Laugh-out-loud wacky adventures in the world's most AWESOME treehouse! The second instalment in this highly illustrated series for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Barry Loser.
Andy Griffiths is Terry's best mate. He is also Australia's number one children's author! His books, including his popular Treehouse series, have been hugely successful internationally, winning awards and becoming bestsellers in the UK and the USA as well as in his homeland, Australia. The fourth Treehouse book, The 52-Storey Treehouse, won the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year prize, the first children's book to ever do so. Andy thrives on having an audience: he has worked as a high-school teacher, been the lead singer in a rock band and a stand-up comedian. He is a passionate advocate for literacy, has two daughters and lives in Melbourne, Australia.Terry Denton is Andy's best mate. He is also a bestselling and award-winning writer and illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia. Among other things, he worked on the Horrible Science series for Scholastic UK. He lives by the beach with his wife and three kids.
With its slapstick humour, brilliant absurdities and some bonus
puzzles to solve at the back of the book, The 13-Storey
Treehouse is the best 'tall story' you'll read this year! --
Lancashire Evening Post on 13-Storey Treehouse
Longtime collaborators Griffiths and Denton (Killer Koalas from
Outer Space) get metafictional in their latest book (first
published in Australia), and the result is anarchic absurdity at
its best... Denton's manic cartooning captures every twist and turn
in hilarious detail, as babies are pelted with garbage, yapping
dogs squashed, and monkeys catapulted into the distance. --
Publishers Weekly, on 13-Storey Treehouse
Full of crazy, funny pictures, which will make you laugh . . .
Extremely enjoyable, very funny and easy to read! --
SophieStarlight * Guardian.com *
Especially good for reluctant readers as it is heavily illustrated
and VERY funny . . . This really is the coolest treehouse ever! *
Angels & Urchins *
Packed with cartoons and craziness * Sunday Express *
This book is about friends Andy and a Terry that live in a really
cool 13-storey treehouse, with cool things like a bowling alley,
games room and secret lab. They invent things and write things;
Andy does the writing and Terry does the pictures. I could read
this book on my own without assistance. I read it pretty quickly as
it was really interesting and funny, so I wanted to keep reading
it. I liked there was chapters, so I could read to the end of the
chapter and knew where I was picking up, and each chapter was a
good length. I liked at the end of the book there were fun things
to do; a word search, maze, spot the difference, a quiz and jokes.
The black and white illustrations helped bring the book to life.
Chapter 7 the monster mermaid, maybe be scary to some readers. The
pictures of the monster aren't really scary, but what is written
might scare some; talks about eating people, but goes into detail;
ripping limbs, crushing heads etc, so a bit gruesome. One chapter
has one word all the way through, which was silly but funny. The
friends get up to some crazy things, an enjoyable book. -- Toppsta
Reviewer, on 13-Storey Treehouse
My son absolutely adores this whole series of books. They are
hilariously funny but so imaginative and creative. I've recommended
them to so many people and haven't yet found a child who doesn't
love them. This first book sets the scene with Andy and Terry - the
characters and authors/illustrators - living in a treehouse with 13
stories who are meant to be writing a book but keep getting
distracted by an endless stream of hilarious madness. * Toppsta
Reviewer *
I bought this book (the first in a series) on the basis of many positive reviews. Having now read it, I know my decision is vindicated. It's funny, hugely imaginative and has LOTS of pictures. What child would not want a treehouse with see-through swimming pool, lemonade fountain, games room, bowling alley and marshmallow machine? Besides, this one is also home to book-making duo Andy, the writer, and Terry, the illustrator. But story-making isn't always straightforward, especially when there are gorillas to contend with. No matter, flying cats to the rescue! And when the story is over, there are still jokes, a spot-the-difference, a maze, wordsearch and treehouse triva to enjoy. Children with the latest brain-to-brain-information technology will be able to read it; others will have to ask for it at the library or a bookshop. They will also want to visit http://www.andygriffiths.com.au/ for loads more fun and the latest from author Andy Griffiths.
-- Toppsta Reviewer, on 13-Storey Treehouse |
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