Books by Philip Ardagh and Complete Book Reviews

Philip Ardagh, Author . Scholastic $5.99 (
, $5.99 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-439-53760-5
The second installment of the Eddie Dickens Trilogy begins as 12-year-old Eddie's home erupts in a gas explosion and Eddie meets the Great Zucchini, an escape artist whose coffin is propelled from the back of a passing hearse by the force of...
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Philip Ardagh, Author, David Roberts, Illustrator , illus. by David Roberts. Holt $14.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6828-3
British author Ardagh launches the Eddie Dickens Trilogy with this tongue-in-cheek tale of a hapless youth. A group of cockamamy adults manufactures most of the humor while the hero plays straight man: 11-year-old Eddie is sent away by his ailing...
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Philip Ardagh, Author, David Roberts, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $12.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7155-9
Novel sequels and series additions will keep young readers riveted. In a starred review of Philip Ardagh's debut title in the Eddie Dickens Trilogy, A House Called Awful End, illus. by David Roberts, PW said, ""Adult fans of Bleak House and...
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Philip Ardagh, Author, David Roberts, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $9.95 (129p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7477-2
In the paper-over-board Heir of Mystery: The Second Unlikely Exploit by Philip Ardagh, illus. by David Roberts, the McNally siblings hunt down the stolen brain of their dearly departed brother, who took a tumble in The Fall of Fergal. They must fend
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Philip Ardagh, Author, Joe Barrett, Read by , read by Joe Barrett. Listening Library $18 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8072-2331-4
Barrett employs an Irish brogue to relate the Unlikely Exploits (the name of a proposed trilogy of tales) of the very unusual McNally family. Fans of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events will find much to like—and compare: dark...
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Philip Ardagh, Author, David Roberts, Illustrator , illus. by David Roberts. Holt $9.95 (123p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7476-5
This first in a planned trio of books called the Unlikely Exploits has more plot than Ardagh's Eddie Dickens Trilogy, but a bit less humor. The novel begins with Fergal McNally's catastrophic fall from the 14th floor of the Dell Hotel....
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Philip Ardagh, Author, David Roberts, Illustrator . Scholastic/Apple $5.99 (125p) ISBN 978-0-439-73014-3
"The novel begins with Fergal's catastrophic fall from the 14th floor of the Dell Hotel," wrote PW . "The tragic event around which the novel revolves provides plenty of black comedy to keep readers entertained." Ages 8-12. (Aug.
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Philip Ardagh, Author, Elizabeth Winthrop, Author, David Roberts, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $12.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7156-6
This fall marks the return of many favorite characters. Philip Ardagh wraps up the Eddie Dickens Trilogy, illus. by David Roberts, with Terrible Times, in which Eddie, in the care of Mad Uncle Jack and Even Madder Aunt Maud (if one can call it...
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Philip Ardagh, Author, David Roberts, Illustrator . Scholastic $5.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-439-53759-9
In a starred review, PW called this debut tale in a trilogy starring 11-year-old Eddie Dickens, who is sent away to his mad aunt and uncle's home, "a tongue-in-cheek tale of a hapless youth. Kids who lap up Lemony Snicket's series will...
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Paul McCartney, Author, Geoff Dunbar, Author, Philip Ardagh, Author , illus. by GeoffDunbar. Dutton $19.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-525-47733-4
Marking McCartney's children's book debut, this playfully meandering tale in which good triumphs over evil was inspired by Tropical Island Hum (2004), an animated film on which the singer/songwriter and Dunbar, the animator, collaborated....
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Philip Ardagh, illus. by Ben Mantle. Candlewick, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5362-1116-0
“Bunnies on the bus!/ Bunnies on the bus!/ No wonder there’s a fuss/ about the bunnies on the bus!” That’s Ardagh’s (High in the Clouds) vividly silly refrain, and he and Mantle (Follow the Track All the Way Back) enthusiastically engage with it on...
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