Our team at Spy Readers were incredibly saddened to hear the news that Jeremy Strong had passed away this week and it got us talking about the wonderful list of over 100 books that he leaves as his gift to the children (as well as parents and teachers) of the world. What a list it is!
Here we have a look at 10 of our favourites:
10- Best Jeremy Strong Books
- The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog
- My Brother’s Famous Bottom
- I’m Telling You They’re Aliens
- Romans on the Rampage
- My Dad’s Got an Alligator
- My Granny’s Great Escape
- There’s a Pharaoh in our Bath
- My Mum’s Going to Explode
- Beware Killer Tomatoes
- There’s a Viking in my Bed
Jeremy Strong Book Series
- The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog (8 book series)
- Romans on the Rampage (3 book series)
- There’s a Viking in my Bed (3 book series)
- My Brother’s Famous Bottom (11 book series)
Top 10 Jeremy Strong Books
1. The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog
Author: Jeremy Strong
What’s it about: Streaker is no ordinary dog. She’s a rocket on four legs with a woof attached, and Trevor has got until the end of the holidays to train her. If he fails, he’ll lose his bet with horrible Charlie Smugg, and something very, very yucky involving frogspawn will happen…
Publisher: Puffin
2. My Brother’s Famous Bottom
Author: Jeremy Strong
What’s it about: Nicholas’s dad has a plan to make some fast cash. Nappies! Some disposable-nappy people are looking for a beautiful botty for their new advert – and all Nicholas’s baby brother has to do is pass the audition. What could possibly go wrong?
Publisher: Puffin
3. I’m Telling You They’re Aliens
Author: Jeremy Strong
What’s it about: Rob worries about everything – being bitten by snakes to dinosaurs waiting round the corner. So when the Vorks move in across the road, he is convinced that they’re aliens and that he must save the world!
Publisher: Puffin
4. Romans on the Rampage
Author: Jeremy Strong
What’s it about: Perilus is a Roman boy who is crazy about chariot racing. He loves to practise in his own homemade chariot (pulled by the family goat) and dreams of riding in the Circus Maximus himself one day. But when Perilus’s hero, the brilliant charioteer Scorcha , goes missing on the day of the big race, Perilus finds his wish coming true sooner than he’d imagined!
Publisher: Puffin
5. My Dad’s Got an Alligator
Author: Jeremy Strong
What’s it about: Some dads bring home rabbits. Or dogs. Or parrots. Not Nicholas’s dad. The latest member of their family is Crunchbag – the ALLIGATOR! Soon he’s running riot in the bathroom and on the roof and even in the park! But he wouldn’t eat poor defenceless Granny . . . would he?
Publisher: Puffin
6. My Granny’s Great Escape
Author: Jeremy Strong
What’s it about: Nicholas’s granny has fallen in love – with the elderly Hell’s Angel next door! Yurrrgghhh. Nicholas’s dad isn’t happy about it – but Granny won’t let him get in the way. She has a few tricks up her sleeve . . . and Granny on a motorbike could be a very dangerous thing . . .
Publisher: Puffin
7. There’s a Pharaoh in our Bath
Author: Jeremy Strong
What’s it about: Tony Lightspeed is always bringing home sick and injured animals, so when he turns up with an unconscious man dressed from head to tie in rather stinky bandages, his family aren’t too surprised. But then they discover that the man is an ancient Egyptian pharaoh named Sennapod, who has been dead for over 4,000 years. Brought back to life by two dastardly grave robbers, Sennapod is on the run. Can he persuade the Lightspeeds to help him?
Publisher: Puffin
8. My Mum’s Going to Explode
Author: Jeremy Strong
What’s it about: Nicholas’s mum is having a baby. It’s going to mean some big changes. His mum’s getting ENORMOUS and Granny wants to live in the garden! But that’s not all, because there’s an even bigger shock to come . . .
Publisher: Puffin
9. Beware Killer Tomatoes
Author: Jeremy Strong
What’s it about: Jack’s in trouble. Big trouble. Not only is he in hospital with a leg in traction (boring) but he knows the police are coming for him. Because of an accident – a tomato-related accident – involving a supermarket pyramid and an old-age pensioner. Whoops!
Publisher: Puffin
10. There’s a Viking in my Bed
Author: Jeremy Strong
What’s it about: After falling overboard from his longboat, Sigurd the Viking finds himself in modern-day Flotby – a small English seaside town. Finding refuge in the aptly named Viking Hotel, Siggy’s attempts to embrace modern ways end in disaster. His attempt at romance is no better off as even the course of true love doesn’t run smoothly when Siggy’s involved!
Publisher: Puffin