Postman Planet: The hilarious new series to get kids reading!: Volume 1

“It’s fun, silly and, in this National Year of Reading, precisely the kind of gateway entertainment that will show a six-year-old that books can give you a good time […] Consider the daftest story of the new year successfully delivered.” – The Times, Children’s Book of the Week

“A laugh-out-loud, highly illustrated interstellar caper” – The Guardian

THE FIRST IN A HIGH-ENERGY, HILARIOUS AND HIGHLY-ILLUSTRATED YOUNG-FICTION SERIES FROM AWARD-WINNING* AUTHOR (AND EVERYDAY POSTMAN) BEN DAVIS, PERFECT FOR FANS OF BUNNY VS MONKEY.

Postman Planet has a big secret. ​LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU CAN’T KEEP SECRETS. ​Although he PRETENDS to be the best postman in the Universe, he’s actually only nine. Anyway, he’s on a mission to make an essential delivery to the Planet of Fluffy Unicorns: an inflatable planet that is, as we speak, deflating. It’s up to Postman Planet and his ANNOYING new assistant Stamp, who is part-robot part-dog, to save the day. ​

Laugh-out-loud funny, short chapters and full of illustrationsGreat for readers aged 6+ and reluctant readersWith themes of friendship, sharing and teamwork

​Praise for Postman Planet

“The silliest book you’ll read all year” – Louie Stowell, author of Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good“A wild and hilarious ride” – Phil Earle, author of When the Sky Falls“I laughed so hard I nearly lost orbit!” – Jenny Pearson, author of The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates“Ben is one of the funniest voices in children’s fiction” – Emily-Jane Clark, author of Cringe Club“First Class fun and frolics” – Emer Stamp, author of the Diary of Pig series

*Ben Davis has won multiple awards, including the Sheffield, Derbyshire and Warwickshire Children’s Book Awards

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gallery Kids
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 15 Jan. 2026
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1398545953
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1398545953
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 150 g
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13 x 1.19 x 19.8 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 12,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 34 in Superhero Fiction for Children 37 in Children’s Books on Aeronautics & Space 43 in Children’s Books on Astronomy
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