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Big Trouble with Angry Chairs

Big Trouble #1
Series: Big Trouble
Brief Description
Goosebumps meets Twilight Zone in this ridiculously funny new series from the illustrator of Last Kids on Earth! Welcome to Maddie and Clare's dead-end street, where you'll find nothing but TROUBLE ... Maddie and Clare live in a quiet, palm tree-lined dead end with their dad... Read More
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The first hilarious illustrated adventure about Maddie and Clare, two kids whose surroundings keep trying to kill them!

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Goosebumps meets Twilight Zone in this ridiculously funny new series from the illustrator of Last Kids on Earth! Welcome to Maddie and Clare's dead-end street, where you'll find nothing but TROUBLE ...

Maddie and Clare live in a quiet, palm tree-lined dead end with their dad and pet chicken, Terrible Chicken. It’s a place where not much happens, except for the odd small incident. Like a mass uprising of angry chairs. And the appearance of a prehistoric mutant fart gas. And an invasion of killer pineapples. But other than that, things are pretty boring in Dead End. You can see why Maddie and Clare have to make their own fun ...

From storytelling mastermind Lachlann Carter and Last Kids on Earth illustrator Douglas Holgate comes this hilarious and action-packed series for readers aged 6 and up! With three madcap adventures in each book and every spread packed with illustrations, this silly-spooky series has enough trouble to keep anyone aged 6-10 years on the edge of their seat. ★ Top Kids' Pick for 2024 the Age/Sydney Morning Herald What's inside Big Trouble with Angry Chairs?

This first book introduces our main characters – Clare, Maddie, Terrible Chicken, and Dad, as well as the other residents of Dead End – through three brilliantly funny stories:

  • In Don’t Sit on Me, all the chairs of Dead End revolt over being used for the one purpose that they were intended for – being sat on! Can Maddie, Clare, and Terrible Chicken think quickly enough to save Dad and everyone else from being snapped by the angry mob?
  • In Bubbles, we see Maddie imagine being trapped in a giant bubble and floating away to become the Supreme Ultimate High Leader of the city of Lost Bubbles.
  • And our final story in this first book, Terrible Chicken VS The Whatsit, sees the neighbours of Dead End attending the first Annual Dead End Empty Lot Scary Movie Night. But when Terrible Chicken (who actually thinks she is a dinosaur), is in the sights of the Whatsit, the girls must come up with a plan to save her!
Big Trouble is perfect for:
  • Early and independent readers aged 5-10 years
  • Fans of funny, highly illustrated series such as Bad Guys, Real Pigeons, Dog Man and the Treehouse books.
  • Parents, teachers, and librarians looking for fast-paced, inventive, entertaining storytelling
Get into BIG TROUBLE with the whole series now!
  1. Big Trouble with Angry Chairs
  2. Big Trouble with an Old Fart
  3. Big Trouble with Too Many Frogs

Series: Big Trouble

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  • Big Trouble with Too Many Frogs
    The angry chairs are back in their hilarious third Big Trouble adventure! Can the Dead Enders free Terrible Chicken Junior from a devious captor AND avoid the clutches of a mind-controlling frog prince? Or will it finally all be too much trouble? From storytelling mastermind Lachlann Carter and Last Kids on Earth illustrator Douglas Holgate comes this funny and action-packed...
    Paperback
    $1999
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Big Trouble with Angry Chairs
    Goosebumps meets Twilight Zone in this ridiculously funny new series from the illustrator of Last Kids on Earth! Welcome to Maddie and Clare's dead-end street, where you'll find nothing but TROUBLE ... Maddie and Clare live in a quiet, palm tree-lined dead end with their dad and pet chicken, Terrible Chicken. It’s a place where not much happens, except for...
    Paperback
    $1999
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Big Trouble with an Old Fart
    The hilariously spooky Big Trouble series is back with Maddie and Clare's second adventure in Dead End! Can they beat a prehistoric mutant fart gas from zombifying everything in Dead End, including their own dad? Will Terrible Chicken finally rule the world? And how do you defeat killer pineapples?! Goosebumps meets Twilight Zone in this ridiculously funny new series from...
    Paperback
    $1999
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761212208

Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 July 2024

Country: Australia

Imprint: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Illustration: Black & White

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Douglas Holgate

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 190.0mm

Weight: 211g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Lachlann Carter is author of the Big Trouble series. He is a former primary school teacher, and co-founder of 100 Story Building, a creative writing centre for children and young people. He lives on a dead end in Gimuy/Cairns with his small but loud family, surrounded by large but quiet mountains, and lots and lots of palm trees. He writes all of his stories standing up. 

Douglas Holgate is the illustrator of the #1 New York Times Bestselling series, The Last Kids on Earth from Penguin Kids (mow also an Emmy winning Netflix animated series), and the co-creator and illustrator of the graphic novel Clem Hetherington and The Ironwood Race for Scholastic Graphix. He has worked for the last 20 years making books and comics for publishers around the world from his garage in regional Victoria, Australia. He lives with his family in the Australian bush on five acres surrounded by 80 million year old volcanic boulders and a large fat dog that could possibly be part-polar bear.

Also by Lachlann Carter

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  • Big Trouble with Too Many Frogs
    The angry chairs are back in their hilarious third Big Trouble adventure! Can the Dead Enders free Terrible Chicken Junior from a devious captor AND avoid the clutches of a mind-controlling frog prince? Or will it finally all be too much trouble? From storytelling mastermind Lachlann Carter and Last Kids on Earth illustrator Douglas Holgate comes this funny and action-packed...
    Paperback
    $1999
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Big Trouble with an Old Fart
    The hilariously spooky Big Trouble series is back with Maddie and Clare's second adventure in Dead End! Can they beat a prehistoric mutant fart gas from zombifying everything in Dead End, including their own dad? Will Terrible Chicken finally rule the world? And how do you defeat killer pineapples?! Goosebumps meets Twilight Zone in this ridiculously funny new series from...
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    Ships in 4-6 weeks

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