Big Trouble with Too Many Frogs

Name: Big Trouble with Too Many Frogs
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SKU: 9781761215544
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Big Trouble #3

By Lachlann Carter

Series: Big Trouble

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The angry chairs are back in their hilarious third Big Trouble adventure! Can the Dead Enders free Terrible Chicken Junior from a devious captor AND avoid the clutches of a mind-controlling frog prince? Or will it finally all be too much trouble? From storytelling mastermind Lachlann... Read More

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The angry chairs are back in their hilarious third Big Trouble adventure! Can the Dead Enders free Terrible Chicken Junior from a devious captor AND avoid the clutches of a mind-controlling frog prince? Or will it finally all be too much trouble?

From storytelling mastermind Lachlann Carter and Last Kids on Earth illustrator Douglas Holgate comes this funny and action-packed series for readers aged 6 and up! With three madcap adventures in each book and every spread bursting with illustrations, this silly-spooky series has enough trouble to keep anyone aged 6-10 years on the edge of their seat.

‘Absurd, thrilling, hilarious! Kids will love getting into Big Trouble, with its crazy storylines and loveable characters. Big Trouble is BIG FUN!' – Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood, author and illustrator of the best-selling Real Pigeons series.

Big Trouble is perfect for:

Early and independent readers aged 5-10 years
Fans of funny, highly illustrated series such as Bad Guys, Real Pigeons, Dog Man and the Treehouse books.
Parents, teachers and librarians looking for fast-paced, inventive, entertaining storytelling

Get into Big Trouble with the whole series now!

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Big Trouble with Too Many Frogs

The angry chairs are back in their hilarious third Big Trouble adventure! Can the Dead Enders free Terrible Chicken Junior from a devious captor AND avoid the clutches of a mind-controlling frog prince? Or will it finally all be too much trouble? From storytelling mastermind Lachlann Carter and Last Kids on Earth illustrator Douglas Holgate comes this funny and action-packed...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761215544

Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 January 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Illustration: Black & White

Contributors:

Illustrated by Douglas Holgate

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 190.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 208

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Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Graphic Novels Lachlann Carter Series: Big Trouble

About the Author

Lachlann Carter is author of the Big Trouble series. He is a former primary school teacher, and co-founder of 100 Story Building, a creative writing centre for children and young people. He lives on a dead end in Gimuy/Cairns, Australia with his small but loud family, surrounded by large but quiet mountains, and lots and lots of palm trees. He writes all of his stories standing up.

Douglas Holgate is the illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The Last Kids on Earth from Penguin Kids (now also an Emmy winning Netflix animated series), and the co-creator and illustrator of the graphic novel Clem Hetherington and The Ironwood Race for Scholastic Graphix. He has worked for the last 20 years making books and comics for publishers around the world from his garage in regional Victoria, Australia. He lives with his family in the Australian bush on five acres surrounded by 80 million year old volcanic boulders and a large fat dog that could possibly be part-polar bear.

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