My Brother's Famous Bottom Goes Camping
By (Author) Jeremy Strong
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
13th June 2008
3rd April 2008
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
128
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 7mm
96g
The CARROT'S name was Sprout. Cecily Sprout. Nicholas and his family are off on holiday! Dad's bought a tent on wheels and Granny's looking after the goat. A whole week of fun in the sun... but WAIT! Nicholas's sister has packed her pet carrot, Cecily, and now her twin brother (the one with the famous bottom) wants to take his chicken - but how can you go camping with a CHICKEN
Comic energy and general fizz are Jeremy Strong's trademark Independent Jeremy Strong's writing has enormous appeal for children aged between seven and eleven years who have just cracked the reading business Sunday Herald
Jeremy Strong was born and grew up in south-east London. He gratuated in English from York University and spent some time trying to become an overnight success as a writer. In the meantime he worked as a caretaker, a strawberry-picker and in a bakery, putting the jam in doughnuts. He trained as a teacher and went on to become a headteacher in Kent. He has written a great many books for children, including the Karate Princess titles and There's a Viking in My Bed and There's a Pharaoh in Our Bath!