{"product_id":"9780702315008","title":"The Fart that Changed the World","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Mangan, Stephen, Mangan, Anita \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 9 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 May 2022 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 x 25 | 268g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA high-energy, laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated adventure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estory by much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and talented artist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnita Mangan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaugh-out-loud stuff Ray D’Arcy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts the most important day of the year for King Fabian as he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis hosting all the neighbouring rulers. Everything\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esimply must go perfectly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKing Fabian wakes up, stretches, and...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efarts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis wifes fury is so huge that he panics and blames the butler,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho is carted off to the dungeons. Leaving behind a big problem:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFabian isnt really the brains behind the crown: it is the butler...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow will dithery Fabian manage to pull off this high-pressure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eevent alone? His small and smelly fart looks like it will kick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoff a crisis...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank - a kitchen boy with a big imagination - is drafted in as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean emergency butler. As the banquet descends into a food fight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand processions catapult out of control, Frank finds himself in an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall-out farty farce. Can he save the day?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWildly funny and endlessly surprising, this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis delightfully imaginative, surreal storytelling with a message\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat small events can trigger big change, and children can be heroes!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked with pictures by Stephen Mangans sister\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnita Mangan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEscape the Rooms is one of the most loved and bestselling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echildrens debuts of 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen and Anita Mangan are comic dynamite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Stephen and Anitas books:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEscape the Rooms:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant, clever, kind of genius book Graham\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorton, Virgin Radio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly imagined and deeply heartfelt Hadley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreeman, Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManages to feel both classic and modern at the same time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful and exciting adventure that ignites the imagination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdith Bowman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Fart That Changed the World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sure-fire way for kids to entertain themselves. What’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore, it’s also excellent for reading aloud LoveReading4Kids\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA high-energy, brilliantly imaginative and laugh-out-loud tale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat is guaranteed to blow away young readers Lancashire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvening Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Unlikely Rise of Harry Sponge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“After the runaway success of joint debut novel, Escape\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Rooms, and the hilarious The Fart That Changed the World,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe dynamic duo return with an all-action, marvellously manic and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elaugh-out-loud tale with a message that any child can be a hero”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLancashire Evening Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehilarious ... A right royal romp First\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE MANGANS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Mangan is an author, script-writer and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eactor with huge range across TV, radio, film and theatre. From\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclassic comedy such as Green Wing,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpisodes and Im Alan Partridge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand acclaimed drama such as The Split,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen also presents Portrait and Landscape\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtist of the Year and regularly appears on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estage, most recently as a highly praised Ebeneezer Scrooge in A\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristmas Carol. Stephen also voiced the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etitle role in Postman Pat: The Movie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has been a member of the judging panels for the Costa Book of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Year prize and The Laugh-Out-Loud Awards (The Lollies). His childrens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebooks are the bestselling Escape the Rooms and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Fart that Changed the World.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen on writing for children (interview on ITVs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLorraine): “Every page has to grip them, make\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethem laugh, be interesting because they can drop it. There are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escreens everywhere that they can pick up. That’s part of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe reason why I started writing books because I had such fun as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea kid reading books. I always had my head in a book. I wanted to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewrite books that were unputdownable for children, that were full\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof adventure and crazy big characters and made them laugh.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnita Mangan is a celebrated graphic designer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand illustrator who has designed over 60 books including for Leon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRestaurants, Gizzi Erskine and Fearne Cotton. She illustrated the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebest-selling Be a Unicorn series. 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