MEAN, GREEN Sproutzilla is back and he's determined to destroy Christmas. But watch out . . . this time he isn't alone!

Can Jack and Ruby rescue Santa from stinky Sproutzilla and his sidekicks Broccolisaurus and Tyrannoparsnip rex, before the villainous vegetables ruin Christmas for everyone?

The Return of Sproutzilla is the fantastically funny sequel to Sproutzilla vs. Christmas, written with wit and humour by hilarious picture book author Tom Jamieson, and filled with illustrations from the hugely talented artist, Mike Byrne.

This book has been graded for interest at 3-6 years.

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 Pan Macmillan .

Tom Jamieson is a principal joke writer for Private Eye magazine. He was also one of the head writers on the award-winning sketch series Dead Ringers, and has contributed to several radio and television programmes, including Have I Got News For You. This is Tom's first children's book. Olga Demidova studied at the Moscow Art Institute of Applied Arts, and worked as an animator. She is the illustrator of Peep Inside the Farm, part of the bestselling Peep Inside Usborne series. This is Olga's first picture book with Bloomsbury. Nick Shepley is a teacher, writer and the creator of the Explaining History series of ebooks and website. He worked as a history head of department and now divides his time between history writing and work for the Holocaust Education Trust. Mike Byrne is an experienced examiner and author of A Level History books.