Giles Andreae Books In Order

Purple Ronnie’s Little Guide to Men

Men think they can impress us by saying they’ve broken girls’ hearts. If only they’d think with their brains instead of their private parts. Purple Ronnie is the cartoon sensation whose unique slant on life and love has enduring appeal. ‘Purple Ronnie’s Little Book of Men’ is a complete guide to men, from macho men who can open beer bottles with their bottoms, to girly men who wear face masks in bed. It will prove to be an essential stocking filler for all men, as well as anyone who knows any.

Purple Ronnie’s Little Guide To Girls

It’s best to tell a Sporty Girl that she’s the one for you, cos if you don’t she’ll grab your wrist and break your arm in two. ‘Purple Ronnie’s Little Book of Girls’ is full of all sorts of secrets about girls, gleaned through extensive research by Purple Ronnie. For example, posh girls always give each other very embarrassing nicknames such as Flopsy and Pooey, and girly girls always cry when they get married. It is a perfect stocking filler for girls to keep, or to give to the boys in their lives.

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: Missing Treasure!

SHIVER ME TIMBERS! The treasure of pirate Rufus Rumblebelly has disappeared form the museum! Luckily, captain Flinn eagerly takes the helm and heads to Bag o’ Bones Island…
only to be met by a rogue gang of pirate dinosaurs with swords at the ready! Flinn and his friends may be able to triumph, but are they prepared to face the fierce, frightening, and most terrifying looking pirate GIGANOTOSAURUS? Climb aboard for this rambunctious follow up to the successful Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs!

Pants

A hilarious collaboration about underwear by Giles Andreae and Nick Sharratt. Small children and lots of adults! love Pants. They love talking about Pants. They giggle whenever Pants are mentioned. Let’s face it Pants are VERY FUNNY! Pants is a picture book with a brilliant rhyming text by Giles Andreae and lots of hilarious pictures by Nick Sharratt. As we go through the book we meet lots of different animals, people and sometimes inanimate objects each wearing a different kind of Pants every shape, pattern, colour, size and style that you can think of and lots more besides! This book will make children laugh and they will ask for it again and again. Pants which ones are your favourite?

More Pants

Now readers can sing along with this hilarious book and CD read by Lenny Henry. You can never have enough pants, as this exuberant celebration of lots and lots More Pants proves! Giles Andreae’s brilliant rhyming text and Nick Sharratt’s hilarious, vibrant illustrations will delight children and adults alike. Featuring amongst others, a hippo, a limousine and a dinosaur in pants, plus a rather embarrassed farty pants, this lively picture book is guaranteed to make you giggle!

Billy Bonkers

Mad stuff just happens with Billy Bonkers! Billy is a bouncy, bubbly, bonkers boy. And wherever he goes, off the wall adventures always seem to follow. From bouncing so hard on his trampoline that he bounces up, up and away…
into space, and eating so much porridge his stomach puffs up and he floats into the garden tree and gets stuck…
until he burps anyway, to a flight on a deflating lilo to biff a big, vicious shark right on the nose! Along with his wacky dad, brainy sister and down to earth mum, Billy’s life that is never boring, it’s bonkers! This zany text is perfectly accompanied by Nick Sharratt’s energetic illustrations.

The Dance of Wallowy Bigness

There was once a hippopotamus who dreamed of being able to dance with grace and beauty. However, when she tried, she could barely lift her bottom off the ground and her stomach wobbled most uncomfortably indeed. ‘It’s just not fair’, said the hippopotamus, and she began to weep. ‘Come now’, said a passing crocodile. ‘Perhaps you are simply trying the wrong dance. What kind of dance would be your dance…
and your dance only’? And so begins a story about being beautiful inside – a joyous little treasure for the whole family to share.

The Pink Cricket

Two things are true about crickets: they are green and they play the violin. So when one cricket said he was a drummer, all the other crickets laughed. He was also pink. ‘Crickets can no more play the drum than fish can play football…
pinky’! they jeered. And so begins a story about following your dreams – a joyous little treasure for the whole family to share.

