- Graphic Novels
- Ages 7–10
- Comedy
Looshkin: Oof! Right in the Puddings!
Book 2 of 3 in LooshkinView the full series
The second Looshkin book keeps the same anything-can-happen comic momentum, with even more gleeful silliness and slapstick escalation. It is a safe next step for children who loved the first book and want more chaos rather than a heavier story arc.
- Best for7–10
- FormatGraphic
The vibe
What it’s like.
Style
- Comedic
- Conversational
- Onomatopoeic
Tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Absurdist
- Irreverent
- Whimsical
Themes
Experience meters
What’s it about?
The story.
Looshkin is back, and wherever he goes, chaos arrives seconds later. This second comic collection throws readers straight into rocket-powered burps, ridiculous inventions, explosive cheese, enormous pants and the sort of disasters that only the maddest cat in the world could make feel completely normal. Jamie Smart's pages are packed with expressive cartooning, quick jokes and absurd side characters, making the book easy to dip into and hard to put down. Rather than building towards one long quest, the pleasure comes from the constant surprise of each episode: what will Looshkin break, summon, misunderstand or accidentally improve next? It is daft, fast and full of visual punchlines for confident comic readers and children who prefer humour over earnest lessons.
Fit check
Right for your child?
Where it lands by age
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 9
- 11
- 13
- Best fit · 7–10
- Read aloud · 6–10
- Independent · 7–11
Prose load
Light
Visual support
Very high
Reluctant-reader friendly
Very
Read-aloud quality
Strong
Works well for
- Reading aloud
- Reluctant readers
Nothing in the book is likely to concern most parents. Safe to recommend without preview.
Bedtime suitability
2 / 5 · Better outside bedtime
Sensitive-child
4 / 5 · Good fit
Graphic intensity
2 / 5 · Mild
Best for
- Reluctant readers
- Comic fans
- Bunny vs monkey fans
- Dog man fans
- Absurdist humour
Avoid if
No common reasons to avoid this one — a rare clean sweep on the sensitivity flags.
Particularly good for children who are…
- Reluctant reader
- Struggling with reading
- Neurodiversity or learning differences
In the classroom
How it works in school.
An anarchic, hilarious comic series — catnip for reluctant readers and a classroom-library favourite.
A book children love that happens to support school — never a stand-in for the texts a class is taught with. Reviewed for the classroom · June 2026.
Why it lands
Why they love it.
Why kids love it
The specific delight is rocket-powered burps and explosive cheese — Looshkin's second collection at full chaos density, no story arc to slow it down, every episode another household disaster. The Looshkin for a child who'd happily binge ten in a row.
- Adventure and freedom
- Breaking the rules safely
- Revenge on adults
- Secret world
- Talking to animals
Why parents love it
The second Looshkin — slot-in chapters, escalating silliness, no arc to remember. Useful for very reluctant readers who can't yet sustain a longer story but can manage a four-page comic episode. Reliable lap-time read.
- Shared humour
- Quick to read
- Conversation starter
In the series
Looshkin.
3 books · open the series →
About the author
Jamie Smart.
If you liked this
Three ways out of this book.
If you liked this, try…
Lateral matches. Same shelf, different texture.
Come into this from…
Easier or preparing reads — perfect lead-ins.
Where to go next…
Escalation reads — a step up in scale, silliness, or stakes.
Buy or borrow
Pick up a copy.
- Bookshop.org ↗
- Waterstones ↗
- Amazon UK ↗
- Hive ↗
When you buy through the links above, we may earn a small commission — it never costs you more, and it never changes the books we choose. How we’re funded →