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Just Doomed!

It's been five long years since Just Shocking! was published.

Just Doomed!, the next fabulous JUST title from the creative genius of Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton, is destined to be one of the greatest JUST titles yet. With nine superb stories of mischief and crazy happenings, readers will be hooked instantly.

But is this the right book for you?

Take the DOOMED TEST and find out.

YES / NO

Have you ever broken a mirror, walked under a ladder or opened an umbrella inside?

Do you often find yourself feeling that everything is about to go horribly, terribly and utterly wrong?

Have you ever lost or destroyed a valuable item that didn't belong to you?

Have you just accidentally enraged a very large and bad-tempered bully?

Are you 120 years old or over?

SCORE: One point for each 'yes' answer

3-5 You are definitely DOOMED! You will love this book.

1-2 You are fairly DOOMED! You will love this book.

0 You are DOOMED, you just don't realise it. You will love this book.

The 13-Storey Treehouse

Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-storey treehouse that has a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of sharks, a library full of comics, a secret underground laboratory, a games room, self-making beds, vines you can swing on, a vegetable vaporiser and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically shoots your favourite flavoured marshmallows into your mouth whenever it discerns you're hungry.

Two new characters – Andy and Terry – live here, make books together, and have a series of completely nutty adventures. Because: ANYTHING can happen in a 13-storey treehouse.

This is a major new series from Andy and Terry- and it's the logical evolution of all their previous books. There are echoes of the Just stories in the Andy and Terry friendship, the breakaway stories in the Bad Book (the Adventures of Super Finger), there's the easy readability of the Cat on the Mat and the Big Fat Cow , and like all these books, the illustrations are as much a part of the story as the story itself.

Killer Koalas From Outer Space

This is a very silly book filled with very bad things.

There are bad ideas like eating dead flies, and silly people like the boy who unscrews his head and loses it forever. Then there are very bad things like bloodsucking grannies, rocket-stealing ants and, of course, killer koalas from outer space that come to earth and rip off your face.

A collection of stories from The Bad Book and The Very Bad Book.

Just Stupid (Book and T-Shirt Pack)

For the first time ever, an Andy Griffiths gift pack for Christmas.

A specially designed Andy Tshirt (complete with an explosive graphic) is packed with Just Stupid – one of the most popular titles in the bestselling JUST series.

Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton are a creative partnership that began with Just Tricking! in 1997 and now extends to seven Just books and more than a million copies sold, the award-winning The Bad Book, the off-the-wall success of The Cat on the Mat is Flat and the bestselling The Very Bad Book. They are now published all over the world including the US where Andy's Bum books have made the New York Times bestseller lists.

Just Macbeth Audio Cd

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The Very Bad Book

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What Body Part Is That Unabridged Audio

There is a lot of nonsense written about the human body, and this book is no exception. 'What Body Part is That?' will explain everything you ever needed to know about your body without the boring technical jargon and scientific accuracy that normally clog up the pages of books of this type. Never again will you be stuck for an answer when somebody comes up to you, points to a part of your body and demands to know: 'What Body Part is That?' The crazy duo Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton have turned us all inside out in the Andy and Terry guide to the human body: 'What Body Part is That?' Packed with incredible information on the brain, the bum, the spleen and so much more this is one anatomical journey you dont want to miss. This fully illustrated stupid guide to the human body features the biggest, the smallest, the funniest, the stupidest and The Most Disgustingest parts of your body. Its divided into anatomically comprehensive sections such as: * The bits you can see * The bits you cant see Packed with handy advice such as how to use your head as a bowling ball (the eye sockets and mouth make excellent holes for your fingers), youll learn more than you ever wanted to know about just what the body does, what it can do, and what you hope it never does.

The Naked Boy And The Crocodile

All proceeds from The Naked Boy And The Crocodile go to the Indigenous Literacy Fund.

In the past few years as an ILF ambassador, Andy Griffiths has travelled around Australia with other members of the Australian book industry to conduct writing workshops with students in remote communities.

The students were given small blank "books" and invited to fill these books – using both picture and words – with a story based on their own lives. These stories could be true or fictional or a mixture of both. They could be dramatic, funny or simply about an activity they love.

The thirteen stories included in this book tell tales of playing with friends, riding motorbikes, picking berries, hunting for emu eggs and wild pigs, terrifying turkeys and angry mamus.

