How to Outsmart a Grown-up: 101 Life Hacks and Fun Facts Just for Kids
By (Author) Larry Hayes
Illustrated by Joelle Dreidemy
Walker Books Ltd
Walker Books Ltd
1st September 2025
1st May 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes
Picture storybooks: imagination and play
Paperback
160
Width 150mm, Height 215mm, Spine 14mm
195g
Packed with 101 exciting secrets just for kids, this hilarious guide to growing up is perfect for any child who wants to have fun, be challenged and outsmart a grown-up!
Ever wondered how to not laugh when someone farts, how to invent an epic game or even how to decode grown-up lies Or are you just fed up with grown-ups thinking they know more than you Then this is the book for you! This funny and accessible guide has 101 creative and funny ways to outsmart adults! A hilarious book from the author of the How to Survive... series, this fact-packed non-fiction book is perfect for fans of Adam Kay, Matt Lucas and the Tom Gates series.
Packed full of surprising and informative facts, this subversive yet erudite book from the author of the How to Survive series, wittily illustrated by Dreidemy, is so much fun children wont realise quite how much they are learning. * The Bookseller *
readers will lap up his instructions on how to not laugh when someone farts. Subversive and funny. * The Bookseller *
Larry Hayes is easily distracted. So when hes not writing books for children he can be found working as an investment fund manager and the trustee for a homeless charity. In the future he hopes to become a treasure hunter, private investigator, inventor of a yoghurt that makes you happy, Olympic croquet medallist and the person who solves the maths behind the human brain. Larrys debut fiction book for children, How to Survive Without Grown-Ups, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2021.
Joelle Dreidemy was born in Saint-Avold in France. She gained a diploma in Strasbourg in 2002 and a diploma from the famous Emile Cohl School in Lyon in 2004. Jolle lives and works in Paris, producing illustrations for magazines and children's books.