The Fart that Changed the World (the Top 5 Children’s Fiction Bestseller!)
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A high-energy, laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated adventure story by much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and talented artist Anita Mangan.
“Laugh-out-loud stuff” Ray D’Arcy
It’s the most important day of the year for King Fabian as he is hosting all the neighbouring rulers. Everything simply must go perfectly.
King Fabian wakes up, stretches, and…
farts.
His wife’s fury is so huge that he panics and blames the butler, who is carted off to the dungeons. Leaving behind a big problem: Fabian isn’t really the brains behind the crown: it is the butler… how will dithery Fabian manage to pull off this high-pressure event alone? His small and smelly fart looks like it will kick off a crisis…
Frank – a kitchen boy with a big imagination – is drafted in as an emergency butler. As the banquet descends into a food fight and processions catapult out of control, Frank finds himself in an all-out farty farce. Can he save the day?
- Wildly funny and endlessly surprising, this is delightfully imaginative, surreal storytelling with a message that small events can trigger big change, and children can be heroes!
- Packed with pictures by Stephen Mangan’s sister Anita Mangan.
- Escape the Rooms is one of the most loved and bestselling children’s debuts of 2021.
Stephen and Anita Mangan are comic dynamite.
Praise for Stephen and Anita’s books:
Escape the Rooms:
“A brilliant, clever, kind of genius book” Graham Norton, Virgin Radio
‘Richly imagined and deeply heartfelt’ Hadley Freeman, Guardian
‘Manages to feel both classic and modern at the same time’ Good Housekeeping
‘A beautiful and exciting adventure that ignites the imagination’ Edith Bowman
The Fart That Changed the World
“A sure-fire way for kids to entertain themselves. What’s more, it’s also excellent for reading aloud” LoveReading4Kids
“A high-energy, brilliantly imaginative and laugh-out-loud tale that is guaranteed to blow away young readers” Lancashire Evening Post
The Unlikely Rise of Harry Sponge
“After the runaway success of joint debut novel, Escape the Rooms, and the hilarious The Fart That Changed the World, the dynamic duo return with an all-action, marvellously manic and laugh-out-loud tale with a message that any child can be a hero” Lancashire Evening Post
“hilarious … A right royal romp” First News
ABOUT THE MANGANS
Stephen Mangan is an author, script-writer and actor with huge range across TV, radio, film and theatre. From classic comedy such as Green Wing,Episodes and I’m Alan Partridge and acclaimed drama such as The Split, Stephen also presentsPortrait and Landscape Artist of the Year and regularly appears on stage, most recently as a highly praised Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. Stephen also voiced the title role in Postman Pat: The Movie. He has been a member of the judging panels for the Costa Book of the Year prize and The Laugh-Out-Loud Awards (The Lollies). His children’s books are the bestselling Escape the Rooms and The Fart that Changed the World.
Stephen on writing for children (interview on ITV’s Lorraine):
“Every page has to grip them, make them laugh, be interesting because they can drop it. There are screens everywhere that they can pick up. That’s part of the reason why I started writing books because I had such fun as a kid reading books. I always had my head in a book. I wanted to write books that were unputdownable for children, that were full of adventure and crazy big characters and made them laugh.”
Anita Mangan is a celebrated graphic designer and illustrator who has designed over 60 books including for Leon Restaurants, Gizzi Erskine and Fearne Cotton. She illustrated the best-selling Be a Unicorn series. Her first children’s book was the bestselling Escape the Rooms.
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (26 May 2022), Scholastic |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 368 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0702315001 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0702315008 |
| Reading age | 8 – 11 years, from customers |
| Dimensions | 20.4 x 14.2 x 2.5 cm |
by tia
Highly recommend for 9-12 yrs old. My nephew loved this book!
by Stuart
Bought this for my Grandson, who for obvious reasons, thought it was very funny and read it straight away
by Elizabeth
Bought as a gift they liked it
by Dale Walters
With a title like ‘The fart that changed the world’, silly is what you expect and silly is what you get. But in the best way, because it is very funny. The characters are brilliant and I could see them in some of the people I know. It is a long time since I was a child (I am 65), but I still enjoy reading children’s books, and this one is a cracker.
by Julia Wickens
A perfect birthday present. A fun and educational product
by Amazon Customer
11 year old started to read this and within a few days had it finished. He very much enjoyed it. Easy read for those boys who like wimpy kid.
by John M.
Arrived safely and very well packaged.
Purchased this for my grandson as part of his Christmas present.
I believe books ate very important for us in life. Older children can read them or tgey can listen to a book while a parent or teacher reads a story to them.
This is is a very funny ab amusing book depending on ones sense of humour. It makes one giggle in parts. People laugh out loud while they are reading. The book has many wonder illustrations. Also many very funny characters in the story too. A great read too.
Ifs aimed at age 9-12 years
by Amazon Customer
I bought this book purely as a secret reader for my granddaughters class. Apparently 10/11 year old are probably the hardest to please. Only got to read a few chapters but I had great reviews from my granddaughter afterwards, she was really pleased, not only to be surprised to find out that her grandad was the secret reader but that I had bought a great book with me. I left the book for her class and was pleasantly surprised to hear that her teacher had carried on reading the book at a later date hence *****