The ILF was set up to help get desperately needed books and literary resources into remote indigenous communities. But as this book so clearly shows, sharing stories is a two-way street. Author Information

Andy Griffiths is the author of over twenty books, including nonsense verse, short stories, comic novels and creative writing textbooks. Andy is passionate about inspiring a love of books and reading in his young readers, and this passion drives his work as an ambassador with The Indigenous Literacy Foundation, an initiative of the Australian Publishing Industry to provide books and literacy resources to remote Indigenous communities around Australia. Andy regularly participates in field trips to remote areas of New South Wales, The Northern Territory and Western Australia to run writing workshops with Indigenous children and to help facilitate the Foundation's work.

What Body Part Is That?

There is a lot of nonsense written about the human body, and this book is no exception. In its 68 fully illustrated, 100 per cent fact-free chapters, What Body Part is That? will explain everything you ever needed to know about your body without the boring technical jargon and scientific accuracy that normally clog up the pages of books of this type.

Never again will you be stuck for an answer when somebody comes up to you, points to a part of your body and demands to know: What Body Part is That? The crazy duo Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton have turned us all inside out in the Andy and Terry guide to the human body: What Body Part is That? is packed with incredible information on the brain, the bum, the spleen and so much more – this is one anatomical journey you don't want to miss. This fully illustrated stupid guide to the human body features the biggest, the smallest, the funniest, the stupidest and The Most Disgustingest parts of your body. It's divided into anatomically comprehensive sections such as:

The bits you can see
The bits you can't see

Packed with handy advice such as how to use your head as a bowling ball (the eye sockets and mouth make excellent holes for your fingers), you'll learn more than you ever wanted to know about just what the body does, what it can do, and what you hope it never does.

The Very Bad Book

In a very bad wood,
There was a very bad house.
And in that very bad house,
There was a very bad room.
And in that very bad room,
There was a very bad cupboard.
And in that very bad cupboard,
There was a very bad shelf.
And on that very bad shelf,
There was a very bad box.
And in that very bad box,
There was a VERY BAD BOOK...
AND THIS IS IT!!!

Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton are a creative partnership that began with Just Tricking! in 1997 and now extends to seven Just books and over a million copies sold. Their partnership continued with the award-winning The Bad Book, the off-the-wall success of The Cat on the Mat is Flat (which was shortlisted for the CBC Book of the Year for Younger Readers award), The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow and What Bumosaur is That?.

Andy and Terry are now published all over the world including the US, where Andy's Bum books have made the New York Times bestseller lists.

Robot Riot!: Schooling Around Book 4

The Robot Riot! Test

Henry McThrottle suspects that the new girl, Roberta Flywheel, is A: a spy. B: a boy. C: a robot.
Roberta writes in her diary that she is on a mission to A: kiss Henry. B: clean up the school. C: exterminate all humans.
Henry and his friends get Grant Gadget to build A: a treehouse. B: a sand castle. C: a robot-fighting robot.
Grant Gadget's robot-fighting robot malfunctions and A: picks flowers. B: starts telling jokes. C: goes completely out of control.
Robot Riot! Is the name of A: a soft drink. B: a hairstyle. C: a very funny book about robots, making friends and falling out of windows.

ANSWERS The answers to these questions – and many more – are contained between the covers of this very funny book about robots, making friends and falling out of windows.

Treasure Fever: Schooling Around Book 1

It doesn't take Henry McThrottle long to realise that Mr Brainfright, his new teacher at Northwest Southeast Central School, is rather unusual. His last teacher would never have fallen out of the window - twice - or taught Class 5C how to skid on banana peels. But Henry's got even stranger things on his mind... on a trip to Principal Greenbeard's office, he discovers that there is buried treasure on Skull Island, which is somewhere in the school! Henry and his friends Jenny, Gretel, Newton and Jack set out to find a chest filled with gold, jewel-encrusted goblets and pieces of eight (whatever they are). But soon their secret is out, and everyone has treasure fever. Can they find the buried treasure, beat the bully, catch the villain and save their teacher?

Just Macbeth

Take one Shakespearean tragedy: Macbeth.

Add Andy, Danny and Lisa – the Just trio, whose madcap exploits have already delighted hundreds of thousands of readers for the last ten years.

Mix them all together to create one of the most hilarious, most dramatic, moving stories of love, Whizz Fizz, witches, murder and madness, from the bestselling and funniest children's author in Australia.

