
Postman Planet: Volume 1
The hilarious new series to get kids reading!
Ben Davis(Author)
Gallery Kids (Publisher)
Published on 15. January 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-3985-4595-3 (ISBN)
Description
"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 illustrations
Great for readers aged 6+ and reluctant readers
With 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
"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 illustrations
Great for readers aged 6+ and reluctant readers
With 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
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 6 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
b-w, highly illustrated throughout
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
150 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3985-4595-3 (9781398545953)
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E-Book
01/2026
Simon + Schuster LLC
€6.44
Available for download
Persons
Ben Davis lives in Staffordshire where he's mainly a children's author (which he's won awards for), but he also:
Occasionally dabbles in journalism, and has featured in Sunday Times, Independent and Book Trust
Was a regular on the stand-up comedy circuit for many years
Is parent to two rats - Ratty and Cheddar
Is an everyday postman (TikTok)
Yasmin Sheikh is an artist from the flat lands of the Netherlands. She specialises in making comics, character design and colourful products. In her free time she enjoys playing video games, travelling and collecting designer toys and stationery.
Occasionally dabbles in journalism, and has featured in Sunday Times, Independent and Book Trust
Was a regular on the stand-up comedy circuit for many years
Is parent to two rats - Ratty and Cheddar
Is an everyday postman (TikTok)
Yasmin Sheikh is an artist from the flat lands of the Netherlands. She specialises in making comics, character design and colourful products. In her free time she enjoys playing video games, travelling and collecting designer toys and stationery.