Full of highly original, and extremely funny stories, which established Andy Griffiths as the world's most annoying person. They include convincing his best friend Danny that he is invisible so that he will wreak havoc in the school library, and pretending that corn relish is vomit to make an old lady move seats on a plane.
It's an encyclopedia ... all about Andy! The Andypedia is a complete guide to every book, every story and every character in the world of Andy Griffiths' books. It's also a complete guide to everything you ever wanted to know about Andy himself – including the answers to questions people are always asking him, like "How old were you when you started writing?" and "How many books have you actually written?" and "Where do you get your ideas from?" and "Did all that stuff really happen to you?" and "Was Danny Pickett really your best friend?" and "Were you really in love with Lisa Mackney?" and "Did your bum really grow arms and legs and run away?
Gasp as Andy careers down a hill in an abandoned pram wearing only a nappy! Groan as he desperately looks for a toilet in a shopping centre before he explodes! Squirm as he shoves twenty marshmallows in his mouth without swallowing! But most of all, laugh! Because Andy Griffiths is back with nine hysterically stupid tales.
Do you bounce so high on your bed that you hit your head on the ceiling? Do you ever look in the mirror and see a crazy maniac staring back at you? Nine highly original, humorous stories complemented by imaginative and hilarious illustrations from one of Australia's most well-known and acclaimed illustrators, Terry Denton.
For the keen fly fisher who wishes to improve his chances of catching fish, fly tying is a necessity. This book shows you all the procedures necessary to tie a vast range of flies successfully -- popular flies like the Woolly Bugger, Pheasant Tail, Grey Wulff, and more. The authors explain about tools, hooks, and materials, and lead on to the basic skills of fly tying. The techniques learned here will stand you in good stead for all of your future experimentation, even the most complex flies are based on these skills. This book opens up a whole new world in fly fishing, it's time to start tying your own flies.
Wherever you are in the world there are fish that can be caught on the fly. It may be in the all-too-brief summer of the high arctic or the blistering heat of the tropics. It could be among the classical surroundings of an English chalk stream or the rugged grandeur of Tierra del Fuego in South America. The fish themselves may be stunningly huge or devilishly cunning. Some may be truly beautiful and others rather bland, but they are all part of the magical world of the fly fisher who wants nothing more than to cast concoctions of fur, feather and synthetics. Within this book are flies to inspire you to stretch your fly fishing boundaries or maybe to bring new ideas to your home patch. The author aims to give working flies for every situation throughout the world where it is possible to fly fish. Book jacket.
In the tradition of Just Tricking!, Just Annoying!, Just Stupid! and Just Crazy!, Andy Griffiths has written nine highly original, humorous new stories about Andy G. Includes a terrible agonising death by flesh-eating zombies, a battle with brussel sprouts (the sprouts win) and the disgusting fact that cockroaches can live for nine days without their heads (they only die because they starve to death). Complemented by imaginative, chaotic and downright disgusting illustrations by Terry Denton.
While white racism has global dimensions, it has an unshakeable lease on life in South African political organizations and its educational system. Donnarae MacCann and Yulisa Maddy here provide a thorough and provocative analysis of South African children's literature during the key decade around Nelson Mandela's release from prison. Their research demonstrates that the literature of this period was derived from the same milieu -- intellectual, educational, religious, political, and economic -- that brought white supremacy to South Africa during colonial times. This volume is a signal contribution to the study of children's literature and its relation to racism and social conditions.
Wildly entertaining... A brilliant resource." - Books and Publishing Crammed full of examples from Andy and Terry's bestselling books, Once upon a Slime is designed to inspire you to have as much fun playing with ideas, words and drawings as Andy and Terry do when they get together to create their crazy cartoons, ridiculous rhymes, silly stories, comic novels and stupid guide books. Is this the right book for you? Take the SLIME TEST and find out. - Have you ever wondered where ideas come from and how stories are made? - Would you like to know the true stories behind some of Andy and Terry's books and characters? - Would you like to discover 45 great ways to have fun with words and pictures? SCORE: If you answered YES to any of these questions, then this is definitely the right book for you! If you answered NO to all of these questions then you are an IDIOT and this is DEFINITELY the right book for you!
