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The Creakers are coming...

This October Tom Fletcher, author of The Christmasaurus, has a darkly magical new tale to share with you all . . .

09 March 2017

What silently waits in the shadows at night?

What's under your bed, keeping just out of sight?

What's patiently waiting while you’re counting sheep?

What never comes out unless you’re fast asleep?

What makes all the creaks, cracks and clangs in your house?

It isn't the cat, or your dog, or a mouse,

Those noises are made by mysterious creatures,

Read on if you dare and you might meet... 

...the Creakers.

The Creakers

  • The Creakers

  • What would you do if you woke up to find all the grown-ups had disappeared?

    If you're like Lucy Dungston, you'll do anything to get to the bottom of it.

    With no grown-ups, chaos descends on Lucy's town. Kids are running wild, building roads of trampolines and eating cereal for every meal - but Lucy wants her mum back, and nothing is going to stop her.

    Not even the monsters who live in the upside-down world beneath her bed...

    Tom Fletcher's bestselling story is packed with stinkerful black-and-white illustrations by the disgustingly talented Shane Devries and is perfect for kids to read independently or together with a grown-up!

    Praise for The Creakers:

    'A stonkingly good novels for the over-sevens . . . gleeful descriptions of malodorous underworld creatures, it's both a compelling adventure and a nuanced celebration of friendship and family love' The Guardian

    'The illustrations are stunning and the storyline is full of twists and great ideas' R Patterson, Toppsta Reviewer
    '10 out of 10 bum trumps!' Guff the Creaker

  • Buy the book

Tom Fletcher

Tom Fletcher is one of the UK's bestselling authors for children. The Christmasaurus was the biggest debut middle-grade novel of 2016 and was shortlisted for a British Book Award, and The Creakers was a number one bestseller. Tom is also the bestselling author of the In Your Book picture book series, as well as one half of the author duo behind the Dinosaur that Pooped picture book series, which has sold over a million copies. Tom's books have been translated into thirty-two languages and counting. He is also a music-making, song-writing, guitar-playing, Guinness World Record-holding, nappy changing, galaxy-defending dad!

Tom Fletcher

Shane Devries

Shane Devries is an illustrator from Adelaide, Australia. He began working as an architectural illustrator and has worked as a graphic designer and now creates visual development art for animation productions and illustrates books. Shane enjoys visiting art galleries, running and travelling and if possible he would spend countless hours gardening in his veggie patch.

Shane Devries

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