The 13-Storey Treehouse

The 13-Storey Treehouse
Author Andy Griffiths
Illustrator Terry Denton
Country Australia
Series Treehouse series
Genre Juvenile fiction
Published 2011 (Pan Macmillan Australia)
Pages 239
ISBN 978-0-330-40436-5
LC Class PZ7.G88366 Th 2011
Followed by The 26-Story Treehouse
Website

http://www.andygriffiths.com.au/abook/?id=9780330404365

http://treehousebookseries.com/

The 13-Story Treehouse is a 2011 book[1] written by author Andy Griffiths and illustrated by Terry Denton,[2] and a stage play based on the book.[3] The story follows Andy and Terry, who are living in a 13-story treehouse, struggling to finish their book on time among many distractions, and their friend Jill, who lives in a house full of animals and often visits them. According to the book, the 13-story treehouse has "a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of man-eating sharks, a secret underground laboratory, a vegetable vaporizer, and a marshmallow machine that shoots marshmallows into your mouths when it sees that you are hungry".

The 13-Story Treehouse won the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year for Older Children 2012.[4][5]

The book has spawned a series of sequels:

  • The 26-Story Treehouse (released September 2012)
  • The 39-Story Treehouse (released September 2013)
  • The 52-Story Treehouse (released August 2014)
  • The 65-Story Treehouse (released August 2015)
  • The 78-Story Treehouse (released August 2016)
  • The 91-Story Treehouse (released August 2017)
  • The 104-Story Treehouse (released July 2018)

Reference

  1. ↑ Griffiths, Andy; Denton, Terry (illustrator) (2013). The 13-story treehouse. Feiwel and Friends. ISBN 9781250026903. LCCN 2013404222.
  2. ↑ "Review: The 13-Story Treehouse". Kids' Book Review. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Blake, Jason (September 23, 2013). "Andy Griffith's 13-Story Treehouse goes to the edge of the ridiculous". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Winners of the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2012 Announced". Readings. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "History - Past ABIA Winners". Australian Book Industry Awards. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
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