Astonishingly Good Stories

Publisher details

Author
R.A. Spratt
Publisher
Penguin
Genre
Children’s Fiction
Released
02 August, 2022
ISBN
9780143779261

Astonishingly Good Stories

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Synopsis

A lovestruck merpig, a peppermint-stick Parthenon, a vegetarian spider and so much more!

From R.A. Spratt, bestselling author of Friday Barnes and Shockingly Good Stories, comes this collection of twenty terrific tales perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Paul Jennings.

Featuring Greek myths and fractured fairytales as told by Nanny Piggins (the world’s most glamorous flying pig), a mystery investigated by Friday Barnes (girl detective) and a series of tales so tall they will give you altitude sickness.

This book will delight children from four to one hundred and four. Just the thing for reading at bedtime, when you’re supposed to be doing your homework or when you’ve been chased up a tree by an escaped rhinoceros and you’re waiting for the zookeeper to arrive.

Reviews

Q&A with R.A. Spratt, Author of Astonishingly Good Stories

Review | Book Life

12 August 2022

Q&A with R.A. Spratt, Author of Astonishingly Good Stories

Hilarious and Fun: Read an Extract from Astonishingly Good Stories by R.A. Spratt

Review | Extract

10 August 2022

Hilarious and Fun: Read an Extract from Astonishingly Good Stories by R.A. Spratt

Twenty Terrific Tales: Read Our Review of Astonishingly Good Stories by R.A. Spratt

Review | Our Review

10 August 2022

Twenty Terrific Tales: Read Our Review of Astonishingly Good Stories by R.A. Spratt

R.A. Spratt
About the author

R.A. Spratt

R.A. Spratt is the author of The Peski Kids, Friday Barnes and The Adventures of Nanny Piggins. In her previous life she was a television writer. Unlike the Peski kids, R.A. Spratt never fights with her brother, but only because he moved to Hong Kong to get away from her. R.A. lives in Bowral, NSW, where she has three chickens, two goldfish and a dog. She also has a husband and two daughters.

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