This volume is derived, in concept, from a conference held in honour of John Evans by the School of History and Archaeology and The Prehistoric Society at Cardiff University in March 2006. It brings together papers that address themes and landscapes on a variety of levels. They cover geographical, methodological and thematic areas that were of interest to, and had been studied by, John Evans. The volume is divided into five sections, which echo themes of importance in British prehistory. They include papers on aspects of environmental archaeology, experiments and philosophy; new research on the nature of woodland on the chalklands of southern England; coasts and islands; people, process and social order, and snails and shells - a strong part of John Evans' career. This volume presents a range of papers examining people's interaction with the landscape in all its forms. The papers provide a diverse but cohesive picture of how archaeological landscapes are viewed within current research frameworks and approaches, while also paying tribute to the innovative and inspirational work of one of the leading protagonists of environmental archaeology and the holistic approach to landscape interpretation.
Ten unlucky pirates are invading Andy and Terry's treehouse! But not for long ... This hilarious story from the bestselling The 26-Storey Treehouse has been formatted especially for beginner readers and has colour illustrations.
The latest addition to Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton's internationally phenomenal Treehouse series. Andy and Terry live in the world's craziest treehouse. They like making books and telling jokes. And now they've made the world's funniest joke book. Again! From fairytale fun to classroom capers and movie madness, there are jokes galore for the whole family. An especially perfect book for fans of the Treehouse series. Q: What did one ghost say to the other ghost? A: Do you believe in people? This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.
Do you ask, 'Are we there yet?' over and over on long car trips? Do you like to drive people mad by copying everything they say and do? Do you bounce so high on your bed that you hit your head on the ceiling? Do you ever look in the mirror and see a maniac staring back at you? This book contains crazy stories.
- Why was the Tyrannosore-arse Rex so angry?- Where did Bogasauruses live?- How many cheeks did a Tricerabutt have?- Was the Bumheaded idiotasaurus the most stupid bumosaur?- When did the bumosaurs become exstinkt?Find the answers to these and many other questions in this fully-illustrated guide to prehistoric bumosaur life. Covering the Pre-Crappian era through to the Post-Crapaceous, this essential reference will thrill, amaze and inform the whole family. Never again will you look like a fool when somebody asks: "What bumosaur is that?
Adapted from Andy Griffiths’ and Terry Denton’s phenomenally successful Treehouse book series, Richard Tulloch’s play — The 13-Storey Treehouse — is action-packed, full of laughs…with a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of man-eating sharks and a lemonade fountain! Imagine living in a 13-storey treehouse that includes a secret underground laboratory, self-making beds, a vegetable vaporiser and a marshmallow machine that shoots marshmallows into your mouth? Well Andy and Terry are lucky enough to live in one, where they have a series of completely mad adventures. And today Andy and Terry manage to get their dates all mixed up. They thought that they were going to rehearse their new play, The 13-Storey Treehouse, except they forgot to write it! And to make matters worse, they need to find flying cats, a mermaid, a sea monster, an invasion of monkeys, and a giant gorilla! Despite not having any of these things, they do have a box of costumes and props, some pretty awesome technology and friends to help out!
NOW IN FULL COLOUR!!!- Why was the Tyrannosore-arse Rex so angry?- Where did Bogasauruses live?- How many cheeks did a Tricerabutt have?- Was the Bumheaded idiotasaurus the most stupid bumosaur?- When did the bumosaurs become exstinkt?Find the answers to these and many other questions in this fully-illustrated guide to prehistoric bumosaur life. Covering the Pre-Crappian era through to the Post-Crapaceous, this essential reference will thrill, amaze and inform the whole family. Never again will you look like a fool when somebody asks: "What bumosaur is that?
Andy and Terry's treehouse now has 13 new storeys, including a word-o-matic (it knows every word in the whole world!); a recycling depot; a wrecking ball; a complaining room; a spooky graveyard (where it's always midnight, even in the middle of the day); a toffee-apple orchard guarded by a kind scarecrow; and a camping ground where you can have a nice, relaxing camping holiday - unless you get caught by hobyahs, put in a bag and poked with a stick, that is ... Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!
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