Mascot Madness: Schooling Around Book 3

The Mascot Madness! Test:

Northwest Southeast Central School have never beaten Northwest West Academy at their annual track and field challenge because A: they're better at knitting than they are at sport. B: they are losers. C: Northwest West Academy will stop at nothing to win.
Mr Brainfright dresses up in a banana suit and dances around because A: he's bored. B: he goes bananas. C: he thinks it will inspire the students of Northwest Southeast Central School and lead them to victory.
When Henry McThrottle attempts the triple jump, instead of a hop, step and a jump he does A: a burp, a dribble and a sneeze. B: a twirl, a spin and the splits. C: a stumble, a trip and a fall.
Mascot Madness is A: a new type of dance. B: when a mascot gets angry. C: a very funny book about running, jumping, throwing, winning, losing, cheating, chasing, biting and really hard squeezing.

The answers to these questions – and many more – are contained between the covers of this very funny book about running, jumping, throwing, winning, losing, cheating, chasing, biting and really hard squeezing.

The Cat On The Mat Is Flat

How did the cat on the mat get flat? Why did Ed and Ted and Ted's dog Fred get spat out of the head of a whale called Ned? Where was Harry Black when Jack the Yak stole the snack from his sack? What happened to Buck the Duck's brand new muck-sucking truck? Who else, apart from Andy G and Terry D, was chased up a tree by an evil bee? The answers to these stupid questions – and many other stupid questions-are contained in this deeply stupid book... Well, what are you waiting for? Open the book and start reading! Suitable for ages 4 – 104 Rating: Stupid

What Bumosaur Is That?

? Why was the Tyrannosore-arse Rex so angry?
Where did Bogasauruses live?
How many cheeks did a Tricerabutt have?
Was the Bumheaded idiotasaurus the most stupid bumosaur?
When did the bumosaurs become exstinkt?

Find the answers to these and many other questions in this fully-illustrated guide to prehistoric bumosaur life. Covering the Pre-Crappian era through to the Post-Crapaceous, this essential reference will thrill, amaze and inform the whole family. Never again will you look like a fool when somebody asks: "What bumosaur is that?"

Just Annoying

Is this the right book for you?

Take the ANNOYING TEST and find out.

1) Do you ask `Are we there yet?' over and over on long car trips?
2) Do you like to drive people mad by copying everything they say and do?
3) Do you hog the shower and use up all the hot water?
4) Do you enjoy asking silly questions that have no real answers?
5) Do you swing on the clothesline whenever you get the chance?

SCORE: One point for each 'yes' answer.

3-5 You are obviously a very annoying person.
You will love this book.

1-2 You are a fairly annoying person.
You will love this book.

0 You don't realise how much fun being annoying can be.
You will love this book.

Just Tricking

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Just Stupid

s this the right book for you?

Take the STUPID TEST and find out.

1) Do you worry about getting sucked into the top of escalators?
2) Do you push doors marked PULL and pull doors marked PUSH?
3) Do you believe a bogeyman hides under the bed?
4) Do you automatically turn around when somebody calls 'Hey, Stupid!'?
5) Do you think that being able to stuff your mouth full of marshmallows is a sign of superior intelligence?

SCORE: One point for each 'yes' answer.

3-5 You are extremely stupid.
You will love this book.

1-2 You are fairly stupid.
You will love this book.

0 You think you're really smart but deep down you're as stupid as the rest of us.
You will love this book.

Just Stupid Audio

Andy and Danny boldly go where sensible people fear to tread. Just how stupid can two human beings be? Just Stupid! provides the answer to this vexing and important question.

Just Crazy Audio

Is this the right book for you? Take the Crazy Test and find out. Do you bounce so high on your bed that you hit your head on the ceiling? Do you ever look in the mirror and see a crazy maniac staring back at you? Do you like to read stories about kittens, puppies and ponies getting mashed and pulverised? Do you sometimes get the urge to take your clothes off and cover yourself in mud? Do you often waste your time on tests like this one? Score: one point for every yes answer. 3-5 You are completely crazy. Youll love this book. 1-2 You are not completely crazy, but you are not far off it. You will love this book. 0 You are so crazy you dont even realise youre crazy. You will love this book.

Just Disgusting Audio

Take the disgusting quiz and find out! Do you do any or all of the following: pick your nose, talk in burps or wee in swimming pools? Do you ever wear the same undies two (or more) days in a row? Do you wish you knew the most disgusting thing in the world? Do you think Brussels sprouts are a delicious mouth watering treat? Do you like stories about dead flies, giant slugs and mysterious brown blobs? Score: One point for each yes answer 3-5 You are completely and utterly disgusting. You will love this book. 1-2 You are fairly disgusting. You will love this book 0 You are a disgusting liar. You will love this book

Just Annoying Audio

Is this the right book for you? Take the annoying test and find out. Do you ask 'Are we there yet?' over and over on long car trips? Do you like to drive people mad by copying everything they say and do? Do you hog the shower and use up all the hot water? Do you enjoy asking silly questions that have no real answers? Do you swing on the clothesline whenever you get the chance?

