Frightful Families is a series of funny stories about the most weird and wonderful parents you could ever meet.....and their poor children who are usually totally embarrassed by them!
All the stories are illustrated by the brilliant Teresa Murfin, and are published by Orchard books.


Explorer Trauma





Indiana Brown's mum and dad are daring explorers who have travelled the world.
Indiana just wishes they wouldn't try out their survival skills at home all the time - and definitely not at his school summer fair....

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Headmaster Disaster



 


Bella Boffinbrain's headmaster is strict and bossy. He also happens to be her dad! Back when Bella was tiny, though, her dad was a daring trapeze artist in a circus but those days are long gone now....or are they?

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Chef Shocker



 

Amy Hitchin loves the unusual food that her mum and dad cook up at their restaurant. But when her parents swap places with the school dinner ladies for a week, Amy realizes that maybe cabbage candy floss and mackerel meringue aren't to everybody's tastes...

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Astronerds



 

Buzz Burton’s parents have the coolest job on the planet – they’re astronauts! But when they start wearing their space suits at home, Buzz realizes that it’s time to bring the Astronerds back down to earth!

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Football-Mad Dad

 

 

Jake Jones is a star player in the school football team. He’s also got a fanatical football-mad Dad. Mr Jones causes chaos at every match, and he’s only on the sidelines. Someone will have to give Mr Jones a red card!

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Popstar Panic

 

 

Jessica Bell’s always been proud of her popstar mum, Bee-Bee. Not every child has played the tambourine in concert stadiums around the world! But when Bee-Bee invites herself on stage at the school concert, Jess decides it’s time to stop the popstar panic…

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Clown Calamity

  

 

Milo Morris’s parents are the most popular party entertainers in town. But when Mr and Mrs Morris insist on being Boom-Boom and Googles at home, too, Milo decides it’s no laughing matter!

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Millionaire Mayhem

  
 

When Zoe and Zach Fourleaf's parents win the lottery, they can’t wait to splash the cash. But Mr and Mrs Fourleaf have some pretty odd ideas about what’s cool – and soon it’s millionaire mayhem…

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