Billy Bonkers

Billy Bonkers

by Giles Andreae (Author), Giles Andreae (Author), Nick Sharratt (Illustrator)

Synopsis

Mad stuff just happens with Billy Bonkers! Billy is a bouncy, bubbly, bonkers boy. And wherever he goes, off-the-wall adventures always seem to follow. From bouncing so hard on his trampoline that he bounces up, up and away...into space, and eating so much porridge his stomach puffs up and he floats into the garden tree (and gets stuck...until he burps anyway), to a flight on a deflating lilo to biff a big, vicious shark right on the nose! Along with his wacky dad, brainy sister and down-to-earth mum, Billy's life is never boring, it's bonkers! This zany text is perfectly accompanied by Nick Sharratt's energetic illustrations.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Publisher: Orchard Books
Published: 01 Jun 2006

ISBN 10: 1846161517
ISBN 13: 9781846161513
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
Book Overview: A strong central character, with huge naughty boy appeal. These three madcap adventures read brilliantly by Morwenna Banks will have children rolling with laughter!

Media Reviews
A real laugh. * The Independent *
What a joy it is to read this lively book...words and pictures bubble over with riotous fun. * The Northern Echo *
Lovely, frothy stuff. Kids will belly-laugh * The Guardian *
Three lively and amusing stories * Carousel *
It takes a certain amount of panache to carry off great community-saving exploits while wearing one's sister's frilly underpants... Lovely, frothy stuff. Kids will belly-laugh. * The Guardian *
For up-to-date fiction, Giles Andreae's Billy Bonkers is a real laugh. * The Independent *
Author Bio
Giles Andreae is the author of many top selling award-winning picture books. For Orchard, these include Rumble in the Jungle, Commotion in the Ocean, and I Love My Mummy. However, it is for the international bestseller Giraffes Can't Dance that he is best known. Giles is also the creator of Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman, and of the artist/philosopher, Edward Monkton. These two ranges of greetings cards, books and merchandise have made Giles the country's top selling living poet and an icon of contemporary popular culture. Giles lives with his wife, Victoria, a children's clothes designer, and their four young children by the river in Oxfordshire. Nick graduated from St Martin's School of Art in 1984 and has been working as an illustrator ever since. His work encompasses books for babies through to books for early teens and he has produced around 150 books to date. He is perhaps best-known for his illustrations for the multi-million selling author Jacqueline Wilson, but as well as this, he writes his own picture books and collaborates with various reputed picture book writers, on books such as PANTS and EAT YOUR PEAS.Recent awards include the Children's Book Award, Sheffield Children's Book Award, The Stockport Schools Award, the Experian Big Three Award. He has also been nominated for the 2003 Kate Greenaway Prize.