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Wednesday, 21 August 2024

The Land of Lost Adventures

The Land of Lost Adventures by Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Bill Hope (Pan Macmillan) PB RRP $16.99 ISBN 9781761268267

Here’s a new series from the author of the best-selling, award-winning and sales-smashing Treehouse series. Like its predecessor, this book captures the fun, energy, adventure, absurdity and chaos of Griffiths at his storytelling best. 

Young readers are invited to be part of the adventure which stars two nameless main characters, you and me, alongside a line-up of zany characters such as Johnny Knucklehead, a flying watch, Pookie, Plotty, a rabbit, a pirate, a turtle or two --- and so many more.

Every page is awash with cartoon black-and-white illustrations, with visual impact also from different typefaces. Griffiths says of illustrator Hope, ‘His drawings have a cinematic quality that amplify the fun of the fast-paced narrative and the mind-expanding thrills of book-based adventuring.

Hope says of Griffiths, ‘We have worked very closely together sketching and writing simultaneously so the words and pictures have a wonderful synchronicity and capture the immense fun we had creating them.’

The book is likely to appeal to readers aged 9+ years.

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