Barry Loser: worst school trip ever!

Barry Loser #9

by Jim Smith

The ninth book in the brilliant Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning BARRY LOSER series.

Perfect for readers aged 7-10 years old and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates, Dennis the Menace and Pamela Butchart's Wigglesbottom Primary series.

Barry's class are off on a school trip to see a history of television exhibition, which Barry knows will be comperleeterly rubbish. But then he discovers that Future Ratboy (super-keel superhero TV show) is filmed in the same TV studios! All he has to do is find a way to sneak away and find the set . . . Will Barry come up with an amazekeel plan? Will he get to audition for Future Ratboy? Will they get the best seats on the coach?? 

Join everyone’s favourite Loser on his ninth hilarious adventure!

Barry Loser: I am not a loser was selected as a Tom Fletcher Book Club 2017 title.

Future Ratboy and the Invasion of the Nom Noms is shortlisted for the Lollies Award 2017

Don't miss the other funny books by Jim Smith: 

BARRY LOSER

I am not a Loser

I am still not a Loser

I am so over being a Loser

I am sort of a Loser

Barry Loser and the holiday of doom 

Barry Loser and the case of the crumpled carton

Barry Loser hates half term

Barry Loser and the birthday billions

Barry Loser's ultimate book of keelness

Barry Loser’s Christmas Joke Book

My mum is a loser

My dad is a loser

Future Ratboy and the Attack of the Killer Robot Grannies

Future Ratboy and the Invasion of the Nom Noms

Future Ratboy and the Quest for the Missing Thingy

Praise for BARRY LOSER:

'Twice as good as my other favourite book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid' Ben, aged 7 years

'Hugely enjoyable, surreal chaos' Guardian

'The review of the eight year old boy in our house . . . "Can I keep it to give to a friend?" Best recommendation you can get' Observer

'I laughed so much, I thought I was going to burst!' Finbar, aged 9

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 is the author of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning and bestselling BARRY LOSER series. He is also the author of the Barry Loser spin-off series, FUTURE RATBOY. He lives in London, and designs cards and gifts under the name Waldo Pancake.

Genres: Diary, Comedy

240 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 8, 2018

About the author

After graduating with a first class degree in advertising, graphic design and illustration in 1997, Jim Smith was spotted by the owner of a small coffee shop chain and brought in to fill the walls of their flagship store with his paintings.

It was a three month contract; seventeen years later, Jim is head of design at Puccino's Worldwide Ltd, now an international coffee shop franchise with stores in the UK, Europe and Egypt.

In the meantime he's illustrated kids' food packaging for M&S, drawn cartoons on the sides of PJ smoothies, created in-store graphics for Orange phone stores, designed book covers and branded a New York based Iced Tea company.

In 2010, Jim launched the hugely successful Waldo Pancake range of stationery and gift products, now sold in the UK, Australia, Singapore, Europe and the US.

'I am not a Loser' by Barry Loser, the first of a series of children's books 'spellchecked' by Jim, was published in 2012, having already sold rights to nine countries. The sequel, 'I am Still Not a Loser' was the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2013 and declared the funniest book for children aged seven to fourteen.

Jim has now written six Barry Loser books, and numerous short stories. 'Future Ratboy', a spin-off series of books based on Barry's favourite TV star, debuts in July 2015.

Reviews

[Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

first Barry Loser book I've read and it was brilliant. Very funny especially when all the identical grannies fall on each other like dominos.

[Scarlet · Rating 2 out of 5]

kind of a mess but uts was really good overall 👏