The Fart that Broke World Book Day

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Written by: Stephen Mangan
Illustrated by: Anita Mangan
Publisher: Scholastic

It’s World Book Day and school is full of kids dressed up as their favourite literary characters and celebrating the magic of reading. But something smells funny… in every classroom, there’s a teacher letting go of a long, loud, ground-shaking, ground-breaking fart. And when our hero spots a fellow pupil (dressed almost too convincingly as an alien) hovering by the teachers’ bums, and then discovers what looks like a spaceship powered by farts behind a hedge, he’s on a mission to stop some unexpected visitors from kicking up a massive stink!

 

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The £1/€1.50 books are also available in braille, large print & audio via Guide Dogs, Vision Ireland, RNIB and Calibre Audio. If you require one of these formats, please click here to find out more.

Resources

Check out Stephen and Anita’s assembly videos where they share children’s books they enjoyed, where they love to read, and their top tips for enjoying reading and more!

    About the Author

    Stephen Mangan

    Stephen Mangan is an author, script-writer and actor with huge range across TV, radio, film and theatre. From classic comedy such as Green Wing, Episodes and I’m Alan Partridge and acclaimed drama such as The Split , Stephen also presents Portrait and Landscape Artist of the Year and regularly appears on stage, most recently as a highly praised Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol . Stephen also voiced the title role in Postman Pat: The Movie . He has been a member of the judging panels for the Costa Book of the Year prize and The Laugh-Out-Loud Awards (The Lollies). His children’s books are the bestselling Escape the Rooms and The Fart that Changed the World. 

    Stephen Mangan

    About the Illustrator

    Anita Mangan

    Anita Mangan

    Anita Mangan is a celebrated graphic designer and illustrator who has designed over 60 books including for Leon Restaurants, Gizzi Erskine and Fearne Cotton. She illustrated the best-selling Be a Unicorn series. Her first children’s book was the bestselling Escape the Rooms.

    Photo credit: Billie Charity

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