"As classic as a KitKat Chunky."
As part of the celebrations for their 85th anniversary, Puffin Books are reissuing eight classic children's books in handsome clothbound editions, with colourful sprayed edges and matching ribbons (both bright pink in this case). They look special, very collectable and reader friendly too.
Alongside Charlotte’s Web (E. B. White) and Pig-Heart Boy (Malorie Blackman) is The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby. First published in 2021, it more than qualifies for the list, if nothing else for the sheer amount of pleasure it will have brought to readers.
As Nadia Shireen points out in the foreword to this special edition, the genius of Katie Kirby is her understanding of Lottie’s world and the perfect way she captures her voice, the voice of an eleven-and-three-quarter-year-old girl. Funny, insightful, true, it’s a wonderful addition to the diary canon of children’s literature, sitting perfectly alongside Adrian Mole or Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which you can also buy in this format. Best enjoyed with a KitKat Chunky, but hugely enjoyable reading at any time.
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Celebrating 85 years of Sparking Imaginations
A beautiful clothbound edition of the much-loved modern classic The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks. Bound in real cloth with two coloured foils and sprayed coloured edges, this deluxe edition is a perfect gift or collector's item. Part of an eight book set published to mark the 85th anniversary of Puffin Books. With a brand-new foreword from Nadia Shireen.
Lottie Brooks is 11 ¾ and her life is already officially over - not only is she about to start high school without any friends or glamorous swooshy hair, she's just discovered she's too flat-chested to wear A BRA! She might as well give up now and go into hibernation with her hamsters Sir Barnaby Squeakington and Fuzzball the Third.
Lottie navigates the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny illustrated series for a 9-12 audience, filled with friendship, embarrassing moments and plenty of lols.
Collect all eight titles in the Puffin Clothbound 85th Anniversary Collection
The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson with a foreword by Beth Lincoln
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney with a foreword by Dapo Adeola
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White with a foreword by Jordan Lees
Matilda by Roald Dahl with a foreword by Robin Stevens
The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby with a foreword by Nadia Shireen
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan with a foreword by Nazneen Ahmed Pathak
Pig-Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman with a foreword by Adam Kay
Wonder by R.J. Palacio with a foreword by Tom Fletcher
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Puffin 85th Anniversary Clothbound Edition) and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Puffin 85th Anniversary Clothbound Edition) features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Stories about Family and Friends, Funny, School Stories, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Gift Books, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage stationery and miscellaneous items, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Relationships (non-family / groups)
The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Puffin 85th Anniversary Clothbound Edition) is available in Hardback
The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Puffin 85th Anniversary Clothbound Edition) was written by Katie Kirby and published by Puffin
The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Puffin 85th Anniversary Clothbound Edition) has 432 pages
Yes it is part of Puffin 85th Anniversary Clothbound Collection series
£13.49
