Humorous Stories

Cross a vast desert full of deadly creatures, find long-lost treasure, and save their parents? All in a day's work for the Kidds!The Kidd family is on the hunt for Lasseter's Gold, one of the legendary lost treasures of Australia. But when their ship is...

Murray the horse dreams of winning big races just like the rest of his family but he has one problem - he's just not that fast! When horse Ned Plumb twists his ankle at the start line, his jockey spots Murray in the crowd and says, 'Fancy a race?'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593173480Author Mason DickersonFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Random House GraphicPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

Colin Coleridge is facing a long, boring summer holiday with NOTHING to do. But when he notices some weird markings outside his house, and some strangers acting VERY suspiciously in his neighbour's garden, he decides to investigate. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910223512Author Barry O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint UK Book PublishingPublisher Consilience MediaWeight(grams) 77gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934490907Author Julia CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Boys Town PressPublisher Boys Town Press

The perfect rhyming children's book for little dino lovers! We're off to find a DINOSAUR! They can't be hard to spot. They're really big and stomp...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061914614Author Beverly ClearyFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Even though Cork is a short muskrat and Fuzz is a tall possum, they can still be best friends. Or can they? ?I am older,? Cork said. ?I need to be taller. It is a rule.? Can friendship break such rules?About the AuthorDori Chaconas was born in Milwaukee,...

Vulgar is a Viking boy who longs for the glory days of raiding, pillaging and enormous beards. Life in the village of Blubber is so dull, it's all knitting and goat-herding and yawwwnnn. Vulgar feels it's up to him to introduce a bit of mayhem and chaos,...

Bernard isn't like other birds. His wings are impossibly long, and try as he might, he just can't seem to fly. He's left wondering what his wings are good for...if they're even good for anything at all. But a chance encounter with a dejected orangutan...

"Brilliantly original and hilarious. It's nearly as good as one of my books." DAVID WALLIAMS "Two words - such fun!" MIRANDA HART "Beautiful, inventive and laugh-out-loud funny." SUE PERKINS Great to read aloud with children of 5+ and perfect for newly...

A charming domestic comedy for readers of 8+, with a dash of magic, and the occasional moment of mayhem! These are the continued memoirs Holly Hopkinson, aged ten, except without any of the rubbish adults usually put in, thank you very much. ...

Obelix is in love - but the beautiful Panacea is engaged to Tragicomix, a conscript in the Roman army. Who'd have expected to see Asterix in a legionary's uniform? When he and Obelix join up to rescue Tragicomix from North Africa, Centurions Nefarius...

Derek Fallon gets the chance of a lifetime-to participate in a gaming company focus group and to test out a new video game called "Arctic Ninja." Together with his friends Carly, Matt, and Umberto, Derek thinks his gaming talents will be showcased. But...

Little Rabbit has been invited to a party, but is not at all sure that it will be as fun as everyone says...It's nearly time to go to the party, but there are just a few small worries standing in the way . . . Yes, there will be cake and carrots - but...

Bob the water beetle lives all alone. So how can he get a hug? He sets off to make friends. But getting a hug isn't as easy as he'd hoped. Find out if Bob succeeds in this heart-warming addition to the new Bug Tales series.Everyone needs a hug sometimes-...

Winner of:2014 Christopher Award, Books for Young People2014 ILA Primary Fiction Award2015 MLA Mitten Award HonorHuman Rights in Children's Literature HonorWith humor and warmth, this children's picture book raises awareness about poverty and hungerBest...

From the master of rhyme comes a sweet tale of an alpaca who turns into a unicorn!Now here's a tall tale (in fact it's a cracker)all about Frank, a curious alpaca.Although Frank's daily life appeared simple enough,Frank was soooo nervous, it made things...

There are musical goings-on and a mystery for Ada to solve in Goth Girl and the Sinister Symphony, the fourth beautifully illustrated adventure in the series from Chris Riddell, 2015-2017 Children's Laureate and author of the Ottoline books.Lord Goth is...

The fifth tall-but-true tale in the darkly comic series SKELETON KEYS from the award-winning duo behind STITCH HEAD. Greetings! My name is Skeleton Keys and these fantabulant fingers of mine can open doors to hidden worlds... Join me for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636492063Author Bex SuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Caroline Treanor International BooksPublisher Caroline Treanor International...

Gaul, now France, has always been famous for its food and drink - so when, for a bet with the Romans, Asterix and Obelix travel round collecting local delicacies they start on the journey home with all sorts of goodies. First, however, they must outwit...

How do monsters like to travel? Scooter, bus or ... rabbit?There's more than one way for a little monster to travel! Skeeter speeds by on a scooter, and Willa likes to walk. Beatrice and Bobby take the bus, and there goes Rodney riding a rabbit! Kieran...

Some brothers are big. Some brothers are little.Some brothers are quiet. Some brothers are a little wild.All brothers are a special part of your family!Following up on his family classics The Mommy Book, The Daddy Book, The Grandma Book, and The Grandpa...

A woman bard in Ancient Gaul? A shocking idea, but that's what the Gauls get when the mothers in Asterix's village hire Bravura to teach their children. Although she, Asterix and Obelix are unlikely allies, between them they fight back against Julius...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590173206Author Alastair ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint NYRB Children'sPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

Cameron is a capercaillie and capercaillies LOVE to dance -- well, all except Cameron!Cameron is the worst dancer in the Scottish Cairngorms -- but his new friend, Hazel the squirrel, thinks she can help...Together they travel through the forest,...

The story of the very first Christmas jumper and the multi-coloured sheep that started it all!There are two things you need to know about Hillary the sheep. One: unlike her typical white or brown friends, Hillary's wool is all the colours of the rainbow...

Kayla Miller, the New York Times best-selling author-illustrator of Click, Camp, and Act, returns with the next chapter of Olive's story, tackling new friendships, middle school conflicts, and the importance of empathy. Olive, meet Natasha. There's a...

The Mr Men and Little Miss are giving each other secret Christmas presents! Little Miss Sunshine thought it would be a fun idea for the Mr Men and Little Miss to be Secret Santas for each other. Mr Nosey didn't think...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385385183Author Richard ScarryPage Count 26Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm)...

What do doctors do all day?Meet Mr and Mrs Dr Doctor!Mrs Dr Doctor attends to Freddie Fox. Mr Dr Doctor rides in an ambulance . . . and Mrs Dr Doctor has a baby!Two enchanting stories outlining just how vital doctors are to our lives. Another classic...

Great for singing along to, this traditional African-American Spiritual is a fun introduction to the parts of the body, as well as the concept of the skeleton. Ingenious die-cut holes on every page help us to recognize and identify the different parts...

A hilarious adventure about a fantasy world in danger of destruction from that most vile of threats... tourism .Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature in 1999. A humorous fantasy from Diana Wynne Jones. In a world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781402267857Author Francesca SimonFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, IncWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

A bumper Little Wolf book combining Little Wolf's Haunted Hall for Small Horrors and Little Wolf, Forest Detective. A second bumper bindup of two Little Wolf novels, to appeal to all new fans of Little Wolf who saw him on television at...

An intergalactic adventure with pants from the author of I Say ooh, You Say Aah.In this completely pants adventure story, you, the reader must bravely wear the right pants to help our hero and his alien friend on their journey. What pants do you need to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547487045Author H A ReyFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Clarion BooksPublisher Clarion BooksWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 206mm * 24mm