Philip Ardagh Books

A counting story that goes wrong when one hungry little T-Rex can't help himself from gobbling up the other dinosaurs!Let's count dinosaurs! Rex the T-Rex is 1. Add Patty the Diplodocus, that's 2. And here's comes Brian the Anklyosaurus to make 3. But wait, where's Brian gone? Rex? Rex! You didn't EAT him, did you? Oh NAUGHTY Rex! The truth is, you just CAN'T count on dinosaurs. In this counting book with a difference, Philip Ardagh and Elissa Elwick bring prehistoric chaos and trouble-making dinosaurs to every page for a truly fun, interactive way to learn how to count to 10.

The second in the "Unlikely Exploits" trilogy sees the remaining McNally children - Jackie, Le Fay and the twins Josh and Albie - being mysteriously drawn to Fishbone Forest and a forgotten crumbling mansion. Here they meet the terrifying, teddy bear-clutching Mr Maggs.

'...Out glides a limo, as sleek as a plane,With big gleaming hubcaps as bright as champagne' The first in a comic 'What's in the?' picture book series, children will delight in this silly tale of a dog prince in his truck with a very special delivery .

Meet Furry Purry Beancat - one extraordinary cat with nine extraordinary lives!

Twelve-year-old Eddie Dickens survives encounters with an escape artist in a runaway hearse's coffin, a hot air balloon bearing the escape artist's lovely assistant, a gas explosion, and a jewel thief on the run.

Everything you ever wanted to know about fairies. Find out the truth about fairy rings, fairy godmothers, will-o'-the-wisp and wailing banshees. Learn how to avoid the pranks, jokes and often more sinister traps fairy folk lay for mortals and find out how to take advantage of fairy magic and the fairy realm. 6 yrs+

The third book in this hilarious series. Like 'The Twits' for a new generation, the Grunts are neither clean nor clever, but their adventures are most definitely terrifically fun reading. Created by two stars of the children's book world: Philip Ardagh's hilarious text is brought to life with illustrations throughout by Axel Scheffler.

Meet Furry Purry Beancat - one EXTRAORDINARY cat with nine EXTRAORDINARY lives!

You won't find Grubtown on any maps. The last time any map-makers were sent anywhere near the place they were found a week later wearing nothing but pages from a telephone directory, and calling for their mothers. When the local lighthouse is plunged into darkness and a ship runs aground it's hard to imagine things can get much worse in Grubtown.

Meet Furry Purry Beancat - one extraordinary cat with nine extraordinary lives!