The Extraordinary Exploding Frog

Milo's life was so boring, until...in hopped something green and terrible! CROAK, SLURP, BURP could things get any more scary Or dangerous, disgusting and extraordinary! The Extraordinary Exploding Frog tells the story of Milo Meeker, an adventurous, inquisitive, animal-loving 8 year old boy and his extraordinary encounter with an enormous and VERY hungry frog. This fast-paced and funny, fully illustrated rhyming story for 5 to 9 year old has all the things that kids love to read about: heroes, villains, slime, gloop, goo, a very big explosion and a happy ending! Written by first time children's author Jonathan Stevenson and illustrated by renowned illustrator Mark Beech (The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner and Dragons at Crumbling Castle both by Terry Pratchett and the Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder series by Jo Nesbo).

4th December 2016, Mail on Sunday EVENT magazine "Children's Books of the Year 2016": "Lovers of slime and goo will delight in this laugh-out-loud book stuffed with fun rhyming prose and entertaining pictures. Milo isn't allowed pets, but sneaks some tadpoles home from the park and gets a nasty surprise when one becomes an enormous frog which devours the contents of his house and school (including his horrible headmaster).