Adam Kay and Henry Paker

Introducing Dexter Procter – the world’s youngest doctor. It was clear from an early age that Dexter Procter was different. 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.

Get ready to join the record-breaking Adam Kay and Henry Paker, as they take you on a laugh-out-loud journey through their first ever fiction book to find out if Dexter will be able to save his job, save the school and find his place in the world? (Spoiler alert: yes.)

‘Original, very funny, ultra-informative - and children will love all the disgusting parts.’ Jacqueline Wilson

‘From the brilliant mind of Adam Kay comes a story that redefines the ‘junior’ in ‘junior doctor.’ David Solomons

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 threre million copies. Kay adapted This is Going to Hurt into a BAFTA-winning comedy-drama series for the BBC. His children’s books have been translated into 32 languages and sold over one million copies worldwide, 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. Dexter Procter the Ten-Year-Old Doctor was adapted by Kay for CBBC and is available on BBC iPlayer.

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. He has illustrated all Kay’s books.

Age 8+