In Bovine Espionage and Other Stories, find out if a cow can go undercover and become a secret agent in the field. Where is the best place for a gnome to live in a tree or in a department store? How can a paper clip save the day? Join Buttercup, Rincemangle and more in this hilarious collection of short stories. Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and comics that make reading a pleasure for 7-11 year olds. There is something for everyone in this varied collection which is packed with fantastic illustrations. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The series is written by top children's authors and edited by award-winning author Jeremy Strong. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford Reading Tree-Treetops Chucklers .

This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Oxford University Press .

Simon Cheshire has written lots of fiction books for children of all ages across many genres, including titles in the Black Cats series for A&C Black and the Saxby Smart detective series for Picadilly. Catherine Baker has been an editor and writer of teachers' and pupils' literacy materials for over 25 years. Recently she has contributed to the Pearson REVISE Key Stage 2 SATs series for English. Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) created the character of Pippi Longstocking to entertain her daughter. Lindgren was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her contribution to international children's literature. Josephine Feeney is the fifth of eight children, and was a teacher for thirteen years before becoming a full-time writer in 1991. She is the author of Makeover Madness and The Day My Parents Ran Away. She lives with her family in Leicester. Kate Sheppard has illustrated many educational children's books, including Muddles, Puddles and Sunshine and Jabulani!: Ideas for Making Music. She lives in Gloucestershire. Paul Jennings was the first author to sell a million books in Australia. Morris Gleitzman is one of Australia's and now the world's best-known and loved children's authors who tackles tough subjects in a funny and offbeat way. Terry Pratchett's previous children's titles include Truckers, Diggers, Wings, Only You Can Save Mankind, Johnny and the Dead (which was successfully televised) and Johny and the Bomb, which won a Smarties Prize Silver Medal and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. He lives in Wiltshire Jeremy Strong is a multi-award winning author of hilarious children's books, and an expert in both making children laugh and engaging them in reading.