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Pamela Butchart Books

Pamela-Butchart Find out all about beloved children’s author Pamela Butchart, a secondary school teacher who translates her keen observations of life into uproarious stories for younger readers.

Pamela Butchart’s ability to craft genuinely funny narratives has earned her significant success in the world of modern children’s books, including winning the Blue Peter Best Story Award for The Spy Who Loved School Dinners and The Children’s Book Award for My Head Teacher is a Vampire Rat. Her talent for humorous plots also led to There’s a Werewolf in My Tent being shortlisted for the Lollies – the Laugh Out Loud Awards.

Pamela Butchart’s popular illustrated chapter book series like Izzy and Friends and Wigglesbottom Primary are particularly enjoyed by younger and reluctant readers, typically aged 6-10. These books are known for their humorous plots, school-based adventures, and themes of friendship and imagination. They are also well enjoyed by independent readers who enjoy shorter chapter books peppered with humour and illustrations, and parents report that Pamela Butchart books are responsible for children getting hooked on independent reading.

Pamela Butchart’s books are frequently featured on recommended reading lists, including BooksForTopics selections for KS2 books, funny books for children, Best Books for 8 Year olds, books for reluctant readers and Branching Out booklists. If you’re seeking humorous chapter books, page-turning children’s fiction or entertaining school stories for children, let reading enjoyment soar with the hilarious world of Pamela Butchart.

If you are new to Pamela Butchart’s books for children, we recommend Baby Aliens Got My Teacher, which is the first book of the Izzy and Friends series.

Izzy and her friends are SO EXCITED about their school trip. They’re going camping and there’ll be marshmallows and no washing and everything. But then WEIRD things start happening! There are howling sounds at night, and some sausages have gone missing, and it’s nearly a full moon… But it’s when they see their new teacher’s hairy legs that they KNOW! There’s a werewolf on the school trip and they’re all DOOMED!
Another brilliantly funny longer read for the newly confident reader from the best-selling, award-winning, author-illustrator team, Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham.

Laugh-out-loud school-based fun in two-colour stories, perfect for encouraging independent reading!

Life at Wigglesbottom Primary is often lived on the edge. An unexpected visitor, a bewitched violin and an invasion of bunnies! What can it all mean???

Three short stories in each book keep just confident readers engaged while lively two-colour illustrations bring these hilarious early readers to life and perfectly bridge the gap between picture books and chapter books.

Written by the bestselling, Blue Peter award-winning author Pamela Butchart and illustrated by Becka Moor.

The strangest things happen at Wigglesbottom Primary! When Year Two is chosen to look after some eggs that are about to hatch, they KNOW somthing is strange about one of them. What if it’s not a chick egg, but a DINOSAUR EGG???
Perfect for Easter reading, these are more funny school stories from award-winning Pamela Butchart, brilliantly colour-illustrated by Becka Moor.

Another hilarious take on school life from the brilliant Pamela Butchart – three stories of mayhem and chaos where pupils’ imaginations run riot…

The strangest things happen at Wigglesbottom Primary! A school trip to a farm introduces Year 2 to a lamb like no other. IT CAN TALK! And it’s about to get them all into big trouble!

Perfect for newly-independent readers, these are more funny school stories from award-winning Pamela Butchart, brilliantly colour-illustrated by Becka Moor.

One day Izzy and her friends are surprised to find that their teacher, Miss Jones, is actually being nice to them. This is the woman who was caught secretly smiling when Maisie Miller fell off her chair. There can only be one conclusion: she’s been taken over by aliens, and now she wants to make them all aliens too!

Another brilliantly funny longer read for the newly confident reader from the best-selling, award-winning, author-illustrator team, Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham.

Izzy is really pleased to have been put in charge of the new girl at school. Mathilde is French, and Izzy and her friends can’t wait to show her their den and its moth, and to help her avoid school dinners (also known as poison). But Mathilde LOVES school dinners and even has seconds!

And that’s when they know. Mathilde is a spy and she has come to find out their secrets. They must stop her before it’s TOO LATE!!!

A brilliant, laugh-out-loud story about everyday school life turned on its head. Clear, appealing black and white illustrations bring the humour to life!

The third zippy and zany tale by Pamela Butchart sees Izzy and her friends plunged into more primary-school craziness. This time, they decide that their new head teacher is a vampire rat, based on his being slightly scary, having the blinds drawn in his office during the day and the fact he’s banned garlic bread at lunchtimes. Now they just have to come up with a plan to vanquish him…
Another brilliantly funny longer read for the newly confident reader from the best-selling, award-winning, author-illustrator team, Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham.

Izzy and friends are excited! The snow is falling fast and they’re hoping they’ll all be sent home early. But then they hear weird noises in the playground, and find a big footprint in the snow… And that’s when they know! There’s a YETI in the playground and it’s HUNGRY!
Laugh-out-loud fun from Blue Peter Award winners Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham.

Izzy and her friends are shocked when they find their lollipop man has disappeared! Maisie thinks he’s gone to Rome but if that’s true, why do they keep seeing a weird white wispy cloud around the school? And why do Izzy’s legs feel cold even though she’s got tights on? Could it be that the lollipop man is a phantom and he’s come to spook them all?! Laugh-out-loud fun from Blue Peter Award winners Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham.

Izzy and her friends hate school dinners. And they hate the shepherd’s pie in particular. And now something strange seems to be happening to the dinner ladies. They’re wearing new hats, they’re cooking new food (still horrible) and there are lots and lots of new rules. But it’s when Maisie is taken away by seagulls that they KNOW! The dinner ladies have been taken over and they are about to ATTACK!
More laugh-out-loud antics from awardwinning author-illustrator team, Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham. School has never been so much fun!

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