Hot Chips stories
Pass on the magic of Hot Chips with stories kids will gobble up.
Buy the shirt
Start the Hot Chips obsession early.
The magic tee for little fans and matching mini-and-me moments.
Sizes for toddlers, youth, and adults — so everyone can wear their love for chips loud and proud.
And don’t miss our Merry Chipmas shirts — limited editions sprinkled with a little extra holiday salt.
About the series
Chip! Chip! Hooray!
Big laughs. Bright lessons. Hot chips!
Each story follows Theo, a boy with a magic shirt that makes endless hot chips, as he stumbles into hilarious, high-stakes adventures with Australia’s most outrageous wildlife. From squawking seagulls to royal bin chickens, Theo discovers that kindness and creativity can turn any mess into magic.
Bursting with playful sound effects, laugh-out-loud moments, and heartfelt endings, the Hot Chips books are perfect for preschool and early primary readers who love silly stories with a message that sticks.
What people are saying…
Miss Danae – Early Years Educator
Hot Chips is a delightful and relatable picture book that captures the simple joys and shared experiences of childhood. Through playful text and vibrant illustrations, it celebrates a favourite Aussie treat — hot chips — while exploring the themes of community, sharing, belonging, and the little moments that bring people together. The children in my class began shouting ‘chip, chip, hooray’ all afternoon. They wanted it to be read again and again. Overall, Hot Chips is a heartwarming, humorous, and engaging story that sparks conversation, imagination, and connection — perfect for early childhood classrooms and Storytime sessions- sure to be an Aussie classic and needed on your book shelf.
Fun stuff
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In the classroom
From an early years education perspective, Hot Chips offers rich opportunities for oral language development and social-emotional learning. Children easily connect with the familiar settings — the beach, the park, the local takeaway — and the rhythmic language encourages participation and prediction.
Educators can extend learning through simple, play-based experiences such as:
- Creating a class “chip shop” in dramatic play.
- Exploring descriptive language (“What do hot chips smell and feel like?”).
- Counting and sorting pretend chips for maths connections.
- Discussing sharing and taking turns.
- Using imagination to choose what food or item their own magic shirt would produce.