There is major structural pleasantry in these books, no doubt due to both the seamless coupling of the Griffiths/Denton team, and the editing talent (so often unsung heroes). What ensues is typical Griffiths/Denton mania of laugh-out-loud proportions, and I have to say this really is my favourite Treehouse book yet.Īlthough the books are chaotic in their narrative content, what I really love about them is the clarity in the chaos. The machine gets all uppity and the boys are banished from the Treehouse. Andy Griffiths, The 39-Story Treehouse: Mean Machines & Mad Professors 0 likes.
It's the Once-upon-a-time machine! Yes, this fandangled contraption can write an entire book in just eight hours!ĭelighted and keen to get off deadline scot-free, Terry and Andy set the machine to writing, only things go horribly wrong. , The 39-Story Treehouse: Mean Machines & Mad Professors 1 likes. It's the greatest invention ever invented. The 39-Storey Treehouse is the third book in Andy Griffiths and Terry Dentons wacky treehouse adventures, where the laugh-out-loud story is told through a. Publisher, Mr Big Nose, wants the manuscript by tomorrow afternoon and of course, the boys haven't written a single scrap of anything.īut not to worry! Terry has been busy inventing his finest Treehouse masterpiece yet. Now a whopping 39 storeys high, visitors (you should be so lucky) can enjoy a mind-boggling assortment of entertainment including the Not-Very-Merry-go-Round, the active but non-erupting volcano, the anti-gravity chamber, a band of crazy penguins and of course, who could bypass the chocolate waterfall? Even if Andy and Terry have been swimming in it (seems they missed the NO SWIMMING sign).Īs usual, Andy and Terry are too busy have stacks of fun, and suddenly their next book deadline is looming. Andy and Terry have been hammering and clamoring and creating a bigger and even better (if that's at all possible) treehouse. The 39-Storey Treehouse is the third book in Andy Griffiths and Terry Dentons wacky treehouse adventures, where the laugh-out-loud. ‘I bet there’s one thing you didn’t tell them, though.Yes, there's more. ‘Okay, okay, there’s no need to shout,’ says Terry.
‘And did you tell them how a short book doesn’t take as long to write as a long book?’ ‘And that a long book takes longer to write than a short book?’ ‘Did you tell them that it depends on whether it’s a long book or a short book?’ he says. ‘I’m just telling the readers about how long it takes us to write a book.’ The 39-Story Treehouse: Mean Machines & Mad Professors (The Treehouse Books Book 3) Kindle Edition by Andy Griffiths (Author), Terry Denton (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition 4.7 1,081 ratings Part of: The Treehouse Books Teachers' pick See all formats and editions Kindle 7. Long books take longer to write than short books, which don’t take as long to write as long books, which, as I said, take longer to write than short books, which-oh, excuse me.
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Well, I guess the answer to that really depends on whether it’s a long book or a short book. The 39-Story Treehouse (Treehouse Books Series 3) by Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton (Illustrator) 5.0 (7) Write a review Paperback (Reprint) 8.99 Hardcover 15.99 Paperback 8.99 eBook 8.99 Audio MP3 on CD 9.99 Audio CD 9. If you’re like most of our readers, you’re probably wondering how long it takes Terry and me to write a book. Sure, it’s easy to get distracted when you live in a 39-storey treehouse … I mean, there’s just so much to do …īut somehow we always get our book written in the end.
I write the words and Terry draws the pictures.Īs you can see, we’ve been doing this for quite a while now. We’ve added a trampoline (without a net),Īn Andy and Terry’s Believe It … or Else! Museum,Ī boxing elephant called The Trunkinator (he can knock you out with one punch from his mighty trunk),Īn X-ray room (where you can see your own skeleton),Ī disco with a light-up dance floor and giant mirror ball,Ī high-tech office with laser-erasers, semi-automatic staple guns and jet-propelled swivel chairs,Īnd the world’s scariest rollercoaster (it’s so fast, so dangerous and so terrifying that even dead people are scared to go on it),Īnd, as well as all that, there’s a level that is so new that Terry hasn’t even finished it yet … I can’t wait to see what it is!Īs well as being our home, the treehouse is also where we make books together. (It used to be a 26-storey treehouse, but we’ve added another 13 storeys.) And when I say ‘treehouse’, I don’t just mean any old treehouse-I mean a 39- storey treehouse. Well, when I say ‘tree’, I mean treehouse. Join New York Times-bestselling author Andy Griffiths and illustrator Terry Denton on another wild storytelling adventure in a series Publishers Weekly described as 'Anarchic absurdity at its best.' Welcome to The 39-Story Treehouse. Chapter CHAPTER 1 THE 39-STOREY TREEHOUSE The 39-Story Treehouse: Mean Machines & Mad Professors By Andy Griffiths.
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