Fizzlebert Stump

The Boy Who Ran Away From the Circus (and joined the library)

AF Harrold author Sarah Horne illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:5th Mar '20

£7.99

Available for immediate dispatch.

Fizzlebert Stump cover

A bright and bold new package for the highly successful and widely praised Fizzlebert Stump series, featuring a boy, a circus and a lot of silliness. From critically acclaimed author A.F. Harrold and award-winning illustrator Sarah Horne

A story of a boy, a book, some very bad people, some very brave deeds, and the importance of rubber teeth for lions.Perfect for fans of Mr Gum and Roald Dahl, this highly successful and widely praised series featuring a boy, a circus and a lot of silliness is now available in a bright new package. ‘Freewheeling frivolity’ Financial Times‘Once, and once only, there was a boy whose name was Fizzlebert.’ Fizzlebert Stump lives in a travelling circus. But although he gets to hang around with acrobats, play the fool with clowns, and put his head in a lion's mouth every night, he's the only kid there – and he's bored. But then Fizz decides to join a library, and life suddenly gets a lot more exciting when he is kidnapped by a pair of crazed pensioners! Will he ever see the circus again? A story of a boy, a book, some very bad people, some very brave deeds, and the importance of rubber teeth for lions.

Freewheeling frivolity * Financial Times *
Stuffed with laughs * bestselling author Jeremy Strong *
Children will love the Stanton/Ardargh-esque authorial tone * The Telegraph *

ISBN: 9781526612038

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 230g

256 pages