A high-energy, laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated
adventure story by much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and
talented artist Anita Mangan. It's the most
important day of the year for King Fabian as he is hosting all
the neighbouring rulers. Everything simply must go perfectly. King
Fabian wakes up, stretches, and farts. His wife's fury is so huge
that he panics and blames the butler, who is carted off to the
dungeons. Leaving behind a big problem: Fabian isn't really the
brains behind the crown: it is the butler... how will dithery Fabian
manage to pull off this high-pressure event alone? His small
and smelly fart looks like it will kick off a crisis...
Frank
- a kitchen boy with a big imagination - is drafted in as an
emergency butler. As the banquet descends into a food fight and processions
catapult out of control, Frank finds himself in an all-out
farty farce. Can he save the day?
Wildly
funny and endlessly surprising, this is delightfully imaginative,
surreal storytelling with a message that small events
can trigger big change, and children can be heroes!
Packed
with pictures by Stephen Mangan's sister Anita
Mangan.
Escape the Rooms is one of the most
loved and bestselling children's debuts of 2021.
Praise for Escape the Rooms:
"A brilliant, clever, kind of genius book" Graham
Norton, Virgin Radio
'Richly imagined and
deeply heartfelt' Hadley Freeman, Guardian
'Manages
to feel both classic and modern at the same time' Good
Housekeeping
'A beautiful and exciting
adventure that ignites the imagination' Edith Bowman
'It's brilliant' Ray D'Arcy, RTE
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
first children's book was the bestselling Escape the Rooms.
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.
- ISBN13 9780702317453
- Publish Date 26 May 2022
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Scholastic
- Format eBook
- Pages 256
- Language English