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Charlie Changes Into a Chicken

  • Imprint: Puffin

  • ISBN: 9780241379998

  • Length: 195  Minutes

  • RRP: £7.00

Charlie Changes Into a Chicken

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Charlie Changes Into a Chicken by Sam Copeland, read by Rhashan Stone.

Charlie McGuffin tries to be an optimist, but in reality he's a bit of a worrier.

Some of the things Charlie is worried about:

· His brother (who is in hospital)

· Their very panicked parents

· Unwanted attention from the school bully

· The fact that he's started turning into animals!

Even though every kid wants a superhero power, Charlie isn't keen on turning into a pigeon in the middle of the school play.

But what happens if he does? Will he get sent away for Science to deal with? Will his parents crack under the extra stress?

With the help of his three best friends, Charlie needs to find a way of dealing with his crazy new power - and fast!

Praise for Charlie Changes into a Chicken:

'Hysterically funny!' Jeremy Strong, author of My Brother's Famous Bottom

'Full of heart and humour, wit and wisdom, and rivers of rhino poo' Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs

'Wonderfully heart-warming and absolutely hilarious' Catherine Doyle, author of The Storm Keeper's Island

  • Imprint: Puffin

  • ISBN: 9780241379998

  • Length: 195  Minutes

  • RRP: £7.00

Reviews

  • The best kind of silly

    Observer

  • Cleverly daft storytelling at its very, very best

    Maz Evans, author of Who Let The Gods Out?

  • Hysterically funny!

    Jeremy Strong, author of My Brother’s Famous Bottom

  • Full of heart and humour, wit and wisdom, and rivers of rhino poo

    Sophie Anderson, author of The House With Chicken Legs

  • Wonderfully heart-warming and absolutely hilarious

    Cat Doyle, author of The Storm Keeper's Island

  • Laugh out loud funny, with an important underlying message on how to cope with anxiety

    Abie Longstaff, author of How To Catch a Witch

  • Fresh and funny - this reads like a modern-day Dahl

    Christopher Edge, author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright

  • In the words of Jean-Claude the pigeon, I am in love with this most delicious, beautiful and delectable book and I wish to fly away with it!

    Laura Ellen Anderson, author of Amelia Fang and Witch Wars

  • Brilliant, laugh-out-loud funny and genuinely moving

    M.G. Leonard, author of Beetle Boy

  • So good you'll CLUCK with laughter!

    Pamela Butchart, author of Baby Aliens Got My Teacher

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About the Author

Sam Copeland

Sam Copeland is an author, which has come as something of a shock 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), its two sequels, Charlie Turns Into a T-Rex and Charlie Morphs Into a Mammoth, and Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything. Despite legal threats, he refuses to stop writing.

Sam Copeland

Sarah Horne

Sarah Horne has been an illustrator for over fifteen years, she started her career working for newspapers such as the Guardian and the Independent On Sunday and has since illustrated many funny young fiction titles. She works traditionally with a dip pen and Indian ink, and finishes the work digitally.

Sarah Horne

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This may come as a surprise, but not every author starts out as one. Many have a variety of jobs before they even think of picking up that pen and putting it to paper. Here, Sam Copeland – author of the hit Charlie Changes into a Chicken series and new book Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything – shares his story.
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Meet the characters from Charlie Changes Into a Chicken

Charlie Changes Into a Chicken is the first book in a side-splitting new series by Sam Copeland and illustrated by Sarah Horne. All about a nine-year-old boy who can’t stop changing into animals, it’s sure to have you squawking with laughter!

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