By Stephan Pastis (author) , Stephan Pastis (illustrator) Part of the Timmy Failure series
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Wimpy Kid fans will love this new boy-diary with a difference. Saddled with the name Timmy Failure, our narrator has clearly been dealt a tough hand. Luckily, he has a perky temperament and is not easily deflected from his ambitions. Timmy founds Total Failure Inc, the best detective agency in town. Or is it??? Young readers will enjoy spotting Timmy’s rookie errors which are wittily conveyed in both the words and the engaging illustrations.
In addition to our Lovereading expert opinion for Timmy Failure a small number of children were lucky enough to be invited to review this title. Here's a taster....' This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. It is really funny… Anyone who likes 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' or 'Mr Gum' will like this book, I think it is even better.' .... Scroll down to read more reviews...
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Books in The Timmy Failure Series:
1. Timmy Failure Mistakes were Made
2. Timmy Failure Now Look What You've Done
3. Timmy Failure We Meet Again
4. Timmy Failure Sanitized for your Protection
5. Timmy Failure The Book You're Not Supposed to Have
6. Timmy Failure The Cat Stole My Pants
7. Timmy Failure It's The End When I Say It's The End
The hilarious and ever-optimistic Timmy Failure, and his sidekick polar bear, Total, create chaos as they attempt to make sense of the world in the first book in the New York Times bestselling series.
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Perfect for fans of Wimpy Kid and Big Nate, Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made is the first book in the New York Times bestselling series. Listed as one of 100 Children's Modern Classics by The Sunday Times , it was also a Book Trust Best Book Awards winner.
Meet Timmy Failure, founder of the "best" detective agency in town - Total Failure, Inc. With the help of his polar bear, Total, the clueless, comically self-confident Timmy already has plans for world domination. Plans that will make his mother rich and unpaid bills a thing of the past. And plans that will defeat Corrina Corrina, "The One Whose Name Shall Not Be Uttered". But she's not going away. Riotously funny, Timmy Failure is sure to have readers in stitches.
The hilarious and ever-optimistic Timmy Failure, and his sidekick polar bear, Total, create chaos as they attempt to make sense of the world in the first book in the New York Times bestselling series.Perfect for fans of Wimpy Kid and Big Nate, Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made is the first book in the New York Times bestselling series. Listed as one of 100 Children's Modern Classics by The Sunday Times, it was also a Book Trust Best Book Awards winner.
Mistakes Were Made features in the following genres: Funny, Crime & Mystery, Stories about Family and Friends, Animal Stories, School Stories, Classic European style / tradition comic books, PSHE: Family Issues, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: School, education and teachers
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Mistakes Were Made was written by Stephan Pastis and published by Walker Books Ltd an imprint of Walker Books
Mistakes Were Made has 294 pages
Yes it is part of Timmy Failure series
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