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He started speaking at four seconds old. By the age of three, he had 87 A-levels, from Afrikaans to Zoology.
And by ten, he was working as a paediatrician at Lilydale General Hospital.
Despite a loving but annoying family and a couple of good friends (Rupi and Otto), Dexter''s always struggled to fit in. Add to this a mortal enemy (Dr Drake) and a major problem at his old school (all the teachers struck down with awful diarrhoea) - will Dexter be able to save his job, save the school and find his place in the world? (Spoiler alert: yes!)
A laugh-out-loud new series about the world''s youngest doctor from the record-breaking Adam Kay and Henry Paker.
Praise for Kay''s Anatomy:
''Totally brilliant!'' Jacqueline Wilson
''Very funny - this exciting book is bound to inspire the next generation of medics'' Sunday Express
Praise for Kay''s Marvellous Medicine:
''Completely marvellous and very funny'' BookTrust<>
About the author
Adam Kay (Author) Adam Kay is a former doctor who has written five million books and sold seven copies. No, hang on - he's written seven books and sold five million copies. His debut book,
This is Going to Hurt, is a literary sensation: a
Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, winning a record-breaking four National Book Awards and selling over 3 million copies. Kay adapted
This is Going to Hurt as a BAFTA-winning comedy-drama series for the BBC. Adam Kay's children's books have been translated into 30 languages and sold over 1 million copies, making him one of the UK's bestselling children's authors.
Kay's Anatomy became the fastest-selling children's general non-fiction hardback of the decade. His first picture book,
Amy Gets Eaten, was published in 2023, and his first children's novel,
Dexter Procter the Ten-Year-Old Doctor, was published in September 2024.
Henry Paker (Illustrator) Henry Paker was once a little boy who did silly doodles in the margins of books. Now he is a grown man who does silly doodles in the middle of books. He is an award-winning comedian, writer and illustrator. He co-writes and performs in the Radio 4 sitcom
ReincarNathan and co-hosts the
Three Bean Salad podcast. Henry has illustrated all of Adam Kay's children's books.
