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Authors: Andy Griffiths, Bill Hope
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Genre: Children’s Fiction
Released: 19 August, 2025
ISBN: 9781761269004

You & Me and the Peanut Butter Beast

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Synopsis

Hey, you - yes, you!

Remember when we found that really deep hole and you jumped in and I had to jump in to rescue you and at the bottom of the hole we found the cave of the legendary Peanut Butter Beast?

That was one of our deepest - and most dangerous - adventures ever!

What? You don't remember?

Well, have I got a story for you!

Let me remind you how it all went down ... and down ... and down ... and down.

About the author

Bill Hope

Bill Hope is an artist and illustrator living in the Sydney Region. His studies at the National Art School, the College of Fine Arts and the Julian Ashton School have established Bill as one of the most versatile illustrators and graphic recorders working in the industry. His work pairs a classical sensibility with an enthusiastic embrace of the tools of contemporary illustration and design. Bill is forever looking for new ways to engage and collaborate with his audience and is always encouraging his clients to become more creatively ambitious —he much prefers to have access to all parts of the collaborative process, particularly at the early stages of a project, as he believes this is crucial to the creation of more compelling content. He is passionate about helping clients tell their story, however complex, through engaging and exciting visuals. Outside of the commercial sphere Bill has a thriving personal practice that has been expressed through a variety of outlets. A number of illustrated books, a mural for the Sydney Children’s Hospital and an ongoing fine arts practice with the Lost Bear Gallery to name a few.

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About the author

Andy Griffiths

Andy Griffiths is one of Australia's most popular children's authors. He and illustrator Terry Denton have collaborated on more than 30 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. Their much-loved Treehouse Series has been embraced by children around the world and is now published in more than 35 countries. Five of the books in the series have been adapted for the stage and have all had sell-out seasons at the Sydney Opera house, as well as highly successful seasons in the Netherlands, New Zealand and America. Andy is a passionate advocate for literacy and in 2015 was awarded the Dromkeen Medal to honour his outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature. He is also an ambassador for both The Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the Pyjama Foundation.