Adventures Unlimited: You and Me and the Land of Lost Things

by Andy Griffiths, Bill Hope (Illustrator)

Overview

Come along with New York Times-bestselling author Andy Griffiths (The 13-Story Treehouse) on a brand-new adventure that plunks the reader right into the middle of all the wacky action and laughs with its unique storytelling style.

Hey, you and me sure have had a lot of amazing adventures together, haven't we?

Remember the time we flew to the moon without a rocket? And remember the time we went to the bottom of the ocean and fought a high-voltage giant octopus? And how about the time we got lost in The Land of Lost Things?

What? You don't remember? Really? Well, let me refresh your memory. It all started like this...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250367341
Publisher:	Feiwel & Friends
Publication date:	04/08/2025
Series:	You & Me , #1
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	190 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

The New York Times bestselling author Andy Griffiths, who wrote the Treehouse series, Killer Koalas from Outer Space, The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow, The Cat on the Mat Is Flat, and The Day My Butt Went Psycho!, is at his best in these wild storytelling adventures perfect for readers of all ages.

Bill Hope is an artist and illustrator living in the Blue Mountains just outside of Sydney. He has published multiple illustrated books and has ongoing representation through the Lost Bear Fine Art Gallery. His graphic novel An Interior Life won the Golden Ledger award for Australian Comics.

Andy Griffiths is the New York Times bestselling author of The Day My Butt Went Psycho!, Zombie Butts from Uranus!, and Butt Wars! The Final Conflict, as well as the Treehouse Series and Killer Koalas from Outer Space. In 2007, he became the first Australian author to win six children’s choice awards in one year for Just Shocking! He is passionate about inspiring a love of books in his young readers, and works as an ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Project, which provides books and literacy resources to remote indigenous communities around Australia. Andy is a big fan of Dr. Seuss and of cauliflower. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, and is Australia’s most popular children’s writer.
Bill Hope is an artist and illustrator living in the Blue Mountains just outside of Sydney. He has published multiple illustrated books and has ongoing representation through the Lost Bear Fine Art Gallery. His graphic novel An Interior Life won the Golden Ledger award for Australian Comics.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for You and Me and the Land of Lost Things:

"Griffiths has no trouble at all keeping firm hold on his intention to keep chortling readers entertained from start to final high-five. Hope’s lively cartoon illustrations add visual action and sight gags to every page, and along with tacking on instructions for a personal homemade adventure helmet, he even takes over occasional two-page spreads for an intricate map, montage, or mini comic. Give a hand, or two, to this surreal, headlong romp." —Kirkus Reviews

Praise for The Treehouse series:

"Anarchic absurdity at its best . . . Denton's manic cartooning captures every twist and turn in hilarious detail." —Publishers Weekly, starred review, on The 13-Story Treehouse

"Will appeal to fans of Jeff Kinney and Dav Pilkey . . . The wonderfully random slapstick humor is tailor-made for reluctant readers . . . A treat for all." —Booklist, on The 13-Story Treehouse

"Twice the treehouse, twice the fun? You bet . . . Denton's furiously scrawled line drawings milk the silly, gross-out gags for everything they're worth. Kids should be flipping pages faster than a pair of inflatable underpants can skyrocket the young heroes to safety." —Publishers Weekly, starred review, on The 26-Story Treehouse

"This zany sequel, as much cartoon illustration as text, is an almost nonstop adventure." —Booklist, on The 26-Story Treehouse

"Look, if you haven't heard of the Treehouse series by now, you probably don't know many kids. ... Chock-full of mischief, wonder and imagination." —The Sydney Morning Herald, on The 156-Story Treehouse

From the Publisher

05/01/2025

Gr 2–4—This adventure-packed series opener follows the narrator and the reader on a quest to find the reader's lost lucky rabbit's foot. Blending first- and second-person narration, the unique storytelling style is immersive. The book is heavily illustrated with engaging and funny images that resemble a graphic novel style, but without panels. Short paragraphs and speech bubbles keep the story moving, and humor-filled details are hidden throughout the artwork. Their journey leads to the Land of Lost Things, where the real hunt begins. VERDICT A clever and hilarious adventure sure to become a fan favorite.

School Library Journal

2025-02-01
The search for a misplaced rabbit’s foot leads two adventurers into encounters with a bull who’s lost his temper, much missing treasure, and many, many single socks.

Clad anonymously in custom-made adventure suits that cover them head to toe, the never-named narrator (“Me”) and sidekick (“You”) drive their supposedly “uncrashable” adventure car through an interdimensional hole into the truly crowded place where all lost things go. There they run into both a tree and treasure hunter Johnny Knucklehead. Johnny, whose head is a giant clenched fist, had been reported lost in the jungle. This meeting is just the beginning of a long series of random encounters during which even the plot is lost (and then found again), Johnny is reunited with his mirror twin, Jimmy, and a lost lucky charm is recovered—only to become a bargaining chip after the adventurers are captured by a peg-legged rabbit pirate. Unlike that elusive plot, Griffiths has no trouble at all keeping firm hold on his intention to keep chortling readers entertained from start to final high-five. Hope’s lively cartoon illustrations add visual action and sight gags to every page, and along with tacking on instructions for a personal homemade adventure helmet, he even takes over occasional two-page spreads for an intricate map, montage, or mini comic.

Give a hand, or two, to this surreal, headlong romp.(Fantasy. 7-10)

Kirkus Reviews