The Weird Beard [electronic resource] : The Weird Beard
Hansen, Andrew2020
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**eBook edition** Award-winning Australian comedian Andrew Hansen, best known for The Chaser, has teamed up with his wife, designer Jessica Roberts, to create their very first children's book series. When twelve-year-old Bab Sharkey finds a magical beard in the Egyptian desert, it attaches itself to his face, making him the Pharaoh and granting him strange powers. Bab also finds the friends he's always needed: a pair of undead animals wrapped in bandages called Scaler the Fish Mummy and Prong the Ibis Mummy. But the previous owner of the Beard, the ancient and evil sorceress the Unpharaoh, is determined to get it back. Can Bab and his new Animal Mummy friends banish the Unpharaoh back to the Afterworld? Award-winning Australian comedian Andrew Hansen, best known for The Chaser, has teamed up with his wife, designer Jessica Roberts, to create their very first children's book series. This hilarious illustrated series is perfect for middle-grade readers with a wacky sense of humour.
Main title:
The Weird Beard [electronic resource] : The Weird Beard / Andrew Hansen
Author:
Hansen, Andrew, AuthorRoberts, Jessica, Illustrator
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Walker Books Australia, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Andrew Hansen is a comedian, actor and musician, best known as a member of Australian comedy group The Chaser, whose TV shows include Media Circus, The Hamster Wheel, The Chaser's War On Everything and CNNNN. Andrew's radio work includes shows on Triple M as well as composing and starring in the musical comedy series and album The Blow Parade. On stage Andrew composed and starred in the musical Dead Caesar, did two national tours with The Chaser and two national tours of two-hander comedy shows with Chris Taylor. In print he wrote for the humorous fortnightly newspaper The Chaser, eleven Chaser Annuals and The Chaser Quarterly. He has contributed short stories to Best Australian Comedy Writing and Journey Through Humour. His debut children's book, Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Weird Beard, was released in 2018 by Walker Books Australia. To book Andrew for your event or school, please contact Creative Net Speakers' Agency.
ISBN:
9781760653194
Language:
English
BRN:
2772621
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