Packed with 101 exciting secrets just for kids, this is the perfect guide to growing up, with a mix of wacky and wonderful activities and challenges to get your imagination whirring.
If you're fed up of being told what to do, by everyone, then this is the book for YOU! This funny and accessible guide is bursting full of stuff grown-ups won't tell you. It's time to get off the sofa, get some downtime from your screen time and discover the secret to: brainwashing your parents, training a monkey, winning sports day and making your whoopee cushion smell like a real fart.

Created in the top secret Secrets Laboratory (so secret we've forgotten where it is...), this highly illustrated, laugh-out-loud book is packed with 101 exciting secrets just for kids.

A hilarious book from the author of the How to Survive... series, this zany new non-fiction book is perfect for fans of Adam Kay, Matt Lucas and the Tom Gates series.

About the Author

Larry Hayes is easily distracted. So when he's not writing books for children he can be found working as an investment fund manager, the trustee for a homeless charity and on Fridays he home-schools his two kids by letting them decide what to study. In the future he hopes to become a treasure hunter, private investigator, inventor of a yoghurt that makes you happy, Olympic croquet medallist and the person who solves the maths behind the human brain. Larry's debut fiction book for children, How to Survive Without Grown-Ups, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2021.
Joelle Dreidemy was born in Saint-Avold in France. She gained a diploma in Strasbourg in 2002 and a diploma from the famous Emile Cohl School in Lyon in 2004. Joelle lives and works in Paris, producing illustrations for magazines and children's books.

Reviews
Packed full of surprising and informative facts, this subversive yet erudite book from the author of the How to Survive... series, wittily illustrated by Dreidemy, is so much fun children won't realise quite how much they are learning. * the Bookseller *
Larry Hayes is such a hilarious writer so if you're a fan of Adam Kay or the Tom Gates series then he's a writer you must check out! [...] How To Be A Kid Boss is a book children can keep referring to as there's such a range of secrets which children want to know and I love the wide range that Larry has selected. [...] It gives children solutions in a friendly, silly and gentle way. * Check 'Em Out Books *
Part hack and part survival guide this book will lead children to be more creative, to think more broadly, to be more confident and feel that they have more control. * Armadillo Magazine *
Children from 8 to 12 will enjoy this self-help book. Lots of ideas to prevent boredom, play tricks on others, and some useful tips to help with problems with managing friends and family. Something for everyone! * The School Librarian *
Packed with 101 exciting secrets for children, from how to brainwash parents to escaping kangaroos, this book is also full of humour and imagination. There are facts and advice galore, and the author really emphasizes the joys and benefits of being a child. -- Children's Books Ireland * Reading Matters Guide 2023 *



Book Information
ISBN 9781529506631
Author Larry Hayes
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Walker Books Ltd
Publisher Walker Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 196g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 153mm * 13mm