About the Author

Andrew Hansen is a comedian, actor and musician, best known as a member of Australian comedy group The Chaser, whose TV shows include Media Circus, The Hamster Wheel, The Chaser’s War On Everything and CNNNN. Andrew’s radio work includes shows on Triple M and he also composed and starred in the musical comedy series and album The Blow Parade. On stage Andrew composed and starred in the musical Dead Caesar, did two national tours with The Chaser and two national tours of two-hander comedy shows with Chris Taylor. In print he wrote for the humorous fortnightly newspaper The Chaser, eleven Chaser Annuals and The Chaser Quarterly. He has contributed short stories to Best Australian Comedy Writing and Journey Through Humour. His debut children’s book, Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Weird Beard will be released in 2018 by Walker Books Australia.


Jessica Roberts writes, draws and films stories. She has a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design, and a Foundation Diploma in film studies. Originally from Kyneton, Victoria, Jessica grew up surrounded by an odd collection of pets including dogs, quails, chickens, sheep, goats, rabbits and a donkey. Her stories often involve animals and she uses her childhood memories of growing up in the country as a bank of ideas for storytelling. She’s now a city slicker living in Sydney. A trip to Egypt in 2009 inspired the idea for her first book, Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Weird Beard will be released in 2018 by Walker Books Australia.

Reviews

It is impossible to not laugh at Bab and his new animal mummy friends!
*Pages and Pages*

There are titbits of ancient history scattered along the way, but the focus is on the weird fun and adventure. Young fart-joke fans will love it.
*Books+Publishing*

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*Funday Telegraph*

This new series is a hysterically funny adventure set in Ancient Egypt. It is impossible to not laugh at Bab and his new animal mummy friends!
*Pages and Pages*

It’s safe to say that Andrew Hansen and Jessica Roberts have delivered on an adventure that will stick with you for a long time.
*Booktopia*

Very funny in a clever way with excellent pen and ink illustrations from Jessica Roberts.
*Bob's Books*

It’s just a whole of fun!
*Kids' Book Review*