Laugh-out-loud wacky adventures in the world's most awesome treehouse! The sixth instalment in this hilarious and highly illustrated series will appeal to fans of Captain Underpants and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Andy Griffiths is Terry's best mate. He is also
Australia's number-one children's author. His books, including the
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. 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. 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*
A potent mix of fantasy, nonsense, adventure and cartoons, this
series is catnip to every eight-year-old who encounters it.
*The Bookseller*
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!
*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*
Brilliant series and if you haven't read them yet why not? Start at
the beginning and work through them all. Laugh out loud funny and I
love reading about all the things they have in their treehouse.
*Toppsta Reviewer*
I bought the set of these after reading the other Toppsta reviews.
My son read this book solidly in one day. He has LOVED it, the mix
of text and illustrations is ideal for this age range, I could hear
him laughing away to himself whilst he was reading it, although I'm
not convinced he followed the whole story, he has since read most
of it again (as we were out and the next one was at home) A
fabulous buy that will be read time and time again.
*Toppsta Reviewer*
This is silly and fun and a great book to encourage of love of
reading in young children. I read this to my 5 year old daughter
and months later she still makes reference to a scene in the book.
She is a strong reader for her age and wanted to get the other
books in the series. She started reading more bits of them herself
before devouring the 65 and 78-storey treehouse books entirely by
herself. The 78-Storey Treehouse she read in one sitting. She can't
wait for the 91-Storey Treehouse to come out later this year.
*Toppsta Reviewer*
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