Postman Planet: Volume 1
By (Author) Ben Davis
Illustrated by Yasmin Sheikh
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Gallery Kids
1st May 2026
United Kingdom
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Space, stars and the solar system
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage: Personal and social topics
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Superhero stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Space opera
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Time travel / Time slip
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Paperback
176
Width 130mm, Height 198mm
The first in a high-energy, hilarious and highly-illustrated young-fiction series from award-winning author and everyday postman Ben Davis.
Postman Planet has a big secret.
LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU CANT KEEP SECRETS.
Although he PRETENDS to be the best postman in the Universe, hes actually only nine.Anyway, he's on a mission to make an essential delivery to the Planet of Fluffy Unicorns: an inflatable planet that is, as we speak, deflating. Its up to Postman Planet and his ANNOYING new assistant Stamp, who is part-robot part-dog, to save the day.
Ben Davis lives in Staffordshire where he's mainly a children's author (which he's won awards for), but he also: Occasionally dabbles in journalism, and has featured in Sunday Times, Independent and Book Trust Was a regular on the stand-up comedy circuit for many years Is parent to two rats Ratty and Cheddar Is an everyday postman (TikTok) Yasmin Sheikh is an artistfrom the flat lands of the Netherlands.She specialises in making comics, character design and colourful products. In her free timeshe enjoys playing video games, travelling and collecting designer toys and stationery.