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Big Trouble with an Old Fart

Big Trouble #2

Lachlann Carter Douglas Holgate

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Hardie Grant Books
01 April 2025
Series: Big Trouble
The hilariously spooky Big Trouble series is back with Maddie and Clare's second adventure in Dead End! Can they beat a prehistoric mutant fart gas from zombifying everything in Dead End, including their own dad? Will Terrible Chicken finally rule the world? And how do you defeat killer pineapples?!

Goosebumps meets Twilight Zone in this ridiculously funny new series from storytelling mastermind Lachlann Carter and Last Kids on Earth illustrator Douglas Holgate. With three madcap adventures in each book and every spread packed with comic-style illustrations, this silly-spooky series has enough trouble to keep the whole family on the edge of their seat!

Big Trouble is perfect for:

Early and independent readers aged 5-10 years

Fans of funny, highly illustrated series such as Bad Guys, Real Pigeons, Dog Man and the Treehouse books.

Parents, teachers and librarians looking for fast-paced, inventive, entertaning storytelling 

Get into Big Trouble with the whole series now!

Big Trouble with Angry Chairs Big Trouble with an Old Fart Big Trouble #3 (coming soon)
By:  
Illustrated by:   Douglas Holgate
Imprint:   Hardie Grant Books
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 190mm,  Width: 150mm, 
Weight:   208g
ISBN:   9781761212215
ISBN 10:   1761212214
Series:   Big Trouble
Pages:   208
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 6 to 10 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  English as a second language ,  Teenage / Young adult
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Lachlann Carter is author of the Big Trouble series. He is a former primary school teacher, and co-founder of 100 Story Building, a creative writing centre for children and young people. He lives on a dead end in Gimuy/Cairns with his small but loud family, surrounded by large but quiet mountains, and lots and lots of palm trees. He writes all of his stories standing up.  Douglas Holgate is the illustrator of the #1 New York Times Bestselling series, The Last Kids on Earth from Penguin Kids (mow also an Emmy winning Netflix animated series), and the co-creator and illustrator of the graphic novel Clem Hetherington and The Ironwood Race for Scholastic Graphix. He has worked for the last 20 years making books and comics for publishers around the world from his garage in regional Victoria, Australia. He lives with his family in the Australian bush on five acres surrounded by 80 million year old volcanic boulders and a large fat dog that could possibly be part-polar bear.

Reviews for Big Trouble with an Old Fart: Big Trouble #2

Praise for Big Trouble series: ‘Absurd, thrilling, hilarious! Kids will love getting into Big Trouble, with its silly storylines and loveable characters. Big Trouble is BIG FUN!' –Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood, author and illustrator of the best-selling Real Pigeons ​series. 'Sure to be a hit! These whacky stories will appeal to all those in junior and middle primary with a sense of imagination and humour.' –Lamont 'Clever writing, really lough-out-loud funny, utterly ridiculous' –Your Kids Next Read


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