Adam Frost

Adam Frost writes children's books for six-to-nine-year olds, full of jokes, songs and amazing adventures. When he was young, he enjoyed reading Roald Dahl's novels, Spike Milligan's poems and any comics he could lay his hands on. His first book, RALPH THE MAGIC RABBIT (2005) was described as a 'brilliant comedy' by The Sun and shortlisted for the 2006 Ottakar's Children's Book Prize. His second book, HARRY, RABBIT ON THE RUN, was published in 2007. Adam is currently in the middle of a series of fun fact books with Bloomsbury, the first of which, THE EPIC BOOK OF EPICNESS, has just been awarded with the Blue Peter Book Award 2016. 

Latest Publications:

Utterly Unbelievable: WWII in Facts (18th April 2019, Puffin)

Did you know that onions were given as birthday presents in WWII? Or that exploding camel dung was used as a weapon? Could a leaky toilet force a submarine crew to abandon ship?

This is history like you've never known it before! Ask yourself . . .

Would you eat squirrel tail soup, cow's udders, or a carrot on a stick? 
Could you share 12.7cm of bathwater with your WHOLE family - for your weekly wash? 
If you were a spy, which gadgets and inventions would you choose?

From flying tanks to Operation Toenail, read about the daring, tragic and heroic events that shaped one of the most influential conflicts in modern times.

​THE AWESOME BOOK OF SPACE (6 September 2018, Bloomsburry Children's Books)

Do you know how long it would take you to drive to the sun? Or whether you'd like to go on a space vacation? Be truly amazed by these awesome facts about our planet, our solar system, and our universe!

Find out:

How long it would take you to drive to Pluto?
What the weather is like on Neptune?
How many tonnes of litter humans have left on the moon?

And did you know that next time you look up to the sky and see a shooting start it could actually be a pair of pants? On the ISS undies are ejected into space burning up in the Earth's atmosphere!

Find out hilarious, intriguing and ridiculous facts with this awesome book! Are you ready for another EPIC book from the winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2016 (Best Book with Facts)? Ready, set, BLAST OFF!

​THE AWESOME BOOK OF ANIMALS (7 September 2017, Bloomsbury Children's Books)

Did you know that there is a tree-climbing fish? Or that some bees drink crocodile tears? Or that a jellyfish was sent into space?

Be truly inspired by incredible facts about the creatures that share our planet. Find out:

If you're as tall as an emperor penguin or a velociraptor
Whether a honey badger could beat a lion in a fight
How one man was swallowed head first by a great white shark - and survived!

Find out disgusting, hilarious, weird and wacky facts with this awesome book! Are you ready for another EPIC book from the winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2016 (Best Book with Facts)?

THE BOOK OF ME (6th July 2017, Bloomsbury Children's Books)

Are you ready for another EPIC book from the winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2016 (Best Book with Facts)?

If you ran your school, what would the rules be?
Would you rather talk to animals, or speak every language in the world? 
How fast can you run?

Answer these questions and much more, with real life comparisons - how do you compare to an animal, another human, or even your parents?
Collect your own data and enjoy silly facts, quizzes, and scrapbook activities.

Write, draw, cut-out and fully make this book about you!

FOX INVESTIGATES: A TRAIL OF TRICKERY (8th September 2016, Stripes Publishing)

Crikey! That's dead scary. If all the dead people on earth came back to life as zombies there would be 101 billion zombies in the world. Aagh! Run for your life!

Check your worryometer! If you see a tiger shark be very afraid, it will eat you. On the other hand if it's a zebra shark - did you know they don't attack people? Safe!

Is there anybody there? Messaging home from outer space can take forever! If you're on Venus, a message sent would reach home in 8 minutes and from Neptune it would take over 4 hours! Better check you're in range.

Seeing RED! You'll have to travel all the way to Antarctica to see a red waterfall. It's called Blood Falls and the water is turned red by the element iron. WOW!

Top trunks! Find out all the things an elephant does with its trunk. He would die without it.

GAV! GAV! It's barking, literally, a dog bark in Russian. You'll find many of the noises animals make in different languages. WOOF! WOOF!

How cool is that!