Uncle Jungle & 137 Other Creepy Creepers

Tosca Menten, illustrations Geert Gratama

Another incredibly funny story by Tosca Menten! The same fun mix of stories, interviews, curiosities and cartoons that made The Chocolate Dentist (De chocoladetandarts) a success – over 18,000 copies sold! With witty duotone illustrations by Geert Gratama

When Boris goes to stay over at his uncle Jungle, he finds an odd little seed after they were caught in a rain shower. He plants it into the ground and to his amazement it grows into a huge plant in the course of just a day. The plant sometimes folds a leaf around him and Boris is full of pride. He calls the plant Freddy, gives him his own personal garden and even becomes friends with him. Until Freddy starts nipping at flies. Is the plant really as friendly as Boris thought it was? Things suddenly go south very quickly.

Uncle Jungle is a crazy story about a bizarre friendship and the primal force of nature, full of green facts, goofy interviews, peculiar newspaper articles and tons of strange plants. Chuck-full of witty illustrations by Geert Gratama.

Tosca Menten is known as the funniest children’s book author of the Netherlands. Her Roald Dahl-like humour, sharp observations and unbridled fantasy brings joy to kids of all ages. Her Dummie the Mummy (Dummie de mummie) series has been turned into a movie and been translated worldwide. In addition, The Revenge of Knor (De Wraak van Knor) was turned into a stop motion movie and is out in cinema's worldwide now. Geert Gratama works as an illustrator and graphic designer.

155 x 230 mm | 216 pages | 33,800 words duotone illustrations | hardcover age group: 7+ | all rights available

The Chocolate Dentist

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