Jon Blake je autorom viac ako šesťdesiatich kníh, primárne pre deti a tínedžerov, známy svojim originálnym a anarchistickým humorom. Jeho diela často skúmajú neobvyklé témy a zapájajú čitateľov do sveta plného smiechu a prekvapení. Blake tiež píše politicky ladenú fikciu pre staršie publikum a aktívne sa zapája do komunitných projektov, čím dokazuje svoju všestrannosť ako spisovateľ a aktivista.
When Mum goes away for the week, Jams, Dad and Thimble are left with just
thirty quid for the groceries. Dad makes a shopping list, but when Thimble
gets hold of the supermarket trolley, everything goes bananas. Soon the
intrepid trio are so desperate they will do anything for money ... anything!
"He Duda wird bald zu den Bestsellern gehören, die man auch über das Bilderbuchalter hinaus verschenkt, ähnlich wie die Werke von Janosch und Ungerer." Frankfurter Rundschau
The world is not as we know it the aliens have come down and taken all the grown-ups away, and left Blue Soup to run everything. Stinky Finger and Icky Bats wander around doing exactly as they please, like all the other children. Along with Bryan Brain, they head off to Uncle Nero's House of Fun. Uncle Neros head is still living in the mailbox outside. Before it goes off into ultra-slumber, it asks Stinky to guard the house. So the three great mates go in and explore: the Time Travel Garage, the Outer Space Garden, the Attic of Horrors, the Living Living Room ... Then a huge explosion ... they're being besieged by an army of huge pigs who want to make people pies! In order to defeat them, they'll have to make the most of the house's surreal and limitless insides ...
When all the other children go to the school in town, Bernie's mum sends her to the village school, which would have to close without pupils. Bernie has lots of fun being the only one, but when the teachers start to lose the plot, she must take over and dazzle the school inspectors.