A high-energy, brilliantly silly, fully illustrated collection
of weird and wonderful linked short stories by much-loved
actor Stephen Mangan and talented artist Anita Mangan.
“Powered by youthful energy, ingenuity, wildly
imaginative storytelling and an addictive brand of naughty humour,
Welcome to Weird Street will have mischief-makers giggling to
the end of the road. and back!” - Lancashire Post
“A wonderful collection of short stories ...
Ideal for newly independent readers and those who are more confident
but want to find something a little shorter to read. Of course
it's also for anyone who loves to laugh” - Armadillo
Welcome to Weird Street...
what appears to be a very ordinary place, filled with very ordinary
houses and very ordinary people...
but wait.
When Sarah moves to the street and sees a cat prowling up and
down, she decides to find its owner and return it. She knocks on
each door and discovers a wonderfully weird and a little bit dangerous
array of delights within:
from a haunted painting to a headmaster whose alter ego is a clown,
to a jet-powered garden swing, a ghost-pet adoption agency
and a wild hall of mirrors.
Short stories starring the unexpected inhabitants of the houses
on Weird Street - bite-size, page-turning tales perfect for less
confident readers
From the bestselling creators of The Fart That Changed the
World and The Day I Fell Down the Toilet
Incredibly funny and wildly imaginative storytelling at its finest
Praise for Stephen & Anita's books:
"Brilliant, clever, kind of genius"
Graham Norton
"Manages to feel both classic and modern at the same
time" Good Housekeeping
"A beautiful and exciting adventure that ignites the
imagination" Edith Bowman
Stephen Mangan is a bestselling author, actor
and presenter. His comic gift is seen in shows such as Green
Wing, I'm Alan Partridge and Episodes.
Stephen appears in drama such as BBC One's The Split
and regularly performs on stage in roles such as a much-praised Scrooge
in The Old Vic's A Christmas Carol. Stephen presents Portrait
and Landscape Artist of the Year and new gameshows Password
and The Fortune Hotel. He is a guest presenter
on Pointless and Have I Got News for You.
Anita Mangan is a successful illustrator and
designer whose remarkable artwork sparks with wit and style. She
worked for Comic Relief before becoming a designer and illustrator.
Since then, she has worked on award-winning books and
the bestselling "Be a Unicorn, Sloth, Flamingo..." series
- as well as illustrating Stephen's children's novels.
Stephen and Anita have appeared together on Celebrity Gogglebox
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Stephen Mangan is an author, but he has many other talents! In fact, he is also a script-writer, comedian, presenter and actor.
As a stage actor, Stephen was nominated for a Tony award for playing Norman in The Norman Conquests. He also played Bertie Wooster in Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense, winner of the 2014 O
