episodes (produced by Jamie Rix's production company) are constantly transmitted on CiTV. The TV series has won many awards internationally, including nominations for Best Animated Series and Best Original Writer at the Children's BAFTAS.

Reviews

'These genuinely scary but hilariously funny stories will have children screaming with both fear and laughter...Rix is a master of black humour' GLASGOW HERALD 'Cleverly designed and illustrated, there is plenty of bad behaviour, and a dark tone to the comedy puts it firmly in Roald Dahl territory' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

Author description

After two years at The Royal Court Theatre in London, Jamie Rix moved into television in 1986 as a director, writer and producer. He has worked on a wide variety of programmes - the BAFTA nominated Alas Smith and Jones, British Comedy Award winning Faith in the Future and the superhero BBC sitcom My Hero.