A. F. Harrold

Something's hunting Rudger, and all he can do is run. There's nobody to help him. Nobody will listen to him. Oh. and he doesn't exist. An extraordinary tale illustrated by the incomparable Emily Gravett

The Imaginary

Frank doesn't know how to feel when Nick Underbridge rescues her from bullies one afternoon. No one likes Nick. He's big, he's weird and he smells - or so everyone in Frank's class thinks.And yet, there's something nice about Nick's house. There's strange music playing there, and it feels light and good and makes Frank feel happy for the first time in forever.But there's more to Nick, and to his house, than meets the eye, and soon Frank realises she isn't the only one keeping secrets. Or the only one who needs help .A poignant, darkly comic and deeply moving story about the power of the extraordinary, and finding friendship where you least expect it. Written by the author of the critically acclaimed The Imaginary and illustrated by award-winning illustrator Levi Pinfold, this is perfect for fans of Roald Dahl and Neil Gaiman

The Song from Somewhere Else

Greta Zargo needs a big scoop if she's going to win the Prilchard-Spritzer Medal, the quite famous award for great reporting. But big scoops are in short supply in the quiet little town of Upper Lowerbridge, and all Greta's got to investigate is a couple of missing cakes. But then, with a whoosh of unknown energy, a mysterious silver robot descends from the sky

Greta Zargo and the Death Robots from Outer Space

Fizzlebert Stump lives in a circus. But when the ringmaster sells Fizz's circus to the mysterious Mr Pinkbottle, disaster strikes! All the acts who aren't fired are forced to work in his supermarket. Not an easy task at all if your only skill is plate-spinning or being a trapeze artist, or indeed a sea lion! Will the ex-circus performers adjust to their new lives as shop assistants, or will Fizz find a way to save them all?

Fizzlebert Stump and the Great Supermarket Showdown

A.F. Harrold's comic genius is very much to the fore in his latest collection of poetry as he utilises his considerable poetic dexterity to beguile, charm, dazzle and amuse. Harrold details his extensive collection of literary memorabilia, muses on life, love and the absurdityy of cardboard boxes, and warns of the dangers of precariously balanced pianos.

Lies My Mother Never Told Me

A riotous celebration of words and a modern take on cautionary tales - featuring advice on parrots, gravy, mathematics, castles (bouncy), spiders, vegetables (various), breakfast, cakes, and removing ducks from soup. Advice comes in many shapes. Poems come in many shapes. And so, it follows, poems of advice come in many shapes too. Sometimes they look you in the eye and say, 'Do this! Don't do that!' Sometimes they sidle up beside you and whisper, 'Have you ever thought about?' Not everything in this book is necessarily good advice, and not all of it is sensible advice.

The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice

Things You Find in a Poet's Beard

A story of a boy, a book, some very bad people, some very brave deeds, and the importance of rubber teeth for lions.

The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus (and Joined the Library)

Fizzlebert Stump

'Once, and once only, there was a boy whose name was Fizzlebert.' Fizzlebert Stump lives in a circus and it's the great Circus of Circuses competition, but Fizzlebert Stump has no act. He's no longer the Boy Who Puts His Head In The Lion's Mouth (the lion retired) and putting his head in a crocodile's mouth instead didn't work out for some reason. Can Fizz find a new act in time? A story of circus rivalry, learning who you really are, and the problem of oddly shaped vegetables.

Fizzlebert Stump and the Girl Who Lifted Quite Heavy Things

Greta Zargo doesn't know it, but once again she is about to unwittingly and unknowingly save the world ...Intrepid young schoolgirl-turned-reporter Greta Zargo is always in search of a Big Scoop and for once there are plenty of strange goings-on in the usually quiet little town of Upper Lowerbridge. Not only has Aunt Tabitha, the great inventor, gone missing, but weird, wobbling, blob-like monsters are appearing via a very deep hole in Greta's garden - and they are slowing but surely devouring her neighbours one by one ...A laugh-out-loud funny new series from the author of the critically acclaimed The Imaginary, perfect for fans of Mr Gum, Chris Riddell, and Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre's Oliver and the Seawigs

Greta Zargo and the Amoeba Monsters from the Middle of the Earth

The perfect Christmas gift for any food or poetry lover, this scrumptious illustrated hardback contains over 50 poems about every type of food imaginable. Food is the one thing that unites us all o across time, nations and peoples. From chocolate, rice pudding and sandwiches to breakfast in bed, marmalade in the bath and the fruit of a mythical jelabi tree, in Midnight Feasts A.F. Harrold brings together a wonderful and diverse collection of poems to tickle your taste buds. Poets include Ian McMillan, Brian Patten, Choman Hardi, Imtiaz Dharker, William Carlos Williams, Salena Godden, Joseph Coelho, Sabrina Mahfouz, Lewis Carroll, W.S. Gilbert and A.E. Housman, as well as A.F. Harrold himself. This stunning poetry book is beautifully illustrated in full colour by rising star Katy Riddell (daughter of former Children's Laureate, Chris Riddell) and is the perfect present o at Christmas or any other time year. It will have the poetry and food fans in your life licking their lips!

Midnight Feasts: Tasty Poems Collected by A. F. Harrold

Amanda y Rudger son mejores amigos. Pero Rudger tiene un pequeño defecto: no existe. Sólo Amanda lo puede ver porque es su amigo imaginario. Un día, el señor Bunting llama a la puerta ¡quiere llevarse a Rudger! Se dice que Bunting se alimenta de amigos imaginarios. La única solución es que Rudger huya solo. Pero ¿puede un amigo imaginario sobrevivir sin alguien que le imagine? "He tenido la suerte de descubrir de adulto el libro que me habría encantado leer de niño." J. A. Bayona

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