Gorgeous George: and the Giant Geriatric Generator - Couverture souple

Reid, Stuart

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1907746021 ISBN 13 : 9781907746024

Editeur : My Little Big Town, 2011

Synopsis

Bogies, baddies, bagpipes and bums! Farting, false teeth and fun! George witnesses something rather disturbing from his bedroom window late one night. People are disappearing fast and no one seems to care. Why are the people of Little Pumpington so miserable? Why has his evil teacher started smelling of wee? Why is Mr Watt so fat? Why does Mr Jolly the Janitor collect hundreds of pairs of false teeth in a cupboard in his workshop? And what will happen when mad Kenny sticks two crayons up his nose? During detention George discovers a secret stash of soggy tea-bags and a hundred boxes of broken biscuits hidden in a mysterious tunnel beneath the school. Can Gorgeous George (who's not really gorgeous at all) solve these mysteries with the help of his Grandpa Jock, the wild-haired ginger Scotsman before Grandpa Jock deafens the whole town with his bagpipes? Oh, and do not try the 'burning brown bag of poo prank' at home! You have been warned! A young boy, George Hanson, and his young-at-heart grandpa (Jock) take on the evil Mr Watt and his power plant, after the old people in town begin to go missing.A book filled with bums, bogies, farts and all of the silly, disgusting things that young children, especially boys enjoy. Written to encourage even the most reluctant readers, especially boys to engage with and enjoy reading. A fun, silly and crude adventure packed with equal amounts of action and laugh out loud moments. Beneath all of the fart jokes and childish humor the book deals with the themes of renewable energy, recycling and sustainability, all be it in a humorous and entertaining way.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Stuart Reid is 43 years old, going on 14. Throughout his early life he was dedicated to being immature, having fun and getting into trouble. Occasionally, after scoring a goal in the playground Stuart was known to celebrate by kissing lollypop ladies, and he once broke his nose by running into a lamp-post with his jumper pulled up over his head. Although not musically gifted, Stuart has the ability to play music using only the pumping noises from his armpits. Stuart once lobbied the British Olympic Committee to have `The Wedgie' recognised as a national sport, creating both the `Giving' and `Receiving' categories and the scoring system with (skid) marks for technical merit, artistic impression and the durability/rippability of the underwear. He is allergic to ties; blaming them for stifling the blood flow to his imagination throughout his twenties and thirties. Stuart was forced to spend the next 25 years being boring, professional and corporate. His fun-loving attitude was further suppressed by the weight of career responsibility, as a business manager in the retail and hospitality industries in the UK and Dubai. Stuart's legs suffer from SAD (seasonal affective disorder) which means he has to wear shorts at all times. His mid-life crisis offered a return to immature madness involving bogies, bums, burps, songs about poo and running about his snow covered garden in only his pyjamas. Stuart has been married for nearly twenty years. He has two children, a superman outfit and a spiky haircut.Stuart Reid is a new children s writing talent who is rapidly growing in stature. Gorgeous George & The Giant Geriatric Generator is his first book and also the first in the Gorgeous George series. There are 4 other Gorgeous George books already written, to be published over the next two years. The follow up, Gorgeous George & The ZigZag Zit-Faced Zombies was released in January 2013. Stuart is one of the busiest children s authors around having embarked on a full time book reading tour in January, appearing at between 5 and 10 schools a week. So far he has read to over 30,000 children, and presented at well over 200 schools since August 2011. Stuart is a member of the Society of Authors and is a member of The Scottish Book Trust. The Wigtown Book Festival described him as : Absolutely Brilliant!

Présentation de l'éditeur

Bogies, baddies, bagpipes and bums! Farting, false teeth and fun!

Gorgeous George and the Giant Geriatric Generator begins when George witnesses something rather disturbing from his bedroom window late one night. Maybe it was a UFO or a ghostly apparition, or maybe it's even more sinister. Whatever it was, nobody believes him. People are disappearing fast and no one seems to care.

Why are the people of Little Pumpington so miserable? Why has his evil teacher started smelling of wee? Why is Mr Watt so fat? Why does Mr Jolly the Janitor collect hundreds of pairs of false teeth in a cupboard in his workshop? And what will happen when mad Kenny sticks two crayons up his nose?

During detention George discovers a secret stash of soggy tea-bags and a hundred boxes of broken biscuits hidden in a mysterious tunnel beneath the school. Can his new friend Alison help, even though she's just `a boring girl'? Will Alison's mum give them money for sweets?

Can Gorgeous George (who's not really gorgeous at all) solve these mysteries with the help of his Grandpa Jock, the wild-haired ginger Scotsman before Grandpa Jock deafens the whole town with his bagpipes?

Oh, and do not try the `burning brown bag of poo prank' at home! You have been warned!

Gorgeous George & The Giant Geriatric Generator is straight from the (ever so slightly crazy) mind of Stuart Reid. Featuring around 50 wonderful illustrations by UK children's illustrator Calvin Innes.

A must read for children (and anyone else) who love crude, rude, exciting, silly, sometimes smelly and humorous books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: My Little Big Town
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1907746021
• ISBN 13: 9781907746024
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Innes Calvin
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Innes Linda
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible