New Releases by Andy Griffiths

Ever tried to get out of going to school by pretending that you're dead? Ever managed to convince a friend that they're invisible? Ever been stuck in a gorilla suit and nearly put in a zoo? Andy has. Andy's the greatest practical joker in the world, well, almost. He would be, if only his practical jokes didn't have the annoying habit of backfiring on him. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

From the New York Times–bestselling author of the Butt Trilogy comes a silly and informative look at prehistoric butt-related life forms. Tyrannosore-arse Rex versus Tricerabutt: Who kicked more butt? Stenchtiles and Farthropods: Which smelled most foul? Exstinktion: How did the buttosaurs get wiped? This book will tell you everything you need to know but were too grossed out to ask about prehistoric butt-related life forms and the complex stenchology of their environment. Never again will you look like a fool when somebody asks, "What buttosaur is that?" A must-have for every kid with a butt!

Andy and Terry live in a 52-Story treehouse. (It used to be a 39-story treehouse, but they keep expanding.) It has a chainsaw-juggling level, a make-your-own-pizza parlor, a rocket-powered carrot-launcher, a life-size snakes and ladders game, a remembering booth, a Ninja Snail Training Academy and a high-tech detective agency, with all the latest high-tech detective technology, including the Disguise-o-Matic 5000! Something that is sure to come in handy as they try to solve the mystery of: What happened to Mr. Big Nose? After all, it''s hard to turn in your next book when your publisher has vanished! Join New York Times-bestselling author Andy Griffiths and illustrator Terry Denton on another wild storytelling adventure in a series Publishers Weekly described as "Anarchic absurdity at its best." Welcome to The 52-Story Treehouse...What are you waiting for? Come on up! This title has Common Core connections.

Andy and Terry''s amazing 65 - storey treehouse now has a pet - grooming salon, a birthday room where it''s always your birthday (even when it''s not), a room full of exploding eyeballs, a lollipop shop, a quicksand pit, an ant farm, a time machine and Tree - NN: a 24 - hour - a - day TV news centre keeping you up to date with all the latest treehouse news, current events and gossip. Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!

Andy and Terry''s incredible, ever-expanding treehouse has 13 new storeys, including a watermelon-smashing level, a wave machine, a life-size snakes and ladders game (with real ladders and real snakes), a rocket-powered carrot-launcher, a Ninja Snail Training Academy and a high-tech detective agency with all the latest high-tech detective technology, which is lucky because they have a BIG mystery to solve - where is Mr Big Nose???Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!

Andy and Terry live in a 26-story treehouse. (It used to be 13 stories, but they''ve expanded.) It has a bumper car rink, a skate ramp, an antigravity chamber, an ice cream parlor with 78 flavors, and the Maze of Doom—a maze so complicated that nobody who has gone in has ever come out again. Well, not yet, anyway. This time, the two friends have a whole week to finish their next book, and Andy even knows what it should be about—the story of how he and Terry first met. But, life is NEVER boring in the treehouse, and emergency shark operations, giant storms, and wooden pirate heads are just the beginning.... This title has Common Core connections.

Read the delightfully silly series that inspired the television animation. Zack Freeman is ready to tell his story ... The story of a boy and his crazy, runaway bum. It''s the story of a crack bum-fighting unit called the B-team, a legendary Bum Hunter and his formidable daughter, and some of the biggest, ugliest and meanest bums ever to roam the face of the Earth. A story of courage and endurance that takes Zack on a journey across the Great Windy Desert, through the Brown Forest and over the Sea of Bums before descending into the heart of an explosive bumcano to confront the biggest, ugliest and meanest bum of them all ...

In its 68 fully illustrated, 99.9% fact-free chapters, What Body Part Is That? will explain everything you ever needed to know about your body without the boring technical jargon and scientific accuracy that normally clog up the pages of books of this type. Never again will you be stuck for an answer when somebody comes up to you, points at a part of your body and demands to know, "What body part is that?" That is all there is to know about this book.

YES / NODo you ignore health warnings and safety instructions whenever possible?Do you ever play kiss chasey with girls (if you are a boy) or with boys (if you are a girl)?Do you regularly engage in deadly battles with brothers, sisters and/or indestructible cyborg warriors?Do you live on a planet that will one day be incinerated by an expanding start called the Sun?Do you like fast-paced, high-action, high-body-count stories featuring mini-golf, lawn bowls and naked people in the nude? SCORE: One point for each 'yes' answer3-5 You are definitely DOOMED! You will love this book.1-2 You are fairly DOOMED! You will love this book.0 You are DOOMED, you just don't realise it.

Do you bounce so high on your bed that you hit your head on the ceiling? Do you ever look in the mirror and see a crazy maniac staring back at you? Nine highly original, humorous stories complemented by imaginative and hilarious illustrations from one of Australia''s most well-known and acclaimed illustrators, Terry Denton.

Andy and Terry''s 13-storey treehouse is the most amazing treehouse in the world! It''s got a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of man-eating sharks, a giant catapult, a secret underground laboratory and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you''re hungry.Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!

Follows the efforts of Andy and Terry to meet a latest book deadline despite numerous distractions in their sophisticated tree house home, including flying cats, giant bananas, and sea monsters pretending to be mermaids.

Collects ten illustrated stories and an "Are you shocking?" quiz.

Collects nine humorous, rhyming stories about animals.

Packed with illustrations and diagrams and extremely informative entries, this is a fun-filled guide to prehistoric bumosaurs, including the Bumheaded Idiotasaurus and Poopigator.

Andy and Terry recount the story of how they first met and decided to build a twenty-six story treehouse, which includes an ice cream parlor, a rink for bumper cars, and the Maze of Doom.