The Troll family and the Priddles 'accidentally' go on holiday together in a small caravan. Incredibly, things take a turn for the worse. Stories of a large sheep-devouring beast on the loose near their campsite creates a mystery for Ulrik to solve. This is the very funny third book in the 'Troll...
All week his mum had been reminding him to write a thank-you letter to his grumpa. He began in his big scrawly handwriting … Dear Grumpa, Thank you for my goatskin hat. It is uggsome! The flaps keep my earses warm. I wear it when I go to school and also in bed. Dad says it is a hunting hat so nex...
asked Dad.“I don’t know!” said Bertie. “I only went to the toilet.”Dad clutched at the arm of his seat.“What’s that alarm? Is something wrong?” he worried.“It’s probably just a mistake,” said Bertie. “A fire alarm or something.” “A FIRE ALARM?” cried Dad. ...
Maisie had set out their cakes in three rows – candy pink, buttercup yellow and sludgy brown. People stopped to look but moved on quickly when they saw Angela’s cakes. Lots of them went to Tiffany’s stall instead. After half an hour, Angela had sold one cake to her dad, and Maisie and Laura had s...
As usual, Bertie was providing the commentary. “And it’s Bertie on the ball,” he yelled. “He goes past Darren – this is brilliant – he cuts inside … he must score!”THUMP!The ball whizzed over Eugene and the fence… SMASH!Bertie held his head.“You nutter!” groaned Darren. “What did you do that for?...
The sky had grown darker. ‘Shouldn’t us do something?’ asked Hubba. ‘Such as?’ ‘Well, you know – attack.’ ‘Attack?’ said Iggy. ‘With four of us?’ ‘We could spread out,’ suggested Hubba. Iggy gave him a weary look. ...
‘Hmmm,’ he said. Iggy looked at him. ‘What do you mean, “Hmmm”?’ ‘Well, look – where’s her bones?’ asked Hubba. ‘If she’d been eaten, there’d be bones and innards.’ Iggy cast around under the tree. Hubba was right. The day they had followed the slimosaur’s trail it had led...
All over the hill the Urks were emerging from their caves and hurrying down the slope towards the forest. Iggy caught sight of his best friend, Hubba, among the crowd. ‘What’s going on?’ he called. ‘Rhino!’ shouted Hubba excitedly. ‘Snark’s seen tracks in the forest!’ Iggy didn’t need to hear any...
And this morning Angela had really exciting news: her family was getting a dog. It was a fact, although she hadn’t told her parents yet. But the trouble with News Time was that all the class wanted to speak. If you Every Monday morning Miss Darling’s class met on the carpet for News Time. And thi...
What was that noise?He sat up in bed. In the dark, he could just make out Eugene trying to open the bedroom door.“Eugene?” whispered Bertie.Eugene didn’t answer. Finally he got the door open and vanished into the darkness. Bertie stared after him. If Eugene needed the toilet why didn’t he turn on...