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Just!
Just! is a series of short story collections by Australian children's author Andy Griffiths (author), Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton. The book series is based on Andy Griffiths's early life. The series has been described as a portrayal of the antics of a pre-teen who "thinks outside the box", and is a "notorious mischiefmaker" who plans various pranks and schemes to dodge doing a chore or going to school, among other things. There have been nine books in the series, with the first book, ''Just Tricking!'', being released in Australia in 1997. It was later released in North America under the alternative title ''Just Kidding''. The Canadian animated series ''What's with Andy?'', which ran on Teletoon from 2001 to 2007, was also loosely based on this book series. Background The author, Andy Griffiths, began writing when he was in the fifth grade. He purchased a typewriter at a second-hand stall at school and created his own magazine, which he sold at school for less th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just!
Just! is a series of short story collections by Australian children's author Andy Griffiths (author), Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton. The book series is based on Andy Griffiths's early life. The series has been described as a portrayal of the antics of a pre-teen who "thinks outside the box", and is a "notorious mischiefmaker" who plans various pranks and schemes to dodge doing a chore or going to school, among other things. There have been nine books in the series, with the first book, ''Just Tricking!'', being released in Australia in 1997. It was later released in North America under the alternative title ''Just Kidding''. The Canadian animated series ''What's with Andy?'', which ran on Teletoon from 2001 to 2007, was also loosely based on this book series. Background The author, Andy Griffiths, began writing when he was in the fifth grade. He purchased a typewriter at a second-hand stall at school and created his own magazine, which he sold at school for less th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Stupid!
Just! is a series of short story collections by Australian children's author Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton. The book series is based on Andy Griffiths's early life. The series has been described as a portrayal of the antics of a pre-teen who "thinks outside the box", and is a "notorious mischiefmaker" who plans various pranks and schemes to dodge doing a chore or going to school, among other things. There have been nine books in the series, with the first book, '' Just Tricking!'', being released in Australia in 1997. It was later released in North America under the alternative title ''Just Kidding''. The Canadian animated series ''What's with Andy?'', which ran on Teletoon from 2001 to 2007, was also loosely based on this book series. Background The author, Andy Griffiths, began writing when he was in the fifth grade. He purchased a typewriter at a second-hand stall at school and created his own magazine, which he sold at school for less than five cents. He then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's With Andy?
''What's with Andy?'' (''Sacré Andy !'' in French) is an animated children's television series loosely based on the semi-autobiographical ''Just!'' book series by Australian author Andy Griffiths. The animated series was primarily produced by Canadian animation studio CinéGroupe and broadcast on Teletoon, with various Disney-affiliated foreign studios and networks involved in the production of individual seasons. The main character is Andy Larkin, a mischievous teen and the self-proclaimed "world's greatest prankster". The show follows him as he tries to perform elaborate practical jokes, or pranks, on people in the fictional town of East Gackle. Andy's best friend, Danny Pickett, helps him out with almost every prank. His antagonists include his older sister, Jen Larkin, and the bullies Peter Lik and Andrew Leech. Andy has a crush on a girl named Lori Mackney and usually tries to impress her. The first season of the series has an American cast of voice actors (except for Ian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Crazy!
''Just Crazy'' (renamed ''Just Wacky'' in Canada), is the fourth book in the ''Just!'' series by Andy Griffiths, published by Pan Macmillan Australia. It contains nine short stories centred around Andy Griffiths. The book won the BILBY Award in the Younger Readers category in 2002 and 2006.http://cbca.blob.core.windows.net/media/QLD/lists/Burrow%20of%20fame.pdf Stories Band-Aid Andy tries to take off a band-aid just under his left eye before school pictures day, which he got it when he found glasses on a footpath on his way home from school and fell in a roadworker's trench after putting said glasses on, as he thought putting them on would make him smarter thanks to a survey in the news paper. After a series of failures (including tweezers, which only results in three-pages worth of pain and anguish), he winds up getting another cut... just under his ''right'' eye, which is bleeding profusely. The chapter ends with Andy stating he's gonna need a band-aid for this cut. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Annoying!
''Just Annoying'' is a short story collection by children's author and comedian Andy Griffiths. It is the second in the ''Just'' series. The stories, as expected from the title, recounts more short stories where Andy annoys everyone with his amazing feats. Stories Are We There Yet After Andy annoys his father by repeatedly asking, "Are we there yet?" and trying to get rid of a fly in the car, he is kicked out of the car in the middle of nowhere (presumably in western New South Wales). A young boy on his motorcycle sees Andy and picks him up to chase Andy's car and to come back to them. After the man catches up to the car, Andy jumps from the motorcycle to the car. Andy's car stops to a halt when his parents see Andy on the windshield. Andy's father goes berserk, telling Andy he was going to be picked up in only five minutes. Copycat From Ballarat Andrea (actually Andy crossdressing as a girl) goes to the school dance, attempting to impress Craig Bennett (who is every girl's cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Tricking!
