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Fizzlebert Stump and the Great Supermarket Showdown
- Narrator
- Joe Jameson
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 29 January 2026
- Run Time
- 3 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage: Chapter books (transitional storybooks), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Freshwater and marine mammals, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Work, politics and society
What to expect
Is this is final hurrah for Fizzlebert Stump? Have the circus performers taken their final bow? Find out in the final book in this hilarious series that is perfect for fans of Mr Gum.
When the ringmaster sells Fizz’s circus to the mysterious Mr Pinkbottle, disaster strikes! All the acts who aren't fired are forced to work in his supermarket. Not an easy task at all if your only skill is plate-spinning or being a trapeze artist, or indeed a sea lion!
Will the ex-circus performers adjust to their new lives as shop assistants, or will Fizz find a way to save them all?
Critics Review
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Freewheeling frivolity
The Financial Times
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Stuffed with laughs
Praise for Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus (and Joined the Library) Jeremy Strong
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Children will love the Stanton/Ardargh-esque authorial tone
Praise for Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus (and Joined the Library) The Telegraph
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Details
- Author
- A.F. Harrold, illustrated by Sarah Horne
- Narrator
- Joe Jameson
- Duration
- 3 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 January 2026
- ISBN
- 9781037202667
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage: Chapter books (transitional storybooks), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Freshwater and marine mammals, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Work, politics and society
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents Fizzlebert Stump and the Great Supermarket Showdown by AF Harrold read by Joe Jameson Is this is final hurrah for Fizzlebert Stump? Have the circus performers taken their final bow? Find out in the final book in this hilarious series that is perfect for fans of Mr Gum. When the ringmaster sells Fizz’s circus to the mysterious Mr Pinkbottle, disaster strikes! All the acts who aren't fired are forced to work in his supermarket. Not an easy task at all if your only skill is plate-spinning or being a trapeze artist, or indeed a sea lion!Will the ex-circus performers adjust to their new lives as shop assistants, or will Fizz find a way to save them all?
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