What Bumosaur Is That Colour Edition

NOW IN FULL COLOUR!!!

Just Crazy

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Day My Bum Went Psycho

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Robot Riot Schooling Around 4 (Audio CD)

The Robot Riot! Test

Henry McThrottle suspects that the new girl, Roberta Flywheel, is A: a spy. B: a boy. C: a robot.
Roberta writes in her diary that she is on a mission to A: kiss Henry. B: clean up the school. C: exterminate all humans.
Henry and his friends get Grant Gadget to build A: a treehouse. B: a sand castle. C: a robot-fighting robot.
Grant Gadget's robot-fighting robot malfunctions and A: picks flowers. B: starts telling jokes. C: goes completely out of control.
Robot Riot! Is the name of A: a soft drink. B: a hairstyle. C: a very funny book about robots, making friends and falling out of windows.

ANSWERS The answers to these questions – and many more – are contained between the covers of this very funny book about robots, making friends and falling out of windows.

Just Disgusting

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The Bad Book (Audio CD)

WARNING! This book contains nothing but bad stories, bad illustrations, bad poems, bad cartoons and bad riddles about bad characters doing bad things. It is a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very bad book.

BAD JACK HORNER

Bad Jack Horner
Sat in a corner
Pulling the wings off a fly.
He swore at his mum
Kicked his dad in the bum,
And said ‘Oh, what a bad boy am I.

Bumageddon The Final Pongflict

THE BLOCKBUSTING CONCLUSION TO THE UNIVARSELY BESTSELLING BUM TRILOGY!

Zack Freeman and his bum thought their world-saving days were over - that is, until they are attacked by an army of Great White Bumosaurs from 65 million years ago!

Along with some old friends, they must travel back in time to save the world - again - from the pongflict to end all pongflicts: Bumageddon!

The Bad Book

Zombie Bums From Uranus

Zack Freeman is back. . . And so is his bum. Aided by little more than a squeezy bottle of tomato sauce, a rudimentary grasp of the hokey pokey and three of the oldest bum-fighters on the planet, Zack and his bum are fighting to protect the Earth against an invasion of some of the smelliest and most dangerous bums ever to pollute the universe: zombie bums from Uranus! Be bold, be brave, be entertained beyond your wildest dreams in the heart-stopping, nostril-blasting, zombie-bums-from-Uranus-filled sequel to The Day My Bum Went Psycho.

The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow

Oh no – watch out!
Don't look now!
Inside this book is an EXPLODING cow!

FIVE...
FOUR...
THREE...
TWO...
ONE...
KAPOW!

More rhyming mayhem and comic madness from the bestselling duo of the inspired JUST! series. Andy Griffiths rhyming text – that will entice and engage the most reluctant child to read while laughing all the way – is hilariously counterpointed by Terry Denton's delightfully wonky illustrations. A side-splitting companion to the award-winning and Children's Book Council shortlisted title, The Cat on the Mat is Flat.

Just Shocking

Is this the right book for you? Take the SHOCKING TEST and find out.

Do you wish you could drive around in a monster truck crushing everybody and everything that gets in your way?

Do you love watching videos of people having painful accidents?

Do you do any – or all – of the following: touch electric fences, play with loaded mousetraps or put buttons up your nose?

Do you think stories about exploding pink butterflies are funny?

Do you ever laugh so hard that you feel like you're going to throw up all over yourself... and then you actually do?

SCORE: One point for each yes answer.
3-5: You are a shocking, shocking person! You will love this book.
1-2: You are quite shocking! You will love this book.
0: What a shocking score! You will love this book.

Pencil Of Doom: Schooling Around Book 2

Mr Brainfright is a teacher at Northwest Southeast Central School.

He teaches Grade Five and in his class is a student called Henry McThrottle who likes telling stories. That's me. I'm Henry McThrottle and this is my latest story.

It's about an evil pencil, a runaway lion, an avalanche and... falling out of windows.

I hope you like it.

Just Tricking Audio

Ever tried to get out of going to school by pretending that you're dead? Ever managed to convince a friend that they're invisible? Ever been stuck in a gorilla suit and nearly put in a zoo? Andy has. Andy's the greatest practical joker in the world ... well, almost. He would be, if only his practical jokes didn't have the annoying habit of backfiring on him.

