Join him and his friends in FIVE spud-tacularly funny, bite-size and utterly pointless adventures, perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey and Jamie Smart! Bursting with illustrations on every page, this series is ideal for visual kids, newly confident and reluctant readers, or kids (and adults) who love to LOL.
👽 Alien invasions 🚽Robot toilets 🧛Eating cheese with the forces of evil 🎳Epic bowling battles 🤯Vanishing pets 🎉 Awesome friendships ✏️ A snot maze AND a Draw Your Own activity in the back
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"Loved this booked. It was so funny and silly." - Toppsta reviewer, age 7 "Funny, silly and gross - exactly what appeals to children's sense of humour." - Toppsta reviewer, read to kids aged 9 and 6 "I loved this book because it is really funny and it has brilliant cartoon pictures. If you like Dogman and Captain Underpants then you will definitely love this book. I felt really happy after reading it. I read it again straight away!" - Toppsta reviewer, age 10 "This book was hilarious and it was really easy to read. Couldn't put it down it was the funniest book we've read so far." - Toppsta reviewer, read to kid aged 8 "AMAZING ! I loved the pet day story. Kid potato is sooooo funny." - Toppsta reviewer, age 9 "This book was so good I read it then started all over again! I love that it is a comic strip with lots of really funny pictures, it was really fun to read and the characters made me laugh a lot. It has five short stories in it so they are really quick to read." - Toppsta reviewer, age 6
Spudbert (Spuddy) is a middle school potato who just wants to have adventures with his best friends Chomp and Raven. Told through different stories, Spuddy explores all that Chudland has to offer while also getting into hilarious hijinks.
Kid Potato is a middle grade book that will be a new favourite for kids, especially with locales like Dog Poo Hill, which I know my nephews will be keeled over laughing at that. The wacky situations are innocent romps for kids who want to read something that will keep them entertained and me them laugh; it's sure to be a staple of 2026 school read-a-thons.
I especially loved the chapter about the speciality toilet that his grandmother has in her care home that's capable of creating a vortex, amongst many other things.
I look forward to seeing what Spuddy gets into with the next volume!
Thank you to NetGalley and Clarkson Potter/ Ten Speed Press for the opportunity to read this book for free in exchange for my honest review.
Very silly mostly-illustrated chapter book.... about a potato.
Whizzed through this in about half an hour. Primary-aged readers will like this for the text-light content, quirky themes and barmy humour.
In several chapters, Spuddy the potato takes us on a madcap journey through several escapades in his life - doing a school project with another kid called... Kid Evil. Meeting an alien who's landed nearby and wants to go home. Chapters about toilets. Pets. Weird best friends.
It was all very bizarre, lots of black and white illustrations make up the majority of this 200+ page length. My 8-year-old saw me reading it and wants to try it next, and I know when we take it in to his class they'll all take it in turns and giggle away.
Very much the right sort of read for 7-10 year olds who like an easy read and ridiculous content.
With thanks to the publisher for providing a sample reading copy.
This book had similar vibes to Diary of a Wimpy Kid and DogMan. The main character is a middle school potato named Spuddy who hangs out with his friends, Chomp and Raven. We loved that all of the teachers were vegetables and Carson’s favorite scenes included aliens and a robot toilet. This book was 100% written for an audience of elementary school boys and judging by the laughter from my son while he was reading it, the writing was perfectly engaging! The bright illustrations and limited words on the page make it perfect for early readers in 2nd/3rd grade and is a great book for students who tend to choose graphic novels. Thanks to NetGalley and the team at Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Press for providing us an early copy of this book to read. This book comes out on May 5th and we’re looking forward to Kid Potato’s future adventures when book #2 in the series is released in September!
Perfectly adult-proof stories regarding our spud-like hero, evil classmates, killer toilets, alien friends and more. Designed to be daft, it's built of copious high-impact illustrations providing the jokes with a few of those nasty word things in the way as well. In actual fact, a lot of the pictures have words, with all the speech balloons being the quippage, often in that Simpsons-esque way of presenting the plot, then cutting away to something funny and coming back beats later. I found it a bit of an ordeal, to be honest, but to mark it as per the target reader this is a silly, fun, and very simple entertainment.
I thought that this was a great little book and a fun story. The book has some great illustrations and they are perfect for the story.
It was easy to follow and understand and I liked the layout and length of the chapters. My daughter read it with ease and enjoyed it and we are already looking forward to reading the next book in the series!
It is 4 stars from me for this one - a great addition for any home library and primary school library too - I can see this being a really popular one with the children as it has some great characters! Very highly recommended!
This lively and entertaining children’s book is made up of several short, separate stories.
Each story places the main character in a new situation or adventure, keeping the reading experience fresh and engaging. The individual stories stand well on their own, making the book ideal for short reading sessions, independent reading or bedtime.
The central character is cheerful and cheeky, with a personality that shines through in every story.
The variety of the separate stories helps maintain interest and gives young readers something new to enjoy each time they return to the book.
Overall, this is a fun, light-hearted collection that offers plenty of entertainment and variety.