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The Attack of the Robot Librarians by Sam Copeland & Jenny Pearson

The Underpants of Chaos

"I should have realised that there was going to be something SERIOUSLY weird about a town called Little STRANGEhaven." 
 
Something BAD is happening at Little Strangehaven Primary. 
 
What are the peculiar SHIVERS that keep striking the school, bringing Strangeness in their wake - 
from uncontrollable ballroom dancing to an attack by military chickens? 
 
Spy-detective Agatha Topps is determined to find out. She's the only person who doesn't forget the Strangeness as soon as it's over. At least, until new boy Lenny Tuchus turns up and remembers too. 
 
Their spy-detectoring leads them to the Book of Chaos, an ancient text which has been hidden away in the Room of Forbidden and Dangerous Books. Can Agatha and Lenny fight off attacks from evil underpants and Transylvanian gargoyles to stop the SHIVERS before their town is sucked into oblivion? 
 
Because power lies in books - especially this one . . . 
 
The perfect story for 7 to 9-year-olds (or STRANGE adults) and fans of Ben Miller, David Walliams and Tom Fletcher. Packed with hilarious illustrations and easy-to-read text, discover the secrets of Little Strangehaven.

Sam Copeland (Author) Sam Copeland is an author, which has come as something of a surprise to him. He is from Manchester and now lives in London with two smelly cats, three smelly children and one relatively clean-smelling wife. 
 
He is the author of the bestselling Charlie Changes Into a Chicken, which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and spawned two sequels: Charlie Turns Into a T-Rex and Charlie Morphs Into a Mammoth. 
 
His other books include Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything and Greta and the Ghost Hunters. With Jenny Pearson, he has also written Tuchus &amp; Topps Investigate: The Underpants of Chaos and Tuchus &amp; Topps Investigate: The Attack of the Robot Librarians. 
 
Despite legal threats, he refuses to stop writing. Jenny Pearson (Author) Jenny Pearson has been awarded six mugs, one fridge magnet, one wall plaque and numerous cards for her role as Best Teacher in the World. 
 
When she is not busy being inspirational in the classroom, she would like nothing more than to relax with her two young boys, but she can't as they view her as a human climbing frame. 
 
Her first novel, The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Costa Book Award, and won the Laugh Out Loud Book Award. 
 
Her other titles are The Incredible Record Smashers, Grandpa Frank's Great Big Bucket List and Operation Nativity. With Sam Copeland, she has also written Tuchus &amp; Topps Investigate: The Underpants of Chaos and Tuchus &amp; Topps Investigate: The Attack of the Robot Librarians.

Something bad is happening at Little Strangehaven Primary. What are the peculiar SHIVERS that keep striking the school, bringing Strangeness in their wake - from uncontrollable ballroom dancing to an attack by military chickens? 
 
Spy-detective Agatha Topps is determined to find out. She's the only person who doesn't forget the Strangeness as soon as it's over. At least, until new boy Lenny Tuchus turns up and remembers too. 
 
Their spy-detectoring leads them to the Book of Chaos, an ancient text which has been hidden away in the Room of Forbidden and Dangerous Books. 
 
Can Agatha and Lenny fight off attacks from evil underpants and Transylvanian gargoyles to stop the SHIVERS before their town is sucked into oblivion? Because power lies in books - especially this one . . .

The Team TARDIS Diaries, Volume 2

Doctor Who: Ghost Town

A brand new series of adventures for the Doctor and her TARDIS team! 
 
Something has gone wrong with time, and the Doctor - alongside her friends Yaz, Ryan and Graham - is determined to investigate. The trail leads to a dusty mining town at Hallowe'en - and something scary is lying in wait for them ... 
 
The second in a new series of illustrated adventures for the Thirteenth Doctor, as portrayed by Jodie Whittaker!

Susie Day (Author) Susie Day grew up by the seaside in Penarth, Wales, with a lisp and a really unfortunate choice of first name. 
Between books, she works as a copywriter in Birmingham, crochets ridiculous jumpers and inhales tea. 
Susie now lives in Coventry, England with her partner and a black cat named Pantalaimon.

Something has gone wrong with time, and the Doctor - alongside her friends Yaz, Ryan and Graham - is determined to investigate. The trail leads to a dusty mining town at Hallowe'en - and something scary is lying in wait for them ... 
 
The second in a new series of illustrated adventures for the Thirteenth Doctor, as portrayed by Jodie Whittaker!

The Team TARDIS Diaries, Volume 1

Doctor Who: Paper Moon

A brand new series of adventures for the Doctor and her TARDIS team! 
 
The Doctor and her friends find themselves in terrible danger in a psychic forest, and discover a threat as old as time itself, in the first of four linked adventures for Team TARDIS. Written in the form of a diary, with entries from Ryan, Graham and Yaz, and illustrated throughout, this new series is perfect for young fans of Doctor Who.

Louie Stowell (Author) Louie Stowell started her career writing carefully-researched books about space, Ancient Egypt, politics and science but eventually lapsed into just making stuff up. She likes writing about dragons, wizards, vampires, fairies, monsters and parallel worlds. 
 
She lives in London with her wife Karen, her dog Buffy and a creepy puppet that is probably cursed.

The Doctor and her friends find themselves in terrible danger in a psychic forest, and discover a threat as old as time itself, in the first of four linked adventures for Team TARDIS. Written in the form of a diary, with entries from Ryan, Graham and Yaz, and illustrated throughout, this new series is perfect for young fans of Doctor Who.

Sam Copeland

Jenny Pearson

Robin Boyden

Katie Kear

This daffy detective romp will have youngsters giggling and guffawing from first page to last!

It's a new year at Little Strangehaven Primary but things are just as weird as last term . . . 
 
Who put laser-eyed robot librarians in charge of class discipline? What's with the new pedal-powered desks? And what does it all have to do with the mysterious goings-on in the cellar? 
 
Spy-detectives Tuchus and Topps reckon it's got to be something to do with Pamela Stranglebum and her sinister company, Minerva Industries. With the help of their Scottish gargoyle chum Gregor, can Lenny and Agatha uncover the truth before it's too late . . .?

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