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Andy Griffiths is one of Australia’s most popular children’s
authors. He and illustrator Terry Denton have collaborated on more
than 33 bestselling books since their first title, Just Tricking,
was published in 1997.
In Australia, Andy and Terry’s books have sold over 10 million
copies, won 80 children’s choice awards and 10 Australian Book
Industry Awards including Book of the Year for The 52-Storey
Treehouse in 2015. Stig Wemyss is Australia’s most loved audiobook
narrator for children and young adults. He has lent his voice to
the work of some of Australia’s most accomplished authors,
including Andy Griffiths, Paul Jennings, Tim Winton, Marcus Zusak,
Margaret Clarke and, most recently, Andrew Daddo. For the last
three years he has been the recipient of the ABIA audiobook of the
year award, including for the Trent Dalton's widely acclaimed debut
novel Boy Swallows Universe. Stig has also written his own
successful audiobook series entitled, The Tripp Diaries, which he
narrates himself. His success and popularity have led him to
develop a one-man comedy show for kids, Stig Live @ The Library,
which he has performed in schools and libraries around Australia,
New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
"Australian author Andy Griffiths has masterfully written this very
humorous piece, read by Stig Wemyss. Griffiths, whose story is told
in first person, chronicles a series of practical jokes, including
episodes that involve fake vomit, dog poo, and bananas, among other
things. In one story, Griffith tells of delivering a Gorilla-gram
and, while dressed as a gorilla, stopping to observe restaurant
goers, mocking them much like people do with gorillas in a zoo. He
not only mimics their actions, he 'moons' them when he is shooed
away, carrying his gorilla antics a bit too far. The police show
up, believing that he is a real gorilla, and attempt to subdue him
and return him to the zoo. Most of Griffith's antics backfire on
him, and the anticipation is appropriately written into the story.
The decidedly Australian flair in both the writing and reading of
this title adds to the sense of adventure. Music and sound effects
are sprinkled throughout. This book will be prankster heaven for
upper elementary and middle school students, particularly boys.
Just plain fun, it is a worthy addition to audio collections, and
may be enough to encourage reluctant readers to check out other
titles by the author."
*Customer Review*
"Australian author Andy Griffiths has masterfully written this very humorous piece, read by Stig Wemyss. Griffiths, whose story is told in first person, chronicles a series of practical jokes, including episodes that involve fake vomit, dog poo, and bananas, among other things. In one story, Griffith tells of delivering a Gorilla-gram and, while dressed as a gorilla, stopping to observe restaurant goers, mocking them much like people do with gorillas in a zoo. He not only mimics their actions, he 'moons' them when he is shooed away, carrying his gorilla antics a bit too far. The police show up, believing that he is a real gorilla, and attempt to subdue him and return him to the zoo. Most of Griffith's antics backfire on him, and the anticipation is appropriately written into the story. The decidedly Australian flair in both the writing and reading of this title adds to the sense of adventure. Music and sound effects are sprinkled throughout. This book will be prankster heaven for upper elementary and middle school students, particularly boys. Just plain fun, it is a worthy addition to audio collections, and may be enough to encourage reluctant readers to check out other titles by the author." -- Customer Review
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