Two boisterous boys who made lots of noise, found it dreadfully hard to be good; always charging and barging, fighting and biting, and not acting quite as they should. Patrick and Wayne drove their parents insane, but they could be good if they tried. Still, theyd roar and theyd claw, theyd scoot and theyd shoot until someone eventually cried. An action-packed, hilarious story about two wild, rascally boys and the trouble they cause in the garden, until the plants decide to teach them a lesson ... because, as the boys discover, plants have eyes and ears too!

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2019 by Scholastic New Zealand Limited .

Pat Chapman is the author of more than a dozen books, her latest being The Best Mum in the World, and The Best Dad in the World (winner of a 2017 Storyline Award). Richard Hoit has enjoyed a long career as an illustrator of children's books, including the Buzzy Bee series for Upstart Press. Belinda O'Keefe is a freelance copy editor and proofreader with a passion for language and books. She loves reading so much that she does it for a living, as well as for pleasure. In fact she can't remember the last time she was without a book to read! She lives in Christchurch with her husband, two boys, two cats, two rabbits, two minnows and a goldfish called Neville. Belinda is on the committee of the South Island Writers' Association and was shortlisted for the Storylines Joy Cowley Award in 2016 and 2017. Her own two boys are her inspiration, as well as everything else life throws at her.