by Philip Ardagh (Author), Philip Ardagh (Author)
You won't find Grubtown on any maps. The last time any map-makers were sent anywhere near the place they were found a week later wearing nothing but pages from a telephone directory, and calling for their mothers. It's certainly a town and certainly grubby - except for the squeaky clean parts - but everything else we know about the place comes from Beardy Ardagh, town resident and author of these tales. Grubtown is full of oddballs - from the singing Grumbly girls to a family of duck-haters, and an out-sized mayor who's knitting a new house - but Manual Org is too repulsive even for them. Getting him to leave town is top priority, until the discovery of a humongous diamond changes everything...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 07 May 2009
ISBN 10: 0571242324
ISBN 13: 9780571242320
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
Book Overview: The first book in an extremely exciting and exceptionally silly brand new series from Philip Ardagh, creator of Eddie Dickens.
Prizes: Winner of Roald Dahl Funny Prize: The Funniest Book for Children Aged Seven to Fourteen 2009.