The 13-Storey Treehouse, Paperback Book, By: Andy Griffiths

With its slapstick humour brilliant absurdities and some bonus puzzles to solve at the back of the book The 13-Storey Treehouse is the best 'tall story' you'll read this year! Lancashire Evening PostLongtime collaborators Griffiths and Denton (Killer Koalas from Outer Space) get metafictional in their latest book (first published in Australia) and the result is anarchic absurdity at its best... Denton's manic cartooning captures every twist and turn in hilarious detail as babies are pelted with garbage yapping dogs squashed and monkeys catapulted into the distance. A sequel was published last year in Australia and can't arrive soon enough. Publishers Weekly Publishers WeeklyFull of crazy funny pictures which will make you laugh. Extremely enjoyable very funny and easy to read! SophieStarlight Guardian.com Especially good for reluctant readers as it is heavily illustrated and VERY funny. This really is the coolest treehouse ever! Angels & UrchinsPacked with cartoons and craziness Sunday ExpressMy son loved the cartoon images the great imagination and has since brought the next book in the series. Toppsta this book is about friends Andy and a Terry that live in a really cool 13-storey treehouse with cool things like a bowling alley games room and secret lab. They invent things and write things; Andy does the writing and Terry does the pictures. I could read this book on my own without assistance. I read it pretty quickly as it was really interesting and funny so I wanted to keep reading it. I liked there was chapters so I could read to the end of the chapter and knew where I was picking up and each chapter was a good length. I liked at the end of the book there were fun things to do; a word search maze spot the difference a quiz and jokes. The black and white illustrations helped bring the book to life. Chapter 7 the monster mermaid maybe be scary to some readers. The pictures of the monster aren't really scary but what is written might scare some; talks about eating people but goes into detail; ripping limbs crushing heads etc so a bit gruesome. One chapter has one word all the way through which was silly but funny. The friends get up to some crazy things an enjoyable book. Toppsta erI thought that this book was funny because of the flying cats. This book had lots of animals in it. Toppsta erMy son absolutely adores this whole series of books. They are hilariously funny but so imaginative and creative. I've recommended them to so many people and haven't yet found a child who doesn't love them. This first book sets the scene with Andy and Terry - the characters and authors/illustrators - living in a treehouse with 13 stories who are meant to be writing a book but keep getting distracted by an endless stream of hilarious madness. Toppsta erHaving read The 78-Storey Treehouse and lived it we requested this from the library. My son loves these books and studies the illustrations which adorn every page. He finds the stories very funny and likes that it has the same characters (the author and illustrator!!) Definitely recommend this book - and we are now moving on to another in the series from the library! Toppsta erMy son: I like this book because of the funny pictures. One of my favourite ones was of a man on the toilet flying using balloons. It is funny how Terry will do anything not to write their book. I think it is a great book.Mum: My son has been reading this aloud to me. Whilst there are over two hundred pages to this book a lot of it is taken up with humorous black and white illustrations. It is quite a wacky sort of book with an off beat sense of humour (sea monsters disguised as mermaids catnaries (cross between a cat and a canary) self portrait of finger labelled with moose finger prince singing flea.... etc.) which definitely appeals to my seven year old. We bought this as part of a set from Book People. So thankfully it has been a hit so far. Toppsta erI bought this book (the first in a series) on the basis of many positive s. Having now read it I know my decision is vindicated. It's funny hugely imaginative and has LOTS of pictures. What child would not want a treehouse with see-through swimming pool lemonade fountain games room bowling alley and marshmallow machine? Besides this one is also home to book-making duo Andy the writer and Terry the illustrator. But story-making isn't always straightforward especially when there are gorillas to contend with. No matter flying cats to the rescue! And when the story is over there are still jokes a spot-the-difference a maze wordsearch and treehouse triva to enjoy. Children with the latest brain-to-brain-information technology will be able to read it; others will have to ask for it at the library or a bookshop. They will also want to visit http://www.andygriffiths.com.au/ for loads more fun and the latest from author Andy Griffiths. Toppsta erI liked this book as it was funny adventures and most importantl