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King Flashypants #5
King Flashypants and the Snowball of Doom
"Brilliantly original and hilarious. It's nearly as good as one of my books." DAVID WALLIAMS
"Two words - such fun!" MIRANDA HART
"It's gobstonkingly funny!" ULI, aged 7
Great to read aloud with children of 5+ and perfect for newly independent readers of 7+.
It's pretty nippy in Edwinland and Nurbisonia. In fact, it's the coldest winter in a hundred years! After evil Emperor Nurbison steals all his peasants' firewood and woolly hats just because he can, they go to live with nine-year-old King Edwin in Edwinland instead. The furious emperor talks the scary Ice Folk to join him in his latest dastardly plan to make life difficult for Edwin and his new peasants, but Edwin is determined not to let Nurbison get away with it. He is a noble king, after all!
But Edwin has an extra problem to deal with - a voice of doubt in his head called Wendy Worry, who keeps telling him he's not up to the job of being king. How can he beat Emperor Nurbison AND Wendy Worry at the same time?
"Two words - such fun!" MIRANDA HART
"It's gobstonkingly funny!" ULI, aged 7
Great to read aloud with children of 5+ and perfect for newly independent readers of 7+.
It's pretty nippy in Edwinland and Nurbisonia. In fact, it's the coldest winter in a hundred years! After evil Emperor Nurbison steals all his peasants' firewood and woolly hats just because he can, they go to live with nine-year-old King Edwin in Edwinland instead. The furious emperor talks the scary Ice Folk to join him in his latest dastardly plan to make life difficult for Edwin and his new peasants, but Edwin is determined not to let Nurbison get away with it. He is a noble king, after all!
But Edwin has an extra problem to deal with - a voice of doubt in his head called Wendy Worry, who keeps telling him he's not up to the job of being king. How can he beat Emperor Nurbison AND Wendy Worry at the same time?
208 pages, Paperback
Published October 4, 2018
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Andy Riley
83 books107 followersAndy Riley is a cartoonist and scriptwriter from Britain.
He drew a weekly strip cartoon for The Observer Magazine called Roasted, which is also collected in hardback edition. So far his books have sold around one and a half million copies and have been published in eighteen countries, producing calendar, greetings card and poster spin-offs. Lucky Heather is his self-published mini-comic.
His comedy scriptwriting is done in partnership with Kevin Cecil. They have won two BAFTAS, for the sitcom Black Books in 2005 and the animated special Robbie The Reindeer in 2000. They created and wrote the sitcoms The Great Outdoors and Hyperdrive for the BBC, and Slacker Cats for the ABC Family Channel. Other television writing credits include Little Britain, The Armando Iannucci Shows, Come Fly With Me, Trigger Happy TV, So Graham Norton, Smack The Pony, The Armstrong and Miller Show, Bob and Margaret, Spitting Image, Harry and Paul, Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show, Alexei Sayle’s Merry Go Round, Man Stroke Woman and Big Train. Their Radio 4 panel game, The 99p Challenge, won a Sony silver award.
As well as writing comedy, they are experienced writers of feature-length animation: their credits include Gnomeo and Juliet (released February 2011) and The Pirates! (in production at Aardman). They did an uncredited rewrite of Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride.
Andy is originally from Aylesbury but now lives in London. He used to be the stage dancer for The Pod, Julian Barratt’s comedy techno band which was the forerunner of The Mighty Boosh. His hobbies include urban canoeing.
Despite rival claims on the internet, Andy Riley is the true originator of the tradition of cross-dressing at the Towersey folk festival.
He drew a weekly strip cartoon for The Observer Magazine called Roasted, which is also collected in hardback edition. So far his books have sold around one and a half million copies and have been published in eighteen countries, producing calendar, greetings card and poster spin-offs. Lucky Heather is his self-published mini-comic.
His comedy scriptwriting is done in partnership with Kevin Cecil. They have won two BAFTAS, for the sitcom Black Books in 2005 and the animated special Robbie The Reindeer in 2000. They created and wrote the sitcoms The Great Outdoors and Hyperdrive for the BBC, and Slacker Cats for the ABC Family Channel. Other television writing credits include Little Britain, The Armando Iannucci Shows, Come Fly With Me, Trigger Happy TV, So Graham Norton, Smack The Pony, The Armstrong and Miller Show, Bob and Margaret, Spitting Image, Harry and Paul, Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show, Alexei Sayle’s Merry Go Round, Man Stroke Woman and Big Train. Their Radio 4 panel game, The 99p Challenge, won a Sony silver award.
As well as writing comedy, they are experienced writers of feature-length animation: their credits include Gnomeo and Juliet (released February 2011) and The Pirates! (in production at Aardman). They did an uncredited rewrite of Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride.
Andy is originally from Aylesbury but now lives in London. He used to be the stage dancer for The Pod, Julian Barratt’s comedy techno band which was the forerunner of The Mighty Boosh. His hobbies include urban canoeing.
Despite rival claims on the internet, Andy Riley is the true originator of the tradition of cross-dressing at the Towersey folk festival.
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May 24, 2019
What a surprise when I spotted this book in the library just a short time after I found the 4th book! I am so glad that they are working harder on adding English books to their collections.
This time a summer that turns very very cold, and I was delighted that Edwin invited everyone inside the castle to get warm at the fireplace (including some other people), we also finally learn (in a chapter zero just after chapter three) how Edwin got to be king and later on we learn even more truth about it which was very interesting, there is a big pyjama party, and finally Edwin climbs the mountain, though for other reasons than I thought he would.. *sighs* I wasn't a fan of the emperor coming back, so two stars less almost three given he had such a big part, and I also wasn't a fan of Wendy. Bleh. She kept popping up in the story and it just ruined things for me.
The ending was nice though, well before the whole emperor chapter again, I don't count that as an ending.
Bonus points to the hilarious name of the tallest mountain: Hetherang-Dundister-Underploshy-Smeltus.
Here is to hoping for more King Flashypants books, though I hope next time we will only have Edwin again. Otherwise I won't continue this series.
This time a summer that turns very very cold, and I was delighted that Edwin invited everyone inside the castle to get warm at the fireplace (including some other people), we also finally learn (in a chapter zero just after chapter three) how Edwin got to be king and later on we learn even more truth about it which was very interesting, there is a big pyjama party, and finally Edwin climbs the mountain, though for other reasons than I thought he would.. *sighs* I wasn't a fan of the emperor coming back, so two stars less almost three given he had such a big part, and I also wasn't a fan of Wendy. Bleh. She kept popping up in the story and it just ruined things for me.
The ending was nice though, well before the whole emperor chapter again, I don't count that as an ending.
Bonus points to the hilarious name of the tallest mountain: Hetherang-Dundister-Underploshy-Smeltus.
Here is to hoping for more King Flashypants books, though I hope next time we will only have Edwin again. Otherwise I won't continue this series.
July 15, 2019
So hilarious i love i loved it
It was amazing
Everyone will love this classic
I have this book 5 stars i wish I could visit ten
It was amazing
Everyone will love this classic
I have this book 5 stars i wish I could visit ten
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