Barry Loser and the Holiday of Doom

Barry Loser #5

by Jim Smith

Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning series, perfect for fans of Dennis the Menace, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates, and Mr Gum. ‘My best friend Bunky is sort of like my pet dog, so it was weird when he suddenly started fancying a cat one day.’ Barry can’t wait to tell his friends that they’ve been invited on his family caravan holiday to Plonkton. But the weekend by the sea doesn’t turn out to be the keelfest Barry was hoping for.  It’s all his best mate Bunky’s fault for going and falling in love. OH. MY. UNKEELNESS! Have you got all of Jim Smith’s amazekeel books ? I am not a Loser I am still not a Loser I am so over being a Loser I am sort of a Loser Barry Loser and the holiday of doom Barry Loser and the case of the crumpled carton Barry Loser’s ultimate book of keelness Future Ratboy and the attack of the killer robot grannies Jim Smith is the keelest kids’ book author in the whole wide world amen. He graduated from art school with first class honours (the best you can get) and went on to create the branding for a sweet little chain of coffee shops. He also designs cards and gifts under the name Waldo Pancake.

Genres: Childrens

240 pages, Paperback

First published July 31, 2014

About the author

After graduating with a first class degree in advertising, graphic design and illustration in 1997, Jim Smith was spotted by the owner of a small coffee shop chain and brought in to fill the walls of their flagship store with his paintings.

It was a three month contract; seventeen years later, Jim is head of design at Puccino's Worldwide Ltd, now an international coffee shop franchise with stores in the UK, Europe and Egypt.

In the meantime he's illustrated kids' food packaging for M&S, drawn cartoons on the sides of PJ smoothies, created in-store graphics for Orange phone stores, designed book covers and branded a New York based Iced Tea company.

In 2010, Jim launched the hugely successful Waldo Pancake range of stationery and gift products, now sold in the UK, Australia, Singapore, Europe and the US.

'I am not a Loser' by Barry Loser, the first of a series of children's books 'spellchecked' by Jim, was published in 2012, having already sold rights to nine countries. The sequel, 'I am Still Not a Loser' was the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2013 and declared the funniest book for children aged seven to fourteen.

Jim has now written six Barry Loser books, and numerous short stories. 'Future Ratboy', a spin-off series of books based on Barry's favourite TV star, debuts in July 2015.

Reviews

[Evelyn Reads Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cool

[jader · Rating 2 out of 5]

A good book.

[Hala · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is awesome i read it and it was really great

[Summer · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was boring at the start but quite exciting at the end.

[D E X · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely, mate!! 😜👍😂😂

[Michaela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bola smiešna a pekná.

[Evan · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a funny. The funniest bit is the time when Sharonella and her granny were outside in the yellow tent keeping the badgers away with their snoring.

[Eduard Camaclang · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's keel but not the keelest! But I still laugh out loud and it's so funny! Maybe if I read it a bit earlier I would die hard love it!

[Marco Polo]

I thought it was a nice book with a lot of humor and jokes. I give it 5 stars.

[Hazem · Rating 3 out of 5]

It helped me read faster, Not bad at all.

[Omkar Kumble · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious stuff, man!! Honestly very keel.

[Agata · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really weird but funny book. I don't know why I enjoy these silly books for little kids years younger than I am, but I do. In this one, Barry Loser and his friends Bunky and Nancy go on holiday together with Barry's parents. They go to a caravan in a made up seaside town called Plonkton. As the title may suggest, things do not go as planned ... at all.

The Barry Loser series contains, at present, either seven or eight books. It is written by a man called Jim Smith, who must be a very strange person if he came up with the'Barry Loser' series.

[Tamara · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one had lots going on! This one has to be the most interesting out of the 3 I have read so far, simply because of what happens.

[shayney-leigh ward · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it but however its a little rude

[Joshuah O'Donnell-Marberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a very funny book! I suggest not reading if you do not have a sense of humor. just remember be prepared for any funny things on page 62 :)