Larry Lion’s Rumbly Rhymes

Play along with Larry Lion and his jungle friends in this noisy collection of animal poems. Adapted from the best selling picture book, ‘Rumble in the Jungle’.

Olive Octopus’s Deep Sea Ditties

Play along with Olive Octopus and her underwater friends in this noisy collection of deep sea poems. Adapted from the best selling picture book, ‘Commotion in the Ocean’.

Sidney Shark’s Seaside Shanties

Play along with Sidney Shark and his underwater friends in this noisy collection of deep sea poems. Adapted from the best selling picture book, ‘Commotion in the Ocean’.

Christopher Crocodile’s Jungly Jingles

Play along with Christopher Crocodile and his jungle friends in this noisy collection of animal poems adapted from the best selling picture book, ‘Rumble in the Jungle’.

The Pop-Up Rumble in the Jungle

This pop up adaptation of the best selling picture book, Rumble in the Jungle, brings to life some favorite jungle characters. Join this rhyming safari to see the roaring lion and the slithery snake pop off the page.

My Grandson Is A Genius

Of course your grandchild is a genius. There is no doubt about that. He can play football better than anyone else on the planet. He can paint a better picture than any known artist. He can read and write long before any other child. The potential for world leadership is vast! And this is the picture book for you…
And all other grandparents like you! Brilliant, hilariously funny, and wonderfully reassuring, this is a fabulous picture book for parents to buy for over zealous grandparents, grandparents to buy for their cherished grandchildren and for grandchildren to buy for their doting grandparents. At last, a picture book for the entire family. ‘This hilariously funny picture book is great for adored grandchildren everywhere’ ‘Baby and You’.

Leo, the Lovable Lion

Originally published as The Lion Who Wanted to Love. Leo is not your average lion cub. Instead of eating antelopes and zebras, he’d rather hug them and be their friend. Leo’s mom and the rest of the lions don’t understand his bighearted attitude toward what they think of as dinner, and they tell him he has to leave the pride if he won’t learn to hunt. So Leo goes to live in the jungle, where he teaches baby birds to fly and nurses injured animals. But when Leo himself gets into trouble, will his new friends help him?

Heaven Is Having You

Grandma explains to Little Bear what heaven is from her perspective Heaven is eating homemade cookies and wrapping up Little Bear in a warm towel after a bath. And it’s the feeling she gets from watching Little Bear play with Grandpa. But most importantly, she tells him, ‘Heaven is just having you.’ This is a lovely sequel to the bestselling Love Is A Handful of Honey.

The Magic Donkey Ride

He ran into the meadowAnd he came to Treacle’s sideTreacle said, ‘I m going to take youOn a magic donkey ride!’ As Flinn discovers one magical night, Treacle is no ordinary donkey! Treacle arrives at Flinn s bedside and the donkey whisks the boy away to a wonderful airborne adventure, high above the trees and rooftops. Filled with bright artwork and charming rhymes, this edition also includes an audio CD featuring the story read by television s Hugh Laurie.

The Pop-Up Dinosaurs Galore!

‘As the sun lights the horizon, and the mist begins to clear, what shapes do you begin to see; what noises do you hear? Perhaps you’ll see a swishing tail, huge footprints, or a beak. I think I heard a distant roar…
and did you hear something shriek?’

Meet the creatures that swam, roamed and flew over prehistoric earth in the pop up edition of the funny, rhythmic and fact filled Dinosaurs Galore! Fierce and fun, a collection of dinosaurs pop up from the pages. Lift the flaps to find a baby dinosaur hiding on every spread!

Morris the Mankiest Monster

Irresistibly, exuberantly disgusting, a new picture book from the author of Giraffes Can’t Dance, with a hero who flosses his teeth with slugs Meet Morris, the world’s stinkiest picture book hero. It’s been years since he last changed his T-shirt. It’s crusty and crawling with ants. His shoes are all slurpy and squelchy inside, and potatoes grow out of his pants. Morris is sweet, charming…
and completely disgusting. Kids will love him.