Bumpfizzle the Best on Planet Earth

Ages 7 to 10

A new book from the author of The ListPraise for Bumpfizzle:

"So hilarious! Patricia Forde is definitely the high queen of Irish comedy." — Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl 

"Forde’s inventive wordsmithing and her instinct for the ridiculous will have kids in stitches." – The New York Times

Bumpfizzle is an alien sent to Earth on a mysterious mission from Planet Plonk. Or is he a ten-year-old boy who is jealous of all the attention his parents are giving to The Baby? Bumpfizzle’s confusion at Earthling behaviours, as reported in his diary and his frequent reports back to Plonk, are hilarious, and his adventures are ridiculous, from eating the cat’s food to biting his teacher (to check if humans would make a good source of food for Plonkers) and attempting to sacrifice a goat. Elina Braslina's playful, Quentin Blake-like illustrations bring Bumpfizzle's adventures on Earth delightfully to life.

About the Author

Patricia Forde lives in Galway, in the west of Ireland. She has published five books for children, and written two plays, as well as several television drama series for children and teenagers. She has worked as a writer on both English and Irish language soap operas. In another life, she was a primary school teacher and the artistic director of Galway Arts Festival. Her novel The Wordsmith (published in the USA as The List) was awarded a White Raven award by the International Youth Library. She is publishing a sequel to The Wordsmith in September 2019.Elīna Brasliņa is an illustrator from Latvia. She has illustrated several titles, most of them children's books and young adult novels.Elīna's work has been nominated for local awards and the Kate Greenaway Medal, and she has twice received the Zelta Abele Award for book design, as well as the Janis Baltvilks Baltic Sea Region Award in 2017.