Bone Head: Guardian of the Underworld

The chaos and anarchy of Bunny vs Monkey meetsthe diary format of Loki and the sparring character dynamicsof Blackadder in this two-colour, highly illustrated,laugh-out-loud debut!“Fans of Louie Stowell's Loki will find muchto enjoy here, but so will comic fans who eagerly devour the Phoenixevery week. Bone Head is compulsively readable, so will appealto reluctant or easily distracted readers, but its intelligenceand wit will gain it fans from children who adore reading longer,more complicated books too.” - The Bookseller, Children'sBook of the Month The underworld is a dangerous place.It's all fiery and there's marauding dragons and all sorts ofother critters you wouldn't want to run into. Demise, aka Bone Head,isn't bothered about any of this.Why? Because he's a skeleton guardian of the underworld- and not just any guardian. He thinks he's the BEST and isdetermined to prove it... with catastrophic results...Demise just wants to impress his Big Boss, Hades, god of the underworld.Problem is, Hades barely knows he exists. After an attemptto get attention backfires horribly, causing the gates of Hades'castle to disintegrate, Demise and Mort are demoted to dog-sittingduty. And the dog in question? Cerberus, the famously ferociousthree-headed dog of the underworld.What could possibly go wrong with two creatures made outof bones trying to keep a massive mythological dog under control? The funniest, most high-energy and must-have new illustrated children'sfiction launch of 2026 Every page is laugh-out-loud and will get your kid loving reading! Striking, personality-packed two-colour art throughout