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Barry Loser and the birthday billions
Barry Loser (Related to this series)
- Author
- Jim Smith
- Narrator
- Huw Parmenter
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 12 May 2022
- Run Time
- 1 hour 34 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories Inspired by or adapted from other media, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction
What to expect
The eighth book in the brilliant Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning BARRY LOSER series. Perfect for readers aged 7-10 years old and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates, Dennis the Menace and Pamela Butchart's Wigglesbottom Primary series.
It’s Barry’s birthday and his mum and dad have bought him the amazekeel new gaming helmet he wanted – The Shnozinator 9000! It’s the best birthday present ever … until his baby brother breaks it and ruins everything.
But Barry has a plan: he’ll just have to become a billionaire inventor and make enough money to buy another one, before his life is comperleeterly over …
Join everyone’s favourite Loser on his eighth hilarious adventure!
Don't miss the other funny books by Jim Smith: I am not a Loser, I am still not a Loser, I am so over being a Loser, I am sort of a Loser, Barry Loser and the holiday of doom, Barry Loser and the case of the crumpled carton, Barry Loser hates half term, Barry Loser's ultimate book of keelness, My mum is a loser, My dad is a loser, Future Ratboy and the Attack of the Killer Robot Grannies and Future Ratboy and the Invasion of the Nom Noms.
Praise for BARRY LOSER:
'Twice as good as my other favourite book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid' Ben, aged 7 years
'Hugely enjoyable, surreal chaos' Guardian
'The review of the eight year old boy in our house … "Can I keep it to give to a friend?" Best recommendation you can get' Observer
'I laughed so much, I thought I was going to burst!' Finbar, aged 9
Barry Loser: I am Not a Loser was selected as a Tom Fletcher Book Club 2017 title
Jim Smith is the keelest kids’ book author in the whole wide world amen. He graduated from art school with first class honours (the best you can get) and is the author of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning and bestselling BARRY LOSER series. He is also the author of Future Ratboy and and the Attack of the Killer Robot Grannies. He lives in London, and designs cards and gifts under the name Waldo Pancake.
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Details
- Author
- Jim Smith
- Narrator
- Huw Parmenter
- Duration
- 1 hour 34 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 May 2022
- ISBN
- 9780008561642
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories Inspired by or adapted from other media, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction
Synopsis
The eighth book in the brilliant Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning BARRY LOSER series. Perfect for readers aged 7-10 years old and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates, Dennis the Menace and Pamela Butchart's Wigglesbottom Primary series. It’s Barry’s birthday and his mum and dad have bought him the amazekeel new gaming helmet he wanted – The Shnozinator 9000! It’s the best birthday present ever … until his baby brother breaks it and ruins everything. But Barry has a plan: he’ll just have to become a billionaire inventor and make enough money to buy another one, before his life is comperleeterly over … Join everyone’s favourite Loser on his eighth hilarious adventure! Don't miss the other funny books by Jim Smith: I am not a Loser, I am still not a Loser, I am so over being a Loser, I am sort of a Loser, Barry Loser and the holiday of doom, Barry Loser and the case of the crumpled carton, Barry Loser hates half term, Barry Loser's ultimate book of keelness, My mum is a loser, My dad is a loser, Future Ratboy and the Attack of the Killer Robot Grannies and Future Ratboy and the Invasion of the Nom Noms. Praise for BARRY LOSER: 'Twice as good as my other favourite book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid' Ben, aged 7 years 'Hugely enjoyable, surreal chaos' Guardian 'The review of the eight year old boy in our house … "Can I keep it to give to a friend?" Best recommendation you can get' Observer 'I laughed so much, I thought I was going to burst!' Finbar, aged 9 Barry Loser: I am Not a Loser was selected as a Tom Fletcher Book Club 2017 title Jim Smith is the keelest kids’ book author in the whole wide world amen. He graduated from art school with first class honours (the best you can get) and is the author of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning and bestselling BARRY LOSER series. He is also the author of Future Ratboy and and the Attack of the Killer Robot Grannies. He lives in London, and designs cards and gifts under the name Waldo Pancake.
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