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Meet the Mubbles: A colourful comic book adventure from the hilarious creator of Tom Gates!
Meet the Mubbles is the first in a hilarious full colour graphic novel series by Liz Pichon, the globally bestselling creator of Tom Gates.
‘I laughed so much, I could barely breathe!’ – Ellie
‘I read this book 5 times over, it was so good!’ – Hugo
Welcome to the Isle of Smile! Come on in and meet the colourful, fun-loving Mubbles - Bash, Dash, Cheery and the gang. The Mubbles love their island, especially the mysterious Uncertain Curtain, which always delivers an unexpected surprise! What will it be today?
This time, it's a very odd . . . ball? The Mubbles aren't sure what to do with it — but one thing's for sure, the Mubbles definitely shouldn't press the button that says 'Don't Touch'!
Filled with colourful characters, boundless fun and lots of adventures this series is a guaranteed hit for kids. Featuring a QR code that will take you to a website full of extra content, including arts, crafts and many fun songs from The Mubbles world. Join our ever growing community, with over 150,000 subscribers already!
Don't miss The Mubbles' next adventure in When Berry Met Terry!
‘I laughed so much, I could barely breathe!’ – Ellie
‘I read this book 5 times over, it was so good!’ – Hugo
Welcome to the Isle of Smile! Come on in and meet the colourful, fun-loving Mubbles - Bash, Dash, Cheery and the gang. The Mubbles love their island, especially the mysterious Uncertain Curtain, which always delivers an unexpected surprise! What will it be today?
This time, it's a very odd . . . ball? The Mubbles aren't sure what to do with it — but one thing's for sure, the Mubbles definitely shouldn't press the button that says 'Don't Touch'!
Filled with colourful characters, boundless fun and lots of adventures this series is a guaranteed hit for kids. Featuring a QR code that will take you to a website full of extra content, including arts, crafts and many fun songs from The Mubbles world. Join our ever growing community, with over 150,000 subscribers already!
Don't miss The Mubbles' next adventure in When Berry Met Terry!
129 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 13, 2025
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About the author
Liz Pichon
185 books584 followersL. Pichon says that when she was little, she loved to draw, and her mom said she was very good at making a mess (this is still true today). She kept drawing, went to art school, became a designer and art director at Jive Records, and began to publish children’s books. After its publication in the U.K., The Brilliant World of Tom Gates won several prestigious awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize, and the Blue Peter Book Award. L. Pichon lives in Brighton, England, with her family.
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March 12, 2025
A strange ball arrives.
As usual with children’s books, I think it’s worth commenting on the physical attributes and Meet the Muggles is excellent. The hard back copy I have is a perfect size for young hands and has a solid and robust cover that feels high quality and which will withstand rough treatment in schools and libraries as well as in the home.
I do have one small niggle to get out of the way as I prefer not to have upper case letters used for emphasis in the middle of sentences in books for young children. I would rather see emboldened text, because I feel it’s a good idea to model the kind of writing we’d like emergent writers to produce. That said, other elements are perfect for teaching writing, with a clear distinction between direct speech and thought through the shapes they are contained in, for example.
That aside, I thought Meet the Mubbles was terrific as it is utterly bonkers and huge fun. The illustrations are fabulous, being a perfect style for the target age group and so engaging in their vibrancy. There’s so much to see that Meet the Mubbles can be returned to time and again without young readers ever discovering everything in the pictures. Adults too will love the book, partly through the hilarious thought bubbles and partly through the illustrations. Anyone reading this who hates sprouts will appreciate the section containing stuorps!
There’s a magical quality in the story that children will adore, from wonky rainbows through a slug of knowledge, to singing and being fabulous. In fact, being fabulous is at the heart of the book, encouraging children to be as bright and vibrant as they can as they work together like the Mubbles – or in some cases, not like the Mubbles, as events don’t always work out as expected, injecting real fun and humour.
With the QR code and a website to go alongside the book, this is a truly interactive reading experience. However, it doesn’t matter if children only have access to the book, because there are lots of moments when they can participate, from shouting aloud and singing, to answering Auntie Mubble’s questions. I loved this aspect as it enables young readers to make predictions and develop their cognitive skills.
I think Meet the Mubbles is a fantastic book to ignite a joy of reading in young children. It’s quirky, colourful and funny. It uses super imagination. Above all else it shows that it doesn’t matter what size, shape or colour you are, you can still be fabulous.
As usual with children’s books, I think it’s worth commenting on the physical attributes and Meet the Muggles is excellent. The hard back copy I have is a perfect size for young hands and has a solid and robust cover that feels high quality and which will withstand rough treatment in schools and libraries as well as in the home.
