Ben Davis

Lenny Lemmon and the Alien Invasion is a hilarious school-based comedy for children aged 7 and up, complete with black and white illustrations throughout. This delightful story is a modern-day Just William, perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart, Wimpy Kid, and Bunny Vs Monkey. To boost sales at his grandmother’s ice-cream shop, Lenny persuades his friend Sam to dress as...

Hilarious school-based comedy for 7+ with black and white illustrations throughout. A modern day Just William!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...

The second in a hilarious school-based comedy series for 7+ with black and white illustrations throughout. A modern-day Just William, perfect for fans of Wimpy Kid and Pamela Butchart! 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...

“It’s fun, silly and, in this National Year of Reading, precisely the kind of gateway entertainment that will show a six-year-old that books can give you a good time […] Consider the daftest story of the new year successfully delivered.” – The Times, Children’s Book of the Week“A laugh-out-loud, highly illustrated interstellar caper” – The GuardianTHE FIRST IN A HIGH-ENERGY,...

A heartfelt, funny novel about a son taking over his father's postal delivery job in the hopes of bringing his family back together. 12-year-old Alex is distraught when his parents separate, so he hatches a plan that he's sure will get his parents back together. All he needs to do is get his dad to finish the novel he's always...

Damian's family shows up at their new home, and no one is happy about it. They are living under witness protection now that Dad, a powerful gangster, has turned Queen's evidence. Now they are expected to live in a cramped flat in a run-down council estate— they are fish out of water, having got used to the privileges and wealth...

Comic school-based stories for 7+ with black and white illustrations throughout. A modern day Just William, perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart, Wimpy Kid and Bunny Vs Monkey! Lenny Lemmon and the Doomed Safari tells the story of Lenny's big brother, Brandon, who has been persuaded to take him and his friends to a safari park. Soon, things spin out...

It is a peculiar moment for art, as it becomes both increasingly rarefied and associated with elite lifestyle culture, while simultaneously ubiquitous, with the boom of "creative" industries and the proliferation of new technologies for making art. In these important essays, Ben Davis covers everything from Instagram to artificial intelligence, eco-art to cultural appropriation. Critical, insightful, and hopeful even in...

Postman Planet is back and smellier than ever in this hilarious young fiction series for kids, by award-winning author and everyday postman, Ben Davis! The planet of Nicetopia is the politest corner of the galaxy. Nothing could ever spoil their ideal society... until evil super-genius Dr Stankenstein dumps huge quantities of his Stink Potion into their water supply. Everyone on...