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Interest Age 9-11 Reading Age 8 | January 2023 Book of the Month
Bertie is not looking forward to spending the summer with Uncle Brian on Long Bottom Farm, but it turns out to be much more exciting than he could have expected when he makes friends with chicken Nugget (geddit?), actually a disguised alien from planet Nurgle-7.
Nugget needs Bertie’s help to get him back home, but planet Earth needs Bertie’s help to avert the Nurgle plans for mass destruction of our planet. It all comes down to Bertie identifying Earth’s most valuable resource. The outcome is surprising for everyone and eye-opening for Bertie and Nugget.
Jenny Pearson writes some of the funniest books around and has the ability too to make them as touching and thought-provoking as they are humorous. Published by Barrington Stoke, and therefore accessible to all readers, this is heart-warming, perceptive and guaranteed to have all readers laughing aloud.
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Bertie and the Alien Chicken Synopsis
Bertie is NOT looking forward to spending the summer holidays on stinky Long Bottom Farm. But things take an interesting turn when he encounters Nugget, the alien chicken.
Nugget's mission is to find the Earth's most important resource and transport it back to Nurgle 7, and he needs Bertie's help. But what could the Earth's most valuable resource be, and can they find it in time to stop the Nurgles exterminating the Earth?!
Brimming with Jenny’s fresh and authentic humour and written with huge heart, this is a truly charming tale of friendship with antics that will have readers laughing out loud.
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9781800901810 |
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5th January 2023 |
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Jenny Pearson |
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Aleksei Bitskoff |
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Barrington Stoke Ltd |
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Paperback |
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120 pages |
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Press Reviews
Jenny Pearson Press Reviews
“Humorous, heartwarming and lovely - what a great pairing of author, publisher and illustrator!” Librarian
“Jenny Pearson and Barrington Stoke was destined to be a formidable partnership... Brilliantly funny and genuinely insightful” James Haddell
“A lovely little book ... Superbly supported by the funny illustrations of Aleksei Bitskoff” Bookseller
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About Jenny Pearson
Jenny Pearson's debut children’s novel, The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates, won the Lollies 2022 and was shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book of the Year 2020, Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Bradford Boase and the UKLA Book awards.
When she’s not writing, Jenny enjoys inspiring young writers in her classroom and looking after her family and their many animals.
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A note from the author, Jenny Pearson: “As a teacher I’m hugely passionate about getting all kids reading. The journey to becoming a lifelong reader is different for everyone, but what is essential is that all children have access to excellent stories, and that is why I jumped at the chance to write for Barrington Stoke. I’ve seen the difference Barrington Stoke’s books make – the moment a kid looked up from Vashti Hardy’s The Griffin Gate and said, ‘I can read this!’ and watching a pupil giggling to Ross Montgomery’s Tripwrecked! really cemented to me why Barrington Stoke books should be in every library. “But could I write one? To be honest, I had no idea! But it turned out to be such a rewarding challenge to try and distil everything I wanted to say into the word count. I wanted to give children the chance to think ‘big’ whilst still entertaining them. I hope I have done that with Bertie and the Alien Chicken, a story that has both heart and humour, and touches on what it means to be human. To me, the thought that this might be the book that unlocks the joy of reading for a child is really something special”
A note from the editor, Alisa Bathgate: “I remember the genuine excitement I experienced when I first read one of Jenny’s stories. It really felt like I was encountering a fresh and unique voice from an author who truly understands her audience and who reflects their reality in stories that are laugh-out-loud funny as well as heart-warming. It’s not an easy balance to strike but she has certainly worked her magic with Bertie and the Alien Chicken and I am thrilled to be bringing this hilariously heartfelt tale to our readers”