Bumaggedon Final Pongflict Audio

First there was The Day My Bum Went Psycho Then there was Zombie Bums from Uranus Now, Join Zack Freeman and his bum in the pongflict to end all pongflicts Bums! Action! Adventure! Romance! Robots! Time travel! Prehistoric bums! Giant brown blobs! Huge arseteriods! And more bums!

Just Shocking Audio

Is this the right book for you? Take the SHOCKING TEST and find out. Do you wish you could drive around in a monster truck crushing everybody and everything that gets in your way? Do you love watching videos of people having painful accidents? Do you do any - or all - of the following: touch electric fences, play with loaded mousetraps or put buttons up your nose? Do you think stories about exploding pink butterflies are funny? Do you ever laugh so hard that you feel like you're going to throw up all over yourself... and then you actually do? SCORE: One point for each yes answer. 3-5: You are a shocking, shocking person! You will love this book. 1-2: You are quite shocking! You will love this book. 0: What a shocking score! You will love this book.

Just Tricking Audio

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Schooling Around Treasure Fever Audio

It doesn't take Henry McThrottle long to realise that Mr Brainfright, his new teacher at Northwest Southeast Central School, is rather unusual. His last teacher would never have fallen out of the window-twice-or taught Class 5C how to skid on banana peels. But Henry's got even stranger things on his mind On a trip to Principal Greenbeards office, he discovers that there is buried treasure on Skull Island, which is somewhere in the school! Henry and his friends Jenny, Gretel, Newton and Jack set out to find a chest filled with gold, jewel-encrusted goblets and pieces of eight (whatever they are). But soon their secret is out, and everyone has treasure fever. Can they find the buried treasure, beat the bully, catch the villain and save their teacher, Mr Brainfright?

Schooling Around Pencil Of Doom Audio

Following on the success of Treasure Fever!, this is the second book in Andy's wacky new four book series of stand-alone novels all set in an ordinary school where crazy things can happen, and often do! A hilarious new series from Australia's number one bestselling children's author, Andy Griffiths, 'Schooling Around' is a series of novels for the kids that love the Just! books. Madcap and full of adventure, the stories are 'safe' to read aloud in the classroom and to recommend to anyone from 5 to 105! Mr Brainfright says: It's important to keep a sense of humour at all times, especially when you're being ripped apart by a lion. Mr Brainfright is a teacher at Northwest Southeast Central School. He teaches Grade Five and in his class is a student called Henry McThrottle who likes telling stories. That's me. I'm Henry McThrottle and this is my latest story. It's about an evil pencil, a runaway lion, an avalanche and - falling out of windows. I hope you like it.

Schooling Around Mascot Madness Audio

The Mascot Madness! Test: 1. Northwest Southeast Central School have never beaten Northwest West Academy at their annual track and field challenge because A: they're better at knitting than they are at sport. B: they are losers. C: Northwest West Academy will stop at nothing to win. 2. Mr Brainfright dresses up in a banana suit and dances around because A: he's bored. B: he goes bananas. C: he thinks it will inspire the students of Northwest Southeast Central School and lead them to victory. 3. When Henry McThrottle attempts the triple jump, instead of a hop, step and a jump he does A: a burp, a dribble and a sneeze. B: a twirl, a spin and the splits. C: a stumble, a trip and a fall. 4. Mascot Madness is A: a new type of dance. B: when a mascot gets angry. C: a very funny book about running, jumping, throwing, winning, losing, cheating, chasing, biting and really hard squeezing. The answers to these questions - and many more - are contained between the covers of this very funny book about running, jumping, throwing, winning, losing, cheating, chasing, biting and really hard squeezing.

Day My Bum Went Psycho Audio

This is my story. It really happened. It's all true. Not even the names have been changed. Like most people I took my bum for granted. I agreed to tell my story in the hope that others could learn from it. If this book can save even just one person from making the same mistake, then I will be happy. Who knows? The next bum it saves might be yours. Zack Freeman September, 2001. Zack Freeman is ready to tell his story. The story of a boy and his crazy runaway bum. The story of a crack bum-fighting unit called the B-team, a legendary Bum Hunter and his formidable daughter, and some of the biggest, ugliest and meanest bums ever to roam the face of the Earth. A story of courage and endurance that takes Zack on a journey across the Great Windy Desert, through the Brown Forest and over the Sea of Bums before descending into the heart of an explosive bumcano to confront the biggest, ugliest and meanest bum of them all...

What Bumosaur Is That? Audio 1 Cd

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