By Jenny Pearson (author) , Aleksei Bitskoff (illustrator)
"A heart-warming, perceptive new adventure from one of our funniest writers"
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Interest Age 9-11 Reading Age 8 | January 2023 Book of the Month
Bertie is not looking forward to spending the summer with Uncle Brian on Long Bottom Farm, but it turns out to be much more exciting than he could have expected when he makes friends with chicken Nugget (geddit?), actually a disguised alien from planet Nurgle-7.
Nugget needs Bertie’s help to get him back home, but planet Earth needs Bertie’s help to avert the Nurgle plans for mass destruction of our planet. It all comes down to Bertie identifying Earth’s most valuable resource. The outcome is surprising for everyone and eye-opening for Bertie and Nugget.
Jenny Pearson writes some of the funniest books around and has the ability too to make them as touching and thought-provoking as they are humorous. Published by Barrington Stoke, and therefore accessible to all readers, this is heart-warming, perceptive and guaranteed to have all readers laughing aloud.
Bertie is NOT looking forward to spending the summer holidays on stinky Long Bottom Farm. But things take an interesting turn when he encounters Nugget, the alien chicken.
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Nugget's mission is to find the Earth's most important resource and transport it back to Nurgle 7, and he needs Bertie's help. But what could the Earth's most valuable resource be, and can they find it in time to stop the Nurgles exterminating the Earth?!
Brimming with Jenny’s fresh and authentic humour and written with huge heart, this is a truly charming tale of friendship with antics that will have readers laughing out loud.
“Humorous, heartwarming and lovely - what a great pairing of author, publisher and illustrator!” Librarian
“Jenny Pearson and Barrington Stoke was destined to be a formidable partnership... Brilliantly funny and genuinely insightful” James Haddell
“A lovely little book ... Superbly supported by the funny illustrations of Aleksei Bitskoff” Bookseller
Jenny Pearson 's debut children’s novel, The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates , won the Lollies 2022 and was shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book of the Year 2020, Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Bradford Boase and the UKLA Book awards.
When she’s not writing, Jenny enjoys inspiring young writers in her classroom and looking after her family and their many animals.
Jenny loves her job and is inspired by the children she has taught. She says, "If you're writing for children, it helps to know what they like but also what they're like. The characters I write are based on many children I have taught over the years and the friendships I have witnessed."
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Bertie and the Alien Chicken and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
Bertie and the Alien Chicken features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Recommendations, Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 11+, Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 9+, Funny, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Science Fiction, Star Books, Stories about Family and Friends, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Bertie and the Alien Chicken was written by Jenny Pearson and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd
Bertie and the Alien Chicken has 112 pages
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