Crooks and Nannies: Coming Soon!

March 27th brings the launch of my latest children’s chapter book ‘Crooks and Nannies’. Aimed at young readers 7+, this very silly, slimy, book is all about having a laugh… Pre-order your copy now.

waterstones.com/book/crooks-and-nannies/chris-mcguire/9781917022859

Candy Jar Books, the publishers of Crooks and Nannies: A N.A.U.G.H.T.Y. Beginning… wanted me to tell you a bit more about it.

Thing is, I’m not exactly sure what you’re allowed to know, because the world the book uncovers is all a bit ‘hush-hush’. I mean, I could tell you about N.A.U.G.H.T.Y. but then I’d have to delete the information from your brains (by covering you in banana-flavoured memory-erasing slime) straight away.

So please, only read on if you’re happy to be doused in goo as soon as you’ve finished the next few paragraphs.

N.A.U.G.H.T.Y. is one of the world’s most secret organisations…

Nannies

Against

Underworld

Gangsters

Hoodlums

Tyrants

&

Yobs

The main reason you sleep safely in your bed each night is the unseen work done by this group of highly trained, lethal, but very respectable ladies. At any moment, all across the world, legions of N.A.U.G.H.T.Y. nannies are undercover in the homes of some of the nastiest gangsters, criminals, and other ne’er-do-wells, secretly foiling their hideous plans, while also looking after their even more horrible kids.

They’re an impressive bunch led by the mysterious ‘N’ (no one knows what this is short for) and they… actually I worry I’ve said too much.

Please, forget what I just said.

I have.

Actually, I don’t think I remember anything.

Can anyone else smell bananas?

Chris McGuire (I think)