The 26-Storey Treehouse

The 26-Storey Treehouse is a 2012 children's novel by Australian author Andy Griffiths and illustrated by Terry Denton.

The 26-Storey Treehouse is the sequel to The 13-Storey Treehouse. It was published in September 2012 by Pan Macmillan Australia.^[1] By 2014, more than 80,000 copies of the book had been purchased.^[2]

The story follows Andy and Terry, who are living in a 26 storey treehouse, are struggling to finish their book on time with distractions. According to the book, the 26 storey treehouse has “A dodgem car rink, a skate ramp (with a crocodile-pit hazard), a mud fighting arena, an anti gravity chamber, an ice-skating rink (with real ice-skating penguins), a recording studio, a mechanical bull called Kevin, an ATM (Automatic Tattoo Machine), an ice cream parlour with 78 flavours, the Maze of Doom, a badminton court, a wind turbine, and a swing.”

Darienne Stewart of Common Sense Media praised the book's "energetic black-and-white illustrations" that "reward close attention" and its "extended illustrated gags".^[3] In a starred review, Publishers Weekly said the work has a "cartoon-laden carnival of slapstick and self-referential humor" and liked illustrator Terry Denton's "furiously scrawled line drawings" that "milk the silly, gross-out gags for everything they're worth".^[4]

Writing for the Herald Sun, Theodore Murrihy called it "really good".^[5] The Sunday Telegraph said, "Fun and laughter are the order of the day in this crazy picture book".^[1] Elaine E. Knight of the School Library Journal called The 26-Storey Treehouse "wildly humorous without being smart-alecky or sarcastic" and lauded its "conversational, matter-of-fact narration".^[6] Jo Goodman of Magpies and Katie Ekberg of The Australian Women's Weekly reviewed the work.^[7][8]

During the Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards put on by the Darwin Council Libraries and held in 2013, The 26-Storey Treehouse received the "book of the year" award for older youth.^[9][10]

The audiobook adaptation of The 26-Storey Treehouse was made by Brilliance Audio in 2015. Performed by Stig Wemyss, the audiobook is one hour and 38 minutes long and takes up two CDs. Terri Perper, a reviewer for the School Library Journal, praised Wemyss' performances of both the leading characters and supporting characters as "delivered believably with humor and finesse". She cited Wemyss' portrayals of Jill's affluent parents and the pirate-style voice of Captain Woodenhead. She further praised the use of sound effects and classical music for giving "a dramatic and engaging backdrop" to Wemyss's "remarkable narration".^[11]

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