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Series: Tuck and Tina
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The cutest mice in school are back for third adventure! Meet Tina and Tuck - two unlikely friends ready for adventure! A fun, full-colour series for 6+ children, ideal for readers moving from picture books to chapter stories. Boone School is in trouble! Taps dripping slime,...
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The cutest mice in school are back for third adventure!
Meet Tina and Tuck - two unlikely friends ready for adventure! A fun, full-colour series for 6+ children, ideal for readers moving from picture books to chapter stories.
Boone School is in trouble! Taps dripping slime, classrooms full of bugs and lots of other disasters mean Principle Bruno might lose his job.
Then Tuck and Tina discover that a masked troublemaker is causing mischief, just so he can take over the school and steal rare dinosaur bones buried beneath the building!
Cue a high-speed chase across land, sea and air. . . but can the two mice track down the culprit and save the day?
Praise for the Tuck and Tina series-
'Heartwarming and hilarious!' Jeff Kinney, bestselling author of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid
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Pre-orderTuck and Tina and the Dinosaur Thief
The cutest mice in school are back for third adventure! Meet Tina and Tuck - two unlikely friends ready for adventure! A fun, full-colour series for 6+ children, ideal for readers moving from picture books to chapter stories. Boone School is in trouble! Taps dripping slime, classrooms full of bugs and lots of other disasters mean Principle Bruno might lose...Paperback$2100Unit price /UnavailableOut 28 Jul 2026Pre-order
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780241704370
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 14 May 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Puffin
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Jack Keely
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 5.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 178.0mm
Weight: 100g
Pages: 144
About the Author
Jess Brallier (Author) During his years as a publisher, Jess Brailler became known for breaking rules and launching bestsellers. Under his creative guidance, the Planet Dexter imprint produced a string of hits including the New York Times bestselling Grossology and its sequels. Linking storytelling and gaming literacy, he launched the world's largest kids' site, Poptropica, and digitally published Jeff Kinney's phenomenal Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Jess is the author of over thirty books including Who Was Albert Einstein? (NYT bestseller) and Tess's Tree (illustrated by Peter H Reynolds). Jess is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (B.A.) and Boston University (M.S.). Jack Keely (Author, Illustrator) As an illustrator in both New York and Los Angeles, Jack Keely's projects have included over thirty books for kids. The characters he created for the bestselling Grossology series have come to life in an animated film and in a video game, and as robotic performers in the record breaking international Grossology museum exhibitions. Jack is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design (BFA) and Cranbrook Academy of Art (MFA) and has taught illustration and graphic design at several universities.
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