Muckabout School

by Ian Whybrow

Stories set in a school where it is bad -- very bad -- to be good... from the author of the Little Wolf books.At Muckabout School, pupils are not allowed to behave. IT IS FORBIDDEN. It's bad to be good and it's good to be bad. So running in corridors, being rude to teachers, never saying 'sorry' and being foul to your friends is the right way to behave.Poor Gary Goody is a difficult pupil. He gets to school early, he calls his teacher 'Sir', and he combs his hair. He spends ages trying to write neatly and even says sorry when he has done something wrong. When will he ever learn NOT to behave. After several thousand tries at being bad, Gary finally succeeds in the most wicked plan ever. But just as he is about to received his Head Boy's badge, Gary has a momentary lapse and says... 'thank you!'A host of wonderful characters; Mr Hoodlum the head, Mr Thug the teacher, Wanda Wicked the school prefect and Ben Beastly, the class bully, Muckabout School will appeal to all children -- good or bad.With his unique sense of humour, familiar to readers of Little Wolf, Ian Whybrow has created another hilarious series of stories, set in the familiar, but not so familiar, world of Muckabout Schoo

96 pages, Paperback

First published April 4, 2005

About the author

Ian Whybrow is a British writer of children's books, first published in 1989. He has written over 100 books for children, has been translated into 27 languages and is published in 28 countries. His books are humorous and range from picture books to novels, short stories and poetry.

Reviews

[Nikshay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muckabout School is where you are not allowed to behave and it’s good to be bad but bad to be good. So running around the corridors, being mean to teachers and being a foul to your friends is a right way to behave. In the school there is one new boy who always does everything correct like being nice to everyone, turning in homework on time, etc. He always is finding everything difficult. Then he comes up with a plan which then goes horribly wrong. In Muckabout Outing, the zoo is in danger of closing down and Muchabout School are planning an outing. But when the reporter Roger Hack records what the children get up to, things don’t go right according to the plan.