The Day That Aliens Nearly Ate Our Brains

A new, hilarious book from author Tom McLaughlin, creator of the highly-acclaimed The Accidental Prime Minister. Best friends Freddy and Sal have accidentally intercepted a message from Alan – a spectacularly grumpy, brain-munching alien from outer space. Alan has only one message. Earth is going to be invaded in exactly ten hours’ time. Soon the police, Nasa and even Presidents from around the world are getting involved – and Freddy is about to become the most famous kid on planet earth for all the wrong reasons. Wolverhampton, we have a problem. A new, hilarious book from author Tom McLaughlin, creator of the highly-acclaimed The Accidental Prime Minister.

Published by Walker Books

About the author:

Tom McLaughlin has been an author for over 10 years now. He writes and illustrates picture books and chapter books for Key Stages 1 and 2. Tom has been nominated for the Greenaway Medal twice and his debut chapter book also received nomination for the Branford Boase Award. The Accidental series has sold over 110,000 copies in the UK alone and been translated into 12 different languages. The Accidental Prime Minister was shortlisted on the Shrewsbury Bookfest Book Award 2016. As well as working in children’s books, Tom also worked as political cartoonist, animator, script writer and written several columns for The Guardian.

Tom is leading creative writing workshops in primary schools across Shropshire for the Shrewsbury Bookfest Schools’ Week 2021 project.