- Comedy
- Graphic Novels
- Ages 7–10
The shape of it
The shape of this universe.
Chicken Hill is debut author-illustrator Beccy Blake's full-colour graphic novel series set in a 'normal' town where the pets talk, a guinea pig plays rock and roll and the cats are convinced the aliens are coming. At its centre is Ferdy, a tech-wizard inventor, usually found tinkering in his shed with his farting, self-obsessed pug Gripper and Tink, his brother's forever-tired cat. Each volume packs several brilliantly bonkers, self-contained stories into one book, drawn in pen-and-ink chaos with bright pops of colour and — according to its young fans — a fart on nearly every page. Fast, funny and gloriously silly, it's built for readers who love Dog Man and Bunny vs Monkey, with multiple complete stories per book making it ideal for building reading stamina.
A gloriously silly full-colour graphic novel series about talking pets and an inventor kid in a very weird town — gag-a-page fun for fans of Dog Man and Bunny vs Monkey.
Primary themes
Tone palette
- Funny
- Silly
- Absurdist
- Irreverent
The series
One way in.
Cultural footprint
A shelf of evidence.
Cultural ubiquity
2/ 5A working classic for readers in the know.
Sensitivity
Low, and collection-wide.
Across the collection
All 2 books.
About the creator