- Comedy
- Chicken Hill collection
- Ages 7–10
Chicken Hill
Part of the collectionChicken Hill→Full-colour, gag-a-page comic-strip adventures with a talking-animal cast — a brilliant reluctant-reader pick for fans of Dog Man and Bunny vs Monkey.
- Books2
- Arcs1
- Span2026
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
Beccy Blake's Chicken Hill is a full-colour comic-strip series following inventor Ferdy, his farting pug Gripper, the forever-tired cat Tink and a whole town of talking animals and oddballs. Each book bundles several complete, brilliantly weird adventures — alien-believing cats, an invasion of zombie cactuses, an underwater kingdom of frogs — drawn with wall-to-wall pen-and-ink energy and bright colour. The stories run entirely on daft humour, gross-out gags and fast visual comedy, with no serious content to speak of; friendship and teamwork carry the plots without ever slowing the jokes. The multi-story format and heavy illustration make it a strong reading-stamina builder and a very reluctant-reader-friendly pick, aimed squarely at fans of Dog Man and Bunny vs Monkey.
Full-colour, gag-a-page comic-strip adventures with a talking-animal cast — a brilliant reluctant-reader pick for fans of Dog Man and Bunny vs Monkey.
Primary themes
Overall tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Absurdist
- Irreverent
Read in any order — each book is a stack of self-contained stories.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- IStandalone collection arcBooks 1–2 · 2026Low sensitivity
Weird happenings in Chicken Hill
Full-colour comic-strip books, each packing several self-contained daft adventures.
Every Chicken Hill book is a stack of complete, brilliantly bonkers stories starring inventor Ferdy and the town's cast of talking animals — no ongoing plot, so they read in any order. The register is pure silliness: UFO-obsessed cats, zombie cactuses, underwater frog kingdoms, and a fart on nearly every page. Drawn in pen-and-ink with bright pops of colour and wall-to-wall gags, the format is heavily illustrated and fast-moving, making it an excellent reading-stamina builder and a go-to for reluctant readers. Wholly safe and mild, it's a natural next step for children who have burned through Dog Man and Bunny vs Monkey.
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
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- Best fit · 7–10
- Read aloud · 6–9
- Independent · 7–10
Reluctant-reader friendliness
Very high
Read-aloud quality
Workable
Adult crossover
Low
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
About the author