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Author: Mangan, Stephen Interest age: from c 8 yearsPublished on 7 May 2026 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 320 pages128 x 197 x 22 | 218g A high-energy, brilliantl y silly, fully illustrated collectionof weird and wonderful linked short stories by much-lovedactor Stephen Mangan and talented artist Anita Mangan.Welcome to Weird Street...what appears to be a very ordinary place, filled with very ordinaryhouses and very ordinary people...but wait.When Sarah moves to the street and sees a cat prowling up anddown, she decides to find its owner and return it. She knocks oneach door and discovers a wonderfully weird and a little bit dangerousarray of delights within:from a haunted painting to a headmaster whose alter ego is a clown,to a jet-powered garden swing, a ghost-pet adoption agencyand a wild hall of mirrors.Short stories starring the unexpected inhabitants of the houseson Weird Street - bite-size, page-turning tales perfect for lessconfident readersFrom the bestselling creators of The Fart That Changed theWorld and The Day I Fell Down the ToiletIncredibly funny and wildly imaginative storytelling at its finest Praise for Stephen & Anita's books: 'Brilliant, clever, kind of genius'Graham Norton 'Manages to feel both classic and modern at the sametime' Good Housekeeping 'A beautiful and exciting adventure that ignites theimagination' Edith Bowman Stephen Mangan is a bestselling author, actorand presenter. His comic gift is seen in shows such as GreenWing, I'm Alan Partridge and Episodes.Stephen appears in drama such as BBC One's The Splitand regularly performs on stage in roles such as a much-praised Scroogein The Old Vic's A Christmas Carol. Stephen presents Portraitand Landscape Artist of the Year and new gameshows Passwordand The Fortune Hotel. He is a guest presenteron Pointless and Have I Got News for You.Anita Mangan is a successful illustrator anddesigner whose remarkable artwork sparks with wit and style. Sheworked for Comic Relief before becoming a designer and illustrator.Since then, she has worked on award-winning books andthe bestselling 'Be a Unicorn, Sloth, Flamingo...' series- as well as illustrating Stephen's children's novels.Stephen and Anita have appeared together on Celebrity Gogglebox Show more