I do have one small niggle to get out of the way as I prefer not to have upper case letters used for emphasis in the middle of sentences in books for young children. I would rather see emboldened text, because I feel it’s a good idea to model the kind of writing we’d like emergent writers to produce. That said, other elements are perfect for teaching writing, with a clear distinction between direct speech and thought through the shapes they are contained in, for example.
That aside, I thought Meet the Mubbles was terrific as it is utterly bonkers and huge fun. The illustrations are fabulous, being a perfect style for the target age group and so engaging in their vibrancy. There’s so much to see that Meet the Mubbles can be returned to time and again without young readers ever discovering everything in the pictures. Adults too will love the book, partly through the hilarious thought bubbles and partly through the illustrations. Anyone reading this who hates sprouts will appreciate the section containing stuorps!
There’s a magical quality in the story that children will adore, from wonky rainbows through a slug of knowledge, to singing and being fabulous. In fact, being fabulous is at the heart of the book, encouraging children to be as bright and vibrant as they can as they work together like the Mubbles – or in some cases, not like the Mubbles, as events don’t always work out as expected, injecting real fun and humour.
With the QR code and a website to go alongside the book, this is a truly interactive reading experience. However, it doesn’t matter if children only have access to the book, because there are lots of moments when they can participate, from shouting aloud and singing, to answering Auntie Mubble’s questions. I loved this aspect as it enables young readers to make predictions and develop their cognitive skills.
I think Meet the Mubbles is a fantastic book to ignite a joy of reading in young children. It’s quirky, colourful and funny. It uses super imagination. Above all else it shows that it doesn’t matter what size, shape or colour you are, you can still be fabulous.
May 20, 2025
Meet The Mubbles takes you to the magical world of Isle of Smile that is every bit as vibrant as you would imagine it to be.
On this island live the Mubbles and the Wibbles and the book takes you on an adventure across the isle trying to solve a peculiar mystery about a guest that has landed among the Mubbles.
An engaging and fun read, the book is great for young readers as it will pique their imagination. I liked how the whole world was introduced through this story and the characters take you to different corners from collecting flower power to the fruit string and singing along for the plants all over!!
It’s a great way to imbibe knowledge of respecting the natural world and other creatures around us. It will make the kids curious to explore their surroundings and start learning at a very early age.
Meet the Mubbles makes a wonderful read for kids!!
On this island live the Mubbles and the Wibbles and the book takes you on an adventure across the isle trying to solve a peculiar mystery about a guest that has landed among the Mubbles.
An engaging and fun read, the book is great for young readers as it will pique their imagination. I liked how the whole world was introduced through this story and the characters take you to different corners from collecting flower power to the fruit string and singing along for the plants all over!!
It’s a great way to imbibe knowledge of respecting the natural world and other creatures around us. It will make the kids curious to explore their surroundings and start learning at a very early age.
Meet the Mubbles makes a wonderful read for kids!!
January 21, 2025
All I can say about this is that it was fed by the same drugs as 70s kids' TV. (It does mention 'flower power' a lot, let's face it.) I'm talking ringing, clinging trees, Dougal and the Blue Cat and much, much more. All of it is in the cheapest comic book fashion, until it has to break out into prose, some of the characters only converse with thought bubbles, and the whole proves to be sort-of short stories based on a day's activities for some utterly weird characters. The whole is a completely unedifying, charmless, gaudy pile of bonkers, for a choice of audiences – the very, very young and undiscerning, and hippies and students who really get what The Clangers are saying to them, man.
December 17, 2025
With colourful illustrations, hilarious characters and QR codes that enable interactive reading, Meet the Mubbles by Liz Pichon is a graphic novel that all children will love.
As the first in the series, it introduces us to the Isle of Smile, inhabited by fun-loving Mubbles and how they deal with a strange oddball that says Don’t Touch! Will the Mubbles be able to resist touching it?? What will happen if they touch it??
This quirky, colourful book with its minimal text and bold fonts is perfect to get reluctant readers into reading.
As the first in the series, it introduces us to the Isle of Smile, inhabited by fun-loving Mubbles and how they deal with a strange oddball that says Don’t Touch! Will the Mubbles be able to resist touching it?? What will happen if they touch it??
This quirky, colourful book with its minimal text and bold fonts is perfect to get reluctant readers into reading.
February 8, 2025
3.5 stars
This was fun and filled with mystery and friendships. When a mysterious box appears on their island, the Mubbles have to figure out what it does! There’s a button… who wouldn’t be tempted by a button?! Vibrantly coloured with fun illustrations. This will be a great graphic novel series for younger readers.
This was fun and filled with mystery and friendships. When a mysterious box appears on their island, the Mubbles have to figure out what it does! There’s a button… who wouldn’t be tempted by a button?! Vibrantly coloured with fun illustrations. This will be a great graphic novel series for younger readers.
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