Izzy and Friends – serie

The fifteenth in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale!When Izzy and friends get a new teacher, they are immediately suspicious. Why does she have two computers set up on her desk? Why does she speak Spanish when they're supposed to be doing maths? Why does she have a pink wig and sunglasses in her car? And WHY DOES SHE HAVE A DRAWER FULL OF DIAMONDS? Because she's an international jewel thief, of course, and MUST BE STOPPED!Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures?Baby Aliens Got My TeacherMy Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat - Children's Book Award Winner 2016The Spy Who Loved School Dinners - Blue Peter Award Winner 2015Attack of the Demon Dinner LadiesTo Wee Or Not To Wee!There's a Yeti in the PlaygroundThe Phantom Lollipop ManIcarus Was RidiculousPraise for Izzy and friends:"Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times

The fourth in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.Winner of the Islington Primary Schools Book Award 2017Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale!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! Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures?Baby Aliens Got My TeacherThe Spy Who Loved School Dinners - Blue Peter Award Winner 2015My Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat - Children's Book Award Winner 2016To Wee Or Not To Wee!There's a Werewolf in my Tent - Lollies Shortlist 2019There's a Yeti in the PlaygroundThe Phantom Lollipop ManIcarus Was RidiculousPraise for Izzy and friends:"Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times

The sixth in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.Laugh Out Loud Award Shortlist 2019Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale!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!Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures?Baby Aliens Got My TeacherThe Spy Who Loved School Dinners - Blue Peter Award Winner 2015My Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat - Children's Book Award 2016Attack of the Demon Dinner LadiesTo Wee Or Not To Wee!There's a Yeti in the PlaygroundThe Phantom Lollipop ManIcarus Was RidiculousPraise for Izzy and friends:"Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times

The thirteenth in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale!After overhearing their head teacher talking about "missing treasure" and "running out of time" which, of course, means there is treasure buried in the school that Mr Graves wants all for himself, Izzy and her friends resolve to find it first!Izzy and her friends head to the basement where Gary Petrie's dad is working and he's seen something SHINY! So they send Zach's cat down with a camera strapped to her head and study the footage carefully... It's not actually treasure in the basement, it's a BEAST with SHINING EYES and it's coming to get them! RUN!!!Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures?Baby Aliens Got My TeacherMy Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat - Children's Book Award Winner 2016The Spy Who Loved School Dinners - Blue Peter Award Winner 2015Attack of the Demon Dinner LadiesTo Wee Or Not To Wee!There's a Yeti in the PlaygroundThe Phantom Lollipop ManIcarus Was RidiculousPraise for Izzy and friends:"Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times

The fourteenth in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale!Another hilarious tale of primary school life from the Blue Peter award-winning team. Nothing is as it seems for Izzy and friends, and the drama is always off the scale...Izzy and friends are excited to find that their school trip involves an overnight train ride. But when they get on board, they're shocked to discover that EVERYTHING is STRANGE. And the BUNK BEDS are TINY!And then their teacher disappears... OH NO! Miss Jones has been kidnapped! EVERYONE PANIC!!!Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures?Baby Aliens Got My TeacherMy Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat - Children's Book Award Winner 2016The Spy Who Loved School Dinners - Blue Peter Award Winner 2015Attack of the Demon Dinner LadiesTo Wee Or Not To Wee!There's a Yeti in the PlaygroundThe Phantom Lollipop ManIcarus Was RidiculousPraise for Izzy and friends:"Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times

The first in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale!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 be only ONE conclusion: she's been taken over by ALIENS, and now she wants to make them all aliens too!Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures?The Spy Who Loved School Dinners - Blue Peter Award Winner 2015My Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat - Children's Book Award Winner 2016Attack of the Demon Dinner LadiesTo Wee Or Not To Wee!There's a Werewolf in my Tent - Lollies Shortlist 2019There's a Yeti in the PlaygroundThe Phantom Lollipop ManIcarus Was Ridiculousand more!Praise for Izzy and friends:"Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times

The second in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2015Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale!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 the school dinners (also known as poison). But Mathilde LOVES school dinners and even has seconds...And that's when they know that Mathilde is a SPY and she has come to find out their SECRETS. They must stop her before it's TOO LATE!Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures?Baby Aliens Got My TeacherMy Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat - Children's Book Award Winner 2016Attack of the Demon Dinner LadiesTo Wee Or Not To Wee!There's a Werewolf in my Tent - Lollies Shortlist 2019There's a Yeti in the PlaygroundThe Phantom Lollipop ManIcarus Was RidiculousPraise for Izzy and friends:"Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times

