Muddle Earth Trilogy

Series · 6 books · 2003-2012

By Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell

Books in series

Muddle Earth

2003

Joe Jefferson is an ordinary schoolboy from ordinary Earth. At least, he was. But something strange happened when he was walking his dog, and now he's Joe the Barbarian—fearless warrior-hero, summoned by Muddle Earth's leading wizard\* to slay ogres, wrestle dragons, and bravely confront villains. Joe doesn't feel much like a warrior-hero.\\ But evil is stirring in the heart of Elfwood, and the people of Muddle Earth need help (although most of them don't know it yet). Perhaps Joe Jefferson really is a hero after all... \* Actually, Muddle Earth's only wizard. And he's not very good. \\ He doesn't really look much like one either.

#1.2

Here be Dragons

2003

Reluctant warrior Joe the Barbarian finds that his services are needed in Muddle Earth. All the cutlery in the land has disappeared—and the Horned Baron's Garden Party is due to start that very day. With a wizard needed for the Grand Opening, Randalf, Norbert and Veronica are all eager to be in attendance. Meanwhile, a huge, scaly dragon has awoken, and he craves silverware...

Muddle Earth Too

2003

Once upon a time, a spell went very wrong and Joe Jefferson found himself transported to Muddle Earth, where the wizards are mad, the pink stinky hogs are stinky, and the jokes are truly terrible. Now, two years later, Muddle Earth needs him back. But even with his Wellies of Power, Woolly Gloves of Determination and a saucepan on his head, can Joe Jefferson really defeat the terrifying spectre of evil that threatens to destroy Muddle Earth? Get prepared for another epic battle between the forces of good, evil and everything in between!

#2.1

Muddle Earth Too

Down with Stinkyhogs!

2011

Once upon a time, a spell went very wrong - and Joe Jefferson found himself transported to Muddle Earth, where the wizards are mad, the pink stinky hogs are stinky, and the jokes are terrible. Now, two years later, Muddle Earth needs him back.

#2.2

Muddle Earth Too

The Trouble with Big Sisters

2012

Joe has fallen through a portal&landed in Muddle Earth, along with his sulky older sister. Ella seems to have adjusted to this weird new world quickly, with the help of dreamy barbarian Edward Gorgeous - that is, until they both go AWOL. When the legendary Goblet of Porridge is found to be missing, suspicion naturally falls on Ella and Edward, who were last seen riding away on a battlecat. Now Joe has to go on yet another quest, to find both Ella and the Goblet. Big sisters are such a nuisance... (Large Print Edition)

Doctor Cuddles of Giggle Glade

2005

Brenda the Warrior-Princess and her pink sabre-toothed cat Sniffy are back in Muddle Earth, and they've had enough of adventuring. All they want is a nice, boring wizard to work for—and it looks like they've come to the right place... Meanwhile, Joe is desperate to depart for Elfwood, to retrieve the Great Book of Spells, but first he has to get Randalf to leave the house. The wizard swears he set the clock for an early departure, but the clock-elf has gone AWOL, so how will he ever get organised? And it's not just the clock-elf that's taken an unexpected holiday—from Goblintown to Trollbridge and the Enchanted Lake, every elf in Muddle Earth has decided to go on vacation... What is going on? And can Joe put it right?

Authors

Paul Stewart

Author · 54 books

Paul Stewart is a highly regarded author of books for young readers – from picture books to football stories, fantasy and horror. Together with Chris Riddell he is co-creator of the bestselling Edge Chronicles, which has sold more than three million copies and is available in over twenty languages. They have also collaborated together on lots of other exciting books for children of all ages. The Far-Flung Adventure series includes the Gold Smarties Prize Winner Fergus Crane, and Corby Flood and Hugo Pepper, both Silver Nestle Prize Winners. Then there are the Barnaby Grimes books, two Muddle Earth adventures, and the sci-fi Scavenger and fantasy Wyrmeweald trilogies. For younger readers there is the Blobheads series, while for the very young, Paul has written several picture books, including the Rabbit and Hedgehog series, In the Dark of the Night and, his latest, Wings. Other authors by this name disambiguation Note: Paul Stewart - business and management books

Chris Riddell

Author · 43 books

Chris Riddell was born in Cape Town, South Africa, where his father was an Anglican priest and a member of the ANC. The family moved to England in 1963, when Riddell was one year old, and he spent his childhood in a number of different locations, as his father moved between parishes. Both of Riddell's parents continued to be active in the anti-apartheid movement. Chris Riddell is an internationally acclaimed writer and illustrator whose many awards include the Nestlé Gold Award and two Kate Greenaway Medals—the most prestigious prize for illustration in the UK. He is the creator of more than one hundred books for all ages, including the immensely popular series the Edge Chronicles and his latest chapter book series, starring the irrepressible Ottoline Brown, which School Library Journal called "exceptional." Chris lives in Brighton, England, with his wife and three children where he invents his amazing characters in a very tidy shed in his yard.