The
Lenny Lemmon Series
BOOK ONE
Lenny Lemmon is looking forward to Olden Days Day at school. It’s a chance to break the routine and try school as it was years ago. It explains the blackboard in the corner, his teacher’s bad temper and why his friend Sam looks like Oliver Twist. Lenny is pleased with his own contribution, too. It’s in a cardboard box at the back on the class at the moment because it’s not yet time to shine. Except it escapes and ends up in the bowl of sick, sorry, gruel, that Amelia Kelly has brought up, sorry, in.
Soon there are small, cruelly footprints all over the classroom and also a lot of screaming because the rat that Lenny found by the back of the chip shop is FREE. It takes the arrival of cool new girl, Jessica Conrad, to distract everyone. Jessica has a plan to catch the rat but it’ll cost them!
Can the three kids round up the rat before more damage is done? Or will they end up in the headmaster’s office - again. Maybe, but they’re going to need a bigger net…
Illustrated by James Lancett
BOOK TWO
When an important visitor turns up at school one day, Lenny and his friends are surprised to find themselves sent to the back field to count the footballs and tidy up the bibs. The school dog, Crumbs, has been sent there too.
He’s quite a lively dog and prone to over-enthusiasm. Suddenly they realise it’s all a ruse to keep them away from the guest! Furious, and not a little hurt, our heroes rush into school, demanding answers and an apology. The subsequent encounter (chase) with the important visitor nearly brings downs the school. But, of course, Lenny and friends, with the help of enthusiastic Crumbs, save the day and show everyone that Fleetwood Academy is the place to be!
Illustrated by James Lancett
BOOK THREE
In order to boost sales for Lenny’s grandmother’s ice-cream shop, Lenny persuades Sam to dress as an alien to attract attention to it.
Soon there are sightings of aliens all over town and it becomes the subject of intense media scrutiny. The journalists and tourists and alien watchers all buy ice creams and business booms. So Lenny tells Sam he can take his costume off now and Sam points out he’s no longer wearing it. What?! Who is-? OMG!
Illustrated by James Lancett
Reviews
Guardian’s Best Children’s Book of the Month
Featured in BookTrust’s Great Books Guide 2023
One of the Sunday Express’s Family Favourites Books of the year
“A hilarious, highly illustrated romp for readers of 6+.” - The Guardian
“The action and humour are pitched perfectly at seven and eight year olds. Meanwhile, the short chapters, large font and energetic illustrations make it super appealing and accessible to all levels of reader.” - BookTrust
“Anarchic fun and captures the fizzy subversive feeling of a dog in the playground.” - Louie Stowell