Books by Martin Chatterton

Bad Dog #1: Bad Dog And All That Hollywood Hoohah

by Martin Chatterton

Look out world, here comes BAD DOG -- a rollicking comic canine who, in this first installment, takes Hollywood by storm....

He's the baddest dog in town. A 100% high-steppin', bone-crunchin', cat-chasin' pooch with one small problemo: he has three days to live. Three days left on Death Row at the City Pound for Unwanted Canines. Unless...

Unless a big Hollywood agent drops by looking for The Next Big Doggy Thing to appear in a big new action movie. Bad Dog's gotta show the agent that he's the mutt with the mostest. Tinseltown will never be the same again!

Bad Dog And Those Crazy Martians

by Martin Chatterton

Look out world -- not ours, but Mars -- here comes BAD DOG, a rollicking comic canine who just might end up being the first dog on the red planet....

Bad Dog's back in the pound, on Death Row ... unless a Big Cheese from the Outer Space Exploration Agency just happens to need a supersonic spacehound to become the very first mutt on Mars. And they do! If Bad Dog an scrape through basic training, master space walks, and prove he's got what it takes to be the best weightless wonderhound in the cosmiverse...he might just make it! Look out Mars -- you've met your match...and he has a tail.

Bad Dog #3: Bad Dog And The Curse Of The President's Knee

by Martin Chatterton

Bad Dog escapes the pound ... and ends up in the White House. Is this a step in the right direction?

Bad Dog has three days left in the pound . . . until he's whisked away by the Secret Service. The most powerful man in the world needs a new faithful friend to fill the White House kennel. But as Bad Dog finds, there's more to the President than most people know...

Bad Dog #4: Bad Dog Goes Barktastic

by Martin Chatterton

Bad Dog goes undercover in this rollicking canine caper!

He's the baddest dog in town. A 100% high-steppin', bone-crunchin', cat-chasin' pooch with one small problem: he has three days left on Death Row at the City Pound for Unwanted Canines. Unless . . . a secret dog spy agency asks him to be its latest super secret agent. His assignment? To discover why dogs are suddenly going bald . . . and insane. All the clues lead to a cat-loving zillionaire. But not everything is what it appears to be.
Armed with only a box of tricks from Spymaster Supplies, Agent Bad Dog is under pressure to crack the case - and soon.

SideSplitters What a Hoot!: Over 150 Hilarious Animal Jokes

by Martin Chatterton, Editors of Kingfisher

Animal antics abound in this comic collection of more than 150 hilarious jokes. Almost every creature under the sun appears, from manic monkeys and crazy cows to dippy dogs and odd owls.

SideSplitters Intergalactic!: 150 cosmic jokes about space!

by Martin Chatterton

What do you do if you see a space man?
Park in it, dude, and don't forget to put money in the meteor!
Just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing, here is an out-of-this-world collection of more than 150 jokes. With funny black-and-white illustrations on every page and a price point that's right for every pocketbook, this hilarious collection is sure to send young jokesters right over the moon.

Sidesplitters: Yuck!: The Grossest Joke Book Ever!

by Martin Chatterton

Sidesplitters: Yuck! The Grossest Joke Book Ever! by Martin Chatterton is a collection of more than 100 disgusting jokes that are sure to gross you out and make you giggle. Prepare to laugh until you feel sick!
"Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill?
To get to the bottom!"

The Brain Finds a Leg

by Martin Chatterton

Something strange is happening in Farrago Bay and Sheldon McGlone is going to get to the bottom of it.
The local wildlife is behaving strangely and so are some of the grown-ups, particularly his teacher, the weird and elusive Miss Fleming. It doesn’t help that Sheldon is being relentlessly pursued by bullies―including his older brother!
Just when things couldn’t get much worse, a new kid turns up in Sheldon’s classroom. Theophilus Brain, aka “The Brain,” has an excessive imagination and a lot of odd ideas about what is ailing Farrago Bay. With clues like a missing human leg and a crocodile who likes to play fetch, it’s up to Sheldon and the Brain to uncover a web of evil that stretches across two continents.
Author Martin Chatterton has crafted a wonderfully imaginative mystery that features memorable, well-drawn characters. The surprising and occasionally hilarious plot twists will engage and delight young readers.

The Brain Full of Holes

by Martin Chatterton

The Brain and his sidekick Sheldon McGlone are back, encountering parallel universes, flying cows, carnivorous cuckoo clocks, and shrinking scientists.
Sheldon McGlone has just moved to Switzerland because his mother has married a member of an elite―and secretive―international scientific squad. And now Sheldon’s best friend, The Brain, is also his stepbrother!
But when The Brain notices that the Swiss cheese has no holes, and Sheldon discovers his can of Floop soda has no bubbles, the boys realize something is definitely not right. Then Helga Poom arrives. Her father has disappeared and she needs their help to find him.
Soon Sheldon, The Brain, and Helga are drawn into the crazy, particle-shifting world of quantum physics and a dangerous adventure where nothing is as it should be.
Author Martin Chatterton has once again crafted a delightfully imaginative mystery story featuring an over-the-top storyline and a memorable cast of characters. Readers will love the surprising and occasionally hilarious plot twists.

Middle School: Million Dollar Mess

by James Patterson, Martin Chatterton

In this laugh-out-loud funny installment of a #1 New York Times bestselling series, Rafe inherits a million dollars--and a million problems--as he finds himself struggling to fit in at one of the snobbiest schools in the country.

When Rafe discovers that he's inherited a fortune, it's not all good news. Sure, he gets an all-expenses-paid trip to glamorous Beverly Hills.... but he also has to go to school while he's in California. Blergh. And not just any school-St. Benedict's, the snobbiest of snobby establishments. You can bet your bottom dollar that Rafe doesn't exactly fit in. Toss in a ramshackle house Rafe's family has to live in before they can inherit the money and a group of bullies who make Miller the Killer look downright friendly, and this trip might be more trash than treasure.



Rafe finds himself in the middle of a very big mess. Can he tidy his life up, or will he be sent packing?

Middle School: Too Uncool for School

by James Patterson, Martin Chatterton

In this hilarious installment of a #1 New York Times bestselling series, Rafe is finally getting a taste of the cool life--but his problems are red-hot!



Rafe Khatchadorian has never been cool. But all that changes when he becomes the guitarist in an awesome rock band and wrangles a part-time job at Hills Village's trendiest new coffee shop slash yoga studio. No more being at the bottom of the middle school food chain--Rafe is finally going to be popular!



He just has two teeny problems: the awesome rock band is led by none other than the school bully. And the band actually isn't awesome--they absolutely stink, and Rafe has to whip them into shape for the Best Band Competition.



With Rafe's newfound coolness on the line, will he find a way to hit the stage in style or is he doomed to dorkdom forever?