Spratt, bestselling author of Friday Barnes, comes this collection of twenty short stories perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Paul Jennings. Featuring fractured fairytales told by none other than Nanny Piggins, previously unpublished Friday Barnes mysteries, and a bunch of other hilarious and highly original tall tales. This book will delight kids from seven to seventy, whether they’re after a bedtime story, entertainment for a long car ride or distraction in the doctor’s waiting room!

    They trick him into selling them his bull for a trivial sum. Having been thus wickedly deceived, the destitute soldier vows to recoup his loss. By expertly disguising himself, the young man returns to the thugs’ house to settle his score with them.