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The Clumsies (1): The Clumsies Make A Mess

By: Sorrel Anderson
Narrated by: Joe Coen
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Three crazy, funny stories, featuring the two clumsiest talking mice you’ll ever meet…

‘The mouse started to trundle away, glancing at Howard over its shoulder, nervously. “You may well glance at me nervously," said Howard, picking up an empty water glass and placing it over the mouse. "You'll stay in there so I can eat my breakfast in peace. I shall deal with you afterwards…”’

But you can't really deal with the Clumsies, afterwards or at any time. Once you've got them, you're stuck with them. From the moment when Howard Armitage first finds two talking mice under his desk – the inimitable and hilarious Purvis and Mickey Thompson – his life, and his belongings, are turned forever upside down.

Obsessed with biscuits and forever playing incomprehensible games of their own devising, the Clumsies are not your average mice – and though they're desperate to help Howard get out of trouble with his evil boss, they're only really good for one thing…

…making a mess.

©2010 Sorrel Anderson (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Animals Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Funny Witty
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Critic reviews

“Anderson has a gift for combining simple, sparse elements – meek man, bully boss, shabby office, talking mice – to wonderfully surreal effect.” Financial Times

"Charming debut… With its stylish cartoons and pages that look crumpled, blotted and scattered with biscuit crumbs, this book will win youngsters over with its child-like illogicality and the way in which Howard goes happily along with anything that the anarchic inventiveness of the Clumsies leads him to." Sunday Times Culture – Children’s Book of the Week

"Occasionally a book comes along that makes my children collapse into fits of giggles… my children were near hysterical by the end of the first paragraph."
The Telegraph Magazine

"The kids will love getting mucky with them" Irish World

"If you enjoy these stories as much as I did, you will be waiting for the next book in the series" Families Magazine

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This Book Was Really Good, It’s Got Kind Of An Adventure, Comedy And More, I Totally Recommend It For Kids

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My family & i thoroughly enjoyed listening to the clusmies make a mess, so much so we are looking into buying the rest of the series of the clusmies books. 5* all the way highly recommended

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