Big Trouble with Angry Chairs: Big Trouble #1: Volume 1

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GoosebumpsmeetsTwilightZonein this ridiculously funny newseries from the illustrator ofLastKidsonEarth! Welcome to Maddie and Clare's dead end street, where you'll find nothing but TROUBLE ...

Maddie and Clare live in a quiet, palm tree-lined dead end with their dad and pet chicken, Terrible Chicken. Its a place where not much happens, except for the odd small incident. Like a mass uprising of angry chairs. And the appearance of a prehistoric mutant fart gas. And an invasion of killer pineapples. But other than that, things are pretty boring in Dead End. You can see why Maddie and Clare have to make their own fun

From storytelling mastermind Lachlann Carter and Last Kids on Earth illustrator Douglas Holgate comes this hilarious and action-packed series for readers aged 6 and up! With three madcap adventures in each book and every spread packed with illustrations, this silly-spooky series has enough trouble to keep anyone aged 6-10 years on the edge of their seat.

Top Kids' Pick for 2024 the Age/Sydney Morning Herald

What's inside Big Trouble with Angry Chairs
This first book introduces our main characters Clare, Maddie, Terrible Chicken and Dad, as well as the other residents of Dead End through three brilliantly funny stories:

• In Dont Sit on Me, all the chairs of Dead End revolt over being used for the one purpose that they were intended for being sat on! Can Maddie, Clare and Terrible Chicken think quick enough to save Dad and everyone else from being snapped by the angry mob
• In Bubbles,we see Maddie imagine being trapped in a giant bubble and floating away to become the Supreme Ultimate High Leader of the city of Lost Bubbles.
• And our final story in this first book, Terrible Chicken VS The Whatsit, sees the neighbours of Dead End attending the first Annual Dead End Empty Lot Scary Movie Night. But when Terrible Chicken (who actually thinks she is a dinosaur), is in the sights of the Whatsit, the girls must come up with a plan to save her!

• Early and independent readers aged 5-10 years
• Fans of funny, highly illustrated series such asBad Guys,Real Pigeons, Dog Manand theTreehouse books.
• Parents, teachers and librarians looking for fast-paced, inventive, entertaning storytelling

1. Big Trouble with Angry Chairs
2. Big Trouble with an Old Fart (coming soon)

Reviews

'The pace is furious, so are the laughs, and Holgates illustrations are both sublime and ridiculous.' Fran Atkinson,The Age

Absurd, thrilling, hilarious! Kids will love getting into Big Trouble, with its silly storylines and loveable characters. Big Trouble is BIG FUN!'Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood, author and illustrator of the best-selling Real Pigeonsseries.

'Sure to be a hit!These whacky stories will appeal to all those in junior and middle primary with a sense of imagination and humour.' Lamont Books

Author Bio

Lachlann Carter is author of the Big Trouble series. He is a former primary school teacher, and co-founder of 100 Story Building, a creative writing centre for children and young people. He lives on a dead end in Gimuy/Cairns with his small but loud family, surrounded by large but quiet mountains, and lots and lots of palm trees. He writes all of his stories standing up.

DouglasHolgate is the illustrator of the #1 New York Times Bestselling series, The Last Kids on Earth from Penguin Kids (mow also an Emmy winning Netflix animated series), and the co-creator and illustrator of the graphic novel Clem Hetherington and The Ironwood Race for Scholastic Graphix.He has worked for the last 20 years making books and comics for publishers around the world from his garage in regional Victoria, Australia. He lives with hisfamily in the Australian bush on five acres surrounded by 80 million year old volcanic boulders and a largefat dog that could possibly be part-polar bear.