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The Far-Out Five: Snot Jelly Island: A hilarious graphic novel from stand up comedian Olaf Falafel
'A laugh-out-loud adventure . . . brilliantly bonkers' Liverpool Echo
Our world got flipped, turned upside down, when the funfair came to town…
One funfair, a group of kids and one grumpy amateur magician... plus one magical mega tornado equals
The Far-Out Five! Stewart, Sophie, Zainab and Jeffrey - and the Great Waldini - are magically transformed into strange creatures and whisked far away from home – and the wand that could change them back is LOST!
This madcap team of adventurers includes Spewnicorn, a punk unicorn who vomits rainbows; Wally, a pompous and cowardly koala; Tubbs, a walking bathtub; Bloof, a blue-footed booby; and Glossy Jeff, a really chilled-out seal.
Sailing across the ocean in Tubbs the bathtub, the Far-Out Five have to face bizarre creatures, weird landscapes and mysterious tasks on their quest as they try to find Wally’s missing wand and get back home. Can they escape the wobbly statues of Snot Jelly Island?
Our world got flipped, turned upside down, when the funfair came to town…
One funfair, a group of kids and one grumpy amateur magician... plus one magical mega tornado equals
The Far-Out Five! Stewart, Sophie, Zainab and Jeffrey - and the Great Waldini - are magically transformed into strange creatures and whisked far away from home – and the wand that could change them back is LOST!
This madcap team of adventurers includes Spewnicorn, a punk unicorn who vomits rainbows; Wally, a pompous and cowardly koala; Tubbs, a walking bathtub; Bloof, a blue-footed booby; and Glossy Jeff, a really chilled-out seal.
Sailing across the ocean in Tubbs the bathtub, the Far-Out Five have to face bizarre creatures, weird landscapes and mysterious tasks on their quest as they try to find Wally’s missing wand and get back home. Can they escape the wobbly statues of Snot Jelly Island?
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Published February 12, 2026
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Olaf Falafel
20 books6 followersOlaf Falafel is an author, illustrator and a stand-up comedian. As well as trying to make people laugh on stage, Olaf draws a lot and tries to come up with funny ideas for kids' books.
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February 25, 2026
This book is an absolute triumph of silly storytelling, launching readers into a gloriously gross, laugh-out-loud world that kids will adore and adults will enjoy too
The humour is absurd and perfectly tuned to its audience with a fast-paced story packed with outrageous ideas. The playful language, over-the-top situations and constant comedy make it hard to put down and easy to recommend.
A brilliantly bonkers adventure that proves reading can be wildly fun. Perfect for fans of humour, chaos and stories that proudly celebrate the weird.
The humour is absurd and perfectly tuned to its audience with a fast-paced story packed with outrageous ideas. The playful language, over-the-top situations and constant comedy make it hard to put down and easy to recommend.
A brilliantly bonkers adventure that proves reading can be wildly fun. Perfect for fans of humour, chaos and stories that proudly celebrate the weird.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Gross and chaotic, but rated four stars because I think it's the kind of book that will appeal to the younger readers that it's aimed at, especially boys. The graphics are simple and bright in keeping with the imaginative action and silliness.
The story is about four kids who meet a magician at a carnival. An incompetent magician who reads a spell from an old book, and combined with the smell of hotdogs, a lightning storm ... this spell turns the five of them into a magical koala, a walking bathtub, a rainbow vomiting unicorn, a bird and a glossy seal. The Far Out Five.
Yes, it's kind of random and it doesn't exactly make sense. But the story continues with this nonsensical Five going off in search of adventures which really means any opportunity to crack jokes.
The first few adventures take us to weird lands which is a bit like Magic Faraway Tree or Thirteen Story Treehouse stuff - strange lands of whatever-ish stuff that you can poke fun it, with the real aim of just making fun of the weirdness of the land.
The story takes shape later when they get to Snot Jelly Island and people are trapped, being turned into snot jelly statues as a Medusa creature can freese you into snot jelly with her stare. The Five need to save people.
As we wade through the book there's plenty of places with snot, bum, poop and fart jokes. There are some places where the author skates on thin ice with some allusions to profanities that might be a bit questionable and may not be content parents quite approve of - kids will probably giggle and love the edginess but parents may not be so happy with that.
Still, it's all fun and happiness with excrement and mucous, and I thought the pics made it extra fun. This is definitely not high literature but it doesn't pretend to be. It's the escapist silly book that may help kids find reading fun, - and that's the kind of book many children need.
The story is about four kids who meet a magician at a carnival. An incompetent magician who reads a spell from an old book, and combined with the smell of hotdogs, a lightning storm ... this spell turns the five of them into a magical koala, a walking bathtub, a rainbow vomiting unicorn, a bird and a glossy seal. The Far Out Five.
Yes, it's kind of random and it doesn't exactly make sense. But the story continues with this nonsensical Five going off in search of adventures which really means any opportunity to crack jokes.
The first few adventures take us to weird lands which is a bit like Magic Faraway Tree or Thirteen Story Treehouse stuff - strange lands of whatever-ish stuff that you can poke fun it, with the real aim of just making fun of the weirdness of the land.
The story takes shape later when they get to Snot Jelly Island and people are trapped, being turned into snot jelly statues as a Medusa creature can freese you into snot jelly with her stare. The Five need to save people.
As we wade through the book there's plenty of places with snot, bum, poop and fart jokes. There are some places where the author skates on thin ice with some allusions to profanities that might be a bit questionable and may not be content parents quite approve of - kids will probably giggle and love the edginess but parents may not be so happy with that.
Still, it's all fun and happiness with excrement and mucous, and I thought the pics made it extra fun. This is definitely not high literature but it doesn't pretend to be. It's the escapist silly book that may help kids find reading fun, - and that's the kind of book many children need.
March 11, 2026
Hilarious!!! The best book written by a comedian. It’s full of all the stuff young readers love - unicorn spew, bugs with bum faces, a butt-crack waterfall, and a rubbish magician who gets everyone into this mess in the first place. Perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey and InvestiGators and kids who need a new laugh-out-loud read.
February 14, 2026
Irreverent, filled with snot jokes and bum jokes. Kids will love this. Love Olaf’s style of writing and illustration.
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