WINNER OF THE 2014 UK PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE
My name is Simon Spittle and I think - no, I know, I murdered Miss Belcher. I don't carry a gun. Or a knife. Or even a toothpick, but yesterday, in French, I wished for her to be run over by a bus and, later that very day, she was. A big, red double-decker with yellow wheels and a picture of a clown on the bonnet. A Billy Smart's Circus bus.
Simon is very different to Isabella. He is all elbowy and clumsy. She, on the other hand, is elegant and cool. He's the school chess champ and has the IQ of a chemistry professor. She thinks flowers grow better if you feed them Bic Macs and play them Elvis songs. He has a 1/500 scale model of the Starship Enterprise NCC-1701 in his bedroom. She thinks it's a frying pan.
Isabella has a secret.
Simon, well, he IS the secret...
BILLY BOB BUTTONS was shortlisted for the RUBERY BOOK AWARDS and was the winner of THE 2014 UK PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE.

My name is Tiffany Sparrow and my job is to slay spooks. It can be messy work, but I enjoy it. Mostly. I get to do a lot of travelling which is fun, but often just to crumbling tombs and spidery cellars. My mum was a slayer too; and so was my grandmother. I miss them terribly. They were killed, you see, by Grimdorf the warlock, so now there's only me and my old grandad left. But the word on Voodoo street is... GRIMDORF'S BACK! And he's brought a few of his pals with him.
'WONDERFUL PENMANSHIP' Tons of Fun
'Tiffany is the sort of girl every girl wants to be. Cool, funny and a scythe-weilding, kong fu-kicking spook slayer' School News

'Very, very funny and very, very sweet. A modern classic with a twist! Boys will love it!' Eclipse

Ralph is always piddling everywhere. He drenched Mummy's sheepskin rug. He filled Daddy's boots. He even took a tinkle in his sister's Coco Pops! But can Ralph be the hero nobody expects him to be?
'I chuckled so much my belly hurt.' Books for Kids

'A rhyming gem!' Story Box

Having problems finding a book to interest a boy? Well, The Boy Who Piddled In His Grandad's Slippers might be the answer.

In this delightfully illustrated picture book, award-winning children's writer Billy Bob Buttons has written a story designed to pull boys away from toy cars and Lego bricks and over to the book corner.

Buttons, who has delivered literacy workshops to over 250,000 children all over the UK, knows how important comedy is to boys. 'The hero has to be a little cheeky,' Buttons says, 'and the story has to be very, very funny.'

The Boy Who Piddled In His Grandad's Slippers, the first of seven 'CHEEKY BOY' books, is helping boys all over the world to discover the joy of opening a book and staying put till the last page is turned.


PARENTS' COMMENTS

'My son was enthralled by this book He's six and he enjoys what all boys of six enjoy. Playing! But trying to find him a book has been difficult. Thankfully he now happily curls up on my knee with The Boy Who Piddled In His Grandad's Slippers.'

'My two boys love two books: The Gruffalo and The Boy Who Piddled In His Grandad's Slippers.'

'Ralph is so cheeky-looking and what he gets up to is so funny. The twist at the end had my boy crying with laughter.'


Comments from parents kept with publisher.

The year is 1870. Major Tor, a mercenary and deadly sniper, is called from battle to stop Locust, a SWARM assassin who is plotting to murder the King of Sweden.

From the rubble and watery craters of France to the shadowy corridors of Stockholm’s old castle, Tor must discover who the assassin is and put a stop to his, or her plan to throw a country into a barbaric and bloody war.

Accompany him if you dare into a world of bayonets and bullets, where the enemy’s sword is forever chasing your shadow.

But remember this, when you hunt assassins...
...trust nobody.



TOR ASSASSIN HUNTER is the first book in the TOR TRILOGY, the turbulent story of a Swedish mercenary infested by the spirit of Skufsi Tennur, the most sinister, most unholy werewolf of the Hamrammr tribe.


TOR Assassin Hunter is up there with Harry Potter. A wonderful book!
Simon, 14

Try to work out who the assassin is. It will drive you nuts. The best book on my shelf.
Peter, 13

A book for anybody who enjoys a riddle.
Stephen, 11

TOR Wolf Rising is on my Christmas wish list.
Steven, 10

Hidden under my bedsheets, I did not shut Tor Assassin Hunter till 11 o’clock. Superb! I even turned off my computer to finish it.
Abhirupa, 13

So much fun! The only problem with Tor Assassin Hunter is it ended.
Cindy, 13

Starts with a BANG! Ends with a BANG! A fantastic story full of swords and pistols.
Moorti, 12

BILLY BOB BUTTONS WAS THE WINNER OF THE UK PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE (CHILDREN'S CATEGORY)
"The Wishing Shelf is not just a magic bookshop, and it is not just the doorway to hundreds of magical lands; it is, most importantly, the prison to the most powerful and dangerous book ever penned." Galibrath Falafel, Wizard
'Down some steps, below a crumbling bridge, sits a scruffy old bookshop.'
Let the struggle begin.
The day Felicity Brady discovers The Wishing Shelf, a magic bookshop in the small town of Twice Brewed, is the day her life is altered forever.
A helpful clock and a mulish door allow her to travel to different lands where she plays Vipers and Stepladders, pilots flying carpets and visits creepy Cauldron City. There's a krakor thunder serpent, waltzing books, even a copy of 'Be Warty, Be Proud' sitting on the cistern in the loo.
Armed with an inquisitive mind and the magical skills of a wet doyley, Felicity must face monster dorfmorons, woolly glumsnappers and powerful wizards. But lurking in the shadows, watching her, is the most evil monster of them all, the terrible shubablybub.
And she keeps reminding everybody, 'In school, they only teach us netball.'
Life is very complicated for Felicity Brady.
‘A teeth-chattering, finger-chewing ride. Brilliant!’ Charley, 11
‘Charming! Made me wish I was young so I could find a magic bookshop of my own.’ Kids Bookshelf
‘A fantastic adventure.’ Teen.com
‘This is a spell-binding adventure that kept my eyes open long after my mum shouted, “Lights out!’ Kieran, 11
‘Spellbinding!’ Kicks4kidz
‘Mind blowing! The Wishing Shelf is full of mystery and mayhem.’ Hannah, 10
‘Felicity Brady is fantastic.’ Book Browse
‘Night demons, trolls and dorfmorons. A fantastic story and really funny too. I loved it.’ Harry, 10
‘The storytelling skills of J K Rowling and the wit of Roald Dahl.’ Bookbuzz

THE HUNTER
Sinjin Fury, a power-crazy wizard with a horrifying army of VERY crazy Glumsnappers.

THE HUNTED
Simon Spittle, a Star Trek-obsessed loner with the IQ of a chemistry professor, the temper of a monster with tooth rot and the gift to kill with a wish.

HIS PROTECTOR
Isabella, a street-wise Seeker who knows Simon's the key to, well, SAVING THE WORLD!

The follow-up to the fantastic I THINK I MURDERED MISS

'Sweet, funny and totally unputdownable.' YA Book News

'A delightfully sweet rhyming story.' Best Books For Kids

Panthers CHEW on spider leg STEW, alligators CHOMP on frogs in a SWAMP, dogs GOBBLE puddings that WOBBLE and cows SLURP and always BURP.

'A wonderfully witty story from the wonderfully witty Billy Bob Buttons.' The Independent