''Just Tricking!'' is the first volume in the ''Just!'' series written by Andy Griffiths. Around the world, the book was released with different titles: ''Just Kidding!'' for the United Kingdom and ''Just Joking!'' for North America. Stories Playing Dead Andy tries to get out of school for the day by lying in bed all day with his eyes open, not intending to blink or breathe when anyone is looking. Surprisingly, his parents seem to actually believe that he's dead, so Andy's father digs a grave near the family's lemon tree outside and places Andy in, after which his father reads, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." Soon after realizing this "burial" was to teach Andy a lesson all along, he decides to abort the joke, rising from his "grave" and (apparently) scaring the living daylights out of his parents, who soon begin to burst into hysterics and declare, "Just tricking!", his parents back tricked him, Afterwards, Andy finally gets what he wants: the day off school, (althoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Shocking!
''"Just Shocking!"'' is the sixth book released of the "Just!" series by Andy Griffiths. Released in late September 2007 in Australia, it tells 10 short but shocking stories about Andy. The book won a BILBY Award in the Younger Readers category in 2008.http://cbca.blob.core.windows.net/media/QLD/lists/Burrow%20of%20fame.pdf This is the longest book in the "Just" series. Stories Fun with a fire hose Andy and Danny imagine the circumstances and possibility of playing with a fire hose. Terry thinks of what could go wrong and Andy finds solutions for all of them. In the end they decide to do it. This is written in a script-like format. I am a Ro-bot After seeing Jen read ''I, Robot'', Andy pretends to be a robot and gets trapped in a closet. His parents call him " 'The Andy 2000'' and he gets into a wardrobe and a vacuum talks to him. Balloons of Doom A choose-your-fate adventure in which, no matter what you do, you die at the end. You have to blow fifteen pink balloons and pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Denton
Terry Denton (born 26 July 1950) is an Australian illustrator and author. He is married and has three children. He is the second youngest of five boys and was born and grew up in Melbourne, Victoria. Denton now lives in Mornington, Victoria. Denton has written and illustrated more than 30 of his own books and illustrated numerous others for many notable Australian authors. His own books include the ''Gasp!'' series, which has been adapted into an animated TV series of the same name (and aired on Nine Network and ABC3). His art and designs contributed heavily to style and stories of the children's TV series '' Lift Off''. Along with Andy Griffiths, Denton was a noted supporter of the September 2019 climate strikes Works Author/Illustrator * ''Felix and Alexander'' (1985) * Gasp! ** ''Gasp!'' (1996) ** ''Zapt!'' (1997) ** ''Splat!'' (1998) ** ''Squish!'' (2005) ** ''Crash!'' (2006) ** ''Chomp!'' (2007) * Storymaze *# ''The Ultimate Wave'' (2001) *# ''The Eye of Ulam'' (2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Macbeth!
''Just Macbeth'' is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth''. It was written by Australian children’s author Andy Griffiths and produced by Bell Shakespeare as well as being released as a book. Cast Patrick Brammall as Andy Justin Smith as Danny Pippa Grandison as Lisa Storyline ''For the basic plotline, see Macbeth.'' Andy, Lisa and Danny are practicing a scene from ''Macbeth''. They make a potion with all three of them then drinking the potion, which sends them into the ''Macbeth'' play. After a battle Andy and Danny walk and find three witches, who tell them that Macbeth is going to be Thane of Cawdor and Banquo's children will be king before disappearing. Andy and Danny then realized that they are in Macbeth, Andy is Macbeth and Danny is Banquo. Lennox then comes in and tells them that King Duncan would be arriving at Macbeth’s castle to celebrate and he would be staying the night there. Macbeth goes back to his castle where he finds that Lisa is Lad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels Set In The 1970s
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Series Of Children's Books
Series may refer to: People with the name * Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series * George Series (1920–1995), English physicist Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Series, the ordered sets used in serialism including tone rows * Harmonic series (music) * Serialism, including the twelve-tone technique Types of series in arts, entertainment, and media * Anime series * Book series * Comic book series * Film series * Manga series * Podcast series * Radio series * Television series * "Television series", the Australian, British, and a number of others countries' equivalent term for the North American " television season", a set of episodes produced by a television serial * Video game series * Web series Mathematics and science * Series (botany), a taxonomic rank between genus and species * Series (mathematics), the sum of a sequence of terms * Series (stratigraphy), a stratigraphic unit deposited during a certain interval of g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
