{"product_id":"9780702344299","title":"Welcome to Weird Street","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Mangan, Stephen \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 8 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 May 2026 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 197 x 22 | 218g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA high-energy, brilliantly silly, fully illustrated collection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof weird and wonderful linked short stories by much-loved\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eactor Stephen Mangan and talented artist Anita Mangan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Weird Street...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat appears to be a very ordinary place, filled with very ordinary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehouses and very ordinary people...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut wait.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Sarah moves to the street and sees a cat prowling up and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edown, she decides to find its owner and return it. She knocks on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeach door and discovers a wonderfully weird and a little bit dangerous\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earray of delights within:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom a haunted painting to a headmaster whose alter ego is a clown,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto a jet-powered garden swing, a ghost-pet adoption agency\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand a wild hall of mirrors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort stories starring the unexpected inhabitants of the houses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon Weird Street - bite-size, page-turning tales perfect for less\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econfident readers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling creators of The Fart That Changed the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld and The Day I Fell Down the Toilet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncredibly funny and wildly imaginative storytelling at its finest \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Stephen \u0026amp; Anita's books:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Brilliant, clever, kind of genius'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraham Norton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Manages to feel both classic and modern at the same\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etime' Good Housekeeping\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A beautiful and exciting adventure that ignites the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimagination' Edith Bowman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Mangan is a bestselling author, actor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand presenter. His comic gift is seen in shows such as Green\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWing, I'm Alan Partridge and Episodes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen appears in drama such as BBC One's The Split\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand regularly performs on stage in roles such as a much-praised Scrooge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein The Old Vic's A Christmas Carol. Stephen presents Portrait\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Landscape Artist of the Year and new gameshows Password\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand The Fortune Hotel. He is a guest presenter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon Pointless and Have I Got News for You.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnita Mangan is a successful illustrator and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edesigner whose remarkable artwork sparks with wit and style. She\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworked for Comic Relief before becoming a designer and illustrator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince then, she has worked on award-winning books and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe bestselling 'Be a Unicorn, Sloth, Flamingo...' series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- as well as illustrating Stephen's children's novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen and Anita have appeared together on  Celebrity Gogglebox\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58179168960893,"sku":"9780702344299","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780702344299.jpg?v=1778955179","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9780702344299","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}