Astonishingly Good Stories Twenty short stories from the bestselling author of Friday Barnes

by Spratt, RA

• ISBN13: 9780143779261
• ISBN10: 0143779265
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-05-16
• Publisher: Puffin (AU YR)

Summary

A lovestruck merpig, a peppermint-stick Parthenon, a vegetarian spider and so much more!

From R.A. Spratt, bestselling author of Friday Barnes and Shockingly Good Stories, comes this collection of twenty terrific tales perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Paul Jennings. Featuring Greek myths and fractured fairytales as told by Nanny Piggins (the world’s most glamorous flying pig), a mystery investigated by Friday Barnes (girl detective) and a series of tales so tall they will give you altitude sickness.

This book will delight children from four to one hundred and four. Just the thing for reading at bedtime, when you’re supposed to be doing your homework or when you’ve been chased up a tree by an escaped rhinoceros and you’re waiting for the zookeeper to arrive.

Author Biography

R.A. Spratt is the author of The Peski Kids, Friday Barnes and The Adventures of Nanny Piggins. In her previous life she was a television writer. Unlike the Peski kids, R.A. Spratt never fights with her brother, but only because he moved to Tokyo to get away from her. R.A. lives in Bowral, NSW, where she has three chickens, five goldfish and a dog. She also has a husband and two daughters. For more information, visit raspratt.com

Table of Contents

Table of Fables
‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’ as told by Nanny Piggins1
‘The Legend of Icarus’ as told by Nanny Piggins13
A Tall Tale About Big Sisters ... and Dark Pasts27
‘Romeo and Juliet’ as told by Nanny Piggins35
‘George Washington and the Cherry Tree’ as told by
Nanny Piggins43
‘Swine Lake’ as told by Nanny Piggins53
A Tall Tale About Valkyries ... and Mullets63
Friday Barnes and the Case of the Stolen Star71
‘Hercules and the Augean Stables’ as told by
Nanny Piggins85
‘The Scorpion and the Frog’ as told by Nanny Piggins97

A Tall Tale About Floating Leaves ... and Vegetarian Spiders111
‘Sisyphus’ as told by Nanny Piggins121
'The Little Merpig’ as told by Nanny Piggins131
‘Williamina Tell’ as told by Nanny Piggins141
A Tall Tale About Socks ... and Goblins153
‘The Snow Queen’ as told by Nanny Piggins161
‘Robin Hood’ as told by Nanny Piggins171
A Tall Tale About Giants ... and Libraries181
‘The Legend of the Trojan Horse’ as told by
Nanny Piggins189
‘The Wolf and the Seven Little Pigs’ as told by
Nanny Piggins 199