Jim Smith is the keelest kids' book author in the whole wide world amen. He graduated from art school with first class honours (the best you can get) and went on to create the branding for a sweet little chain of coffee shops. He also designs cards and gifts under the name Waldo Pancake. He is the author-illustrator of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning and bestselling Barry Loser series, and the Future Ratboy series.

Roald Dahl Funny Prize award-winning series. Perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Mr Gum and Tom Gates Barry has a new baby brother and his mum and dad are being comperleeterly embarrassing about it. Oh. My. Unkeelness! Don't miss the other books in the series: I am not a Loser, I am still not a Loser, I am so over being a Loser, I am sort of a Loser and Barry Loser and the Holiday of Doom.

This book is perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Mr Gum and Tom Gates. Everyone at school knows I'm the loserkeelest person ever. So imagine how annoying it was when Fay Snoggles came into school one day acting even more loserkeel than me. There's a girl in Barry's class who's getting more laughs than him! But luckily Barry immediately thinks up one of his brilliant and amazekeel plans to make sure he'll have the final chuckle. All he needs is thirty boxes of Beard Flakes...

Roald Dahl Funny Prize award-winning series. It is perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Mr Gum and Tom Gates. 'It all started eight million weeks ago when we were walking home from school past a Feeko's Supermarket. Valentine's Day was coming up, and the whole window was filled with cuddly heart pillows and other loserish things like that.' Barry can't wait to tell his friends that they've been invited on his family caravan holiday to Plonkton. But the weekend by the sea doesn't turn out to be the keelfest Barry was hoping for. It's all his best mate Bunky's fault for going and falling in love. Oh. My. Unkeelness!

This is the third book in this madcap must-read series. My mum's embarrassing enough just being my mum, but now she's won The Voice of Feeko's competition it's even worse. Barry's mum has become a bit of celebrity, and now he can't go anywhere without seeing a poster of her eating a chocolate digestive or wiggling her bum in a pair of jeans. It's so annoy-embarrassing, and everyone at school is making fun of him. But you can't keep Barry down for long... With the help of his napkin collection, new girl Nancy Verkenwerken and a snail called Snailypoos, Barry is determined to prove once and for all that he is not a loser.

This is the second book in this madcap must-read series for 6+ boys. You know when someone's horrible to you in a dream and you wake up really annoyed with them? That's what happened to me with my best friend Bunky. Barry has a new problem: Gordon Smugly — who's got the most perfect name for himself ever in the history of having a name, because he looks like a Gordon and is smug and ugly — has stolen Barry's best friend. Join Barry as he attempts to get Bunky back, organises a girly-screamvoice test and tries to avoid seeing his teacher kissing his gran.