The third in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.Winner of the Children's Book Award 2016Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale!Izzy and her friends have decided 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!Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures?Baby Aliens Got My TeacherThe Spy Who Loved School Dinners - Blue Peter Award Winner 2015Attack of the Demon Dinner LadiesTo Wee Or Not To Wee!There's a Werewolf in my Tent - Lollies Shortlist 2019There's a Yeti in the PlaygroundThe Phantom Lollipop ManIcarus Was RidiculousPraise for Izzy and friends:"Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times

Hamlet could NEVER make his mind up about ANYTHING. And one time he actually went to school in just his pants and got sent home because he couldn't decide what to wear.When Izzy (star of The Spy Who Loved School Dinners) is asked to tell her friends some HILARIOUS and SCARY stories she knows exactly where to look: Shakespeare, the king of SUPER dramatic stuff.After learning about Macbeth (a STRONG solider who ate four bowls of porridge and twenty pieces of toast every morning) her friends want more. So Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Romeo and Juliet all get the Izzy treatment. There's blood and guts, ghosty stuff, and plenty of people wandering around in their nighties. The perfect introduction to the Bard!Izzy's version of Macbeth originally appeared on the BBC Radio series 'Shakespeare Retold', read by actress Shirley Henderson (who played Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter films!).Read more of Izzy's adventures in these other books written by Pamela Butchart:Baby Aliens Got My TeacherThe Spy Who Loved School DinnersMy Headteacher Is a Vampire RatAttack of the Demon Dinner Ladies

The seventh in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale!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?!Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures?Baby Aliens Got My TeacherThe Spy Who Loved School Dinners - Blue Peter Award Winner 2015My Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat - Children's Book Award Winner 2016Attack of the Demon Dinner LadiesTo Wee Or Not To Wee!There's a Yeti in the PlaygroundThere's a Werewolf in my Tent - Lollies Shortlist 2019Icarus Was RidiculousPraise for Izzy and friends:"Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times

The eighth in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale!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!Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures?Baby Aliens Got My TeacherThe Spy Who Loved School Dinners - Blue Peter Award Winner 2015My Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat - Children's Book Award Winner 2016Attack of the Demon Dinner LadiesTo Wee Or Not To Wee!There's a Werewolf in my Tent - Lollies Shortlist 2019The Phantom Lollipop ManIcarus Was RidiculousPraise for Izzy and friends:"Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times

The ninth in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale!Izzy LOVES all the stories the Ancient Greeks told! She can't wait to tell her friends about Icarus, who was a TOTAL NUMPTY, and the Trojan Horse, which ended a war and wasn't even REAL!So pull up a plinth and enjoy all the DRAMA of the original Greek myths, as told by Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham, in collaboration with the British Museum. Now with even more SANDALS!"I can't think of a better, breezier way to introduce your children to these classic stories" - Frank Cottrell BoyceHave you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures?Baby Aliens Got My TeacherThe Spy Who Loved School Dinners - Blue Peter Award Winner 2015My Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat - Children's Book Award Winner 2016Attack of the Demon Dinner LadiesTo Wee Or Not To Wee!There's a Yeti in the PlaygroundThere's a Werewolf in my Tent - Lollies Shortlist 2019The Phantom Lollipop ManPraise for Izzy and friends:"Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times

The tenth in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale!When a session of extreme dancing leaves Maisie in hospital with a broken leg, things take a turn for the weird! Strange noises in the ward at night, missing cuddly toys and a sandwich trolley that only ever has TUNA sandwiches.Could Maisie's leg be CURSED? If it is, and it DEFINITELY is, then everything is DOOMED!Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures?Baby Aliens Got My TeacherMy Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat - Children's Book Award Winner 2016The Spy Who Loved School Dinners - Blue Peter Award Winner 2015Attack of the Demon Dinner LadiesTo Wee Or Not To Wee!There's a Yeti in the PlaygroundThe Phantom Lollipop ManIcarus Was RidiculousPraise for Izzy and friends:"Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times

The eleventh in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.Winner of the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards 2023!Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale!Izzy and her friends are on a school trip to a big lake. Gary Petrie is excited because the lodges where they're staying have ROBES AND SLIPPERS! The lake is dark and deep and a bit scary. But it's when they open their packed lunches that they know! There's a MONSTER in the lake and it's coming for their CRISPS!Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures?Baby Aliens Got My TeacherMy Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat - Children's Book Award Winner 2016The Spy Who Loved School Dinners - Blue Peter Award Winner 2015Attack of the Demon Dinner LadiesTo Wee Or Not To Wee!There's a Yeti in the PlaygroundThe Phantom Lollipop ManIcarus Was RidiculousPraise for Izzy and friends:"Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times