Humorous Stories

Celebrate thirty years of Percy the Park Keeper and his animal friends with this funny story in the classic series from award-winning author and illustrator Nick Butterworth! It's a beautiful spring morning and a perfect opportunity for Percy...

A high-energy, brilliantly silly, fully illustrated festive adventure story by much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and talented artist Anita Mangan. "Nine- to 12-year-olds will love this funny, fast-paced story" Good...

Enter the crazy world of rap poet Benjamin Zephaniah!A reissue of the wonderfully irreverent collection of poetry for young people, touching on anything from vegetables to the Queen and from sewage to the sun. There's plenty of humour as well as poems on...

It's hard work being good all the time - and it's especially hard for a dog like George! A laugh-out-loud, visual romp from the acclaimed author-illustrator of A Bit Lost, Shh! We Have a Plan, Goodnight Everyone, Don't Worry Little Crab and Maybe.A board...

Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world abd the mega-selling Dork Diaries series - now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide! When Nikki discovers that her arch-nemesis, MacKenzie, has started writing a gossip column for the school newspaper,...

Count along with the Ten Little Monsters in this Halloween counting rhyme adventure!Ten Little Monsters are going trick-or-treating ... But what will the Ten Little Monsters do when they meet a wailing ghost? Two creepy witches? And a GIANT SPIDER?Part...

Join ten magical little unicorns for fairy tale fun in this enchanting rhyming adventure!It's Princess Petal's birthday, but - oh no! - her cake is nowhere to be seen! Can ten brave little unicorns find the missing cake in time for the royal birthday...

Marcus and the Breakfast Club Investigators are back in The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Ghoul in the School! From #1 bestselling author Marcus Rashford comes another exciting adventure full of fantastic friendships, high-stakes mysteries and strange...

Have YOU ever had a bad week? The hilarious new series taking the world by storm. His cat has been abducted by aliens, his dad is dating his new head teacher, and he's unexpectedly gone viral online in the most embarrassing way. Justin Chase is having...

Twenty-five days ago, something awful happened, and I made a promise to myself. Never to leave home again.Pete loves the pizza shop, where he lives with his dad, and is terrified of the outside world. But when a new restaurant steals their customers,...

The new picture book from the bestselling duo behind the phenomenal I Need A New Bum! My bum is a rascal... so hard to restrain! It likes to jump puddles and play in the rain... The...

Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for... the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning... When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds...

Hilarious, illustrated school-based antics where everything that happens leads to DRAMA and RUNNING AROUND and even some FAINTING! When a session of extreme dancing leaves Maisie in hospital with a broken leg, things take a turn for the weird! Strange...

What would happen if you showed a T-Rex a book?Well, she wouldn't know what to do with it . . . would she?A madcap, super silly adventure story rooted in the transformative power of books, created by incredible new picture-book duo Rashmi Sirdeshpande...

A brand new picture book inspired by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin BlakeIt's rotten when you're very small,You hardly get a say at all.It's "No!" and "Quiet!" and "That's enough!"By golly, life - it can be tough . . .Inspired by the work of the...

A sneaky fish learns a lesson in crime and punishment in the bestselling, multiple award-winning sequel to I Want My Hat Back.Winner of the Caldecott Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal 2014 From the creator of the bestselling I Want My Hat Back and Sam and...

Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over sixty years. Now four of the best-loved classic London picture books are brought together in one volume. ...

The long awaited sequel to the award-winning favourite, There's a Bear on My Chair, from bestselling author and illustrator, Ross Collins.The tables have turned in this fantastically funny rhyming picture book. This time, it's Bear who has an unwelcome...

'You will laugh out loud' - Guardian _______________ Get ready for a fun-filled ride and join a whole range of crazy creatures on a hilarious board book adventure! You can't take an elephant on the bus ... It would simply cause a terrible fuss! ...

Hilarious, pitch-perfect stories where everyday school life becomes completely extraordinary! By a brilliant author/illustrator team with laughs on every page!Izzy's school is being merged with St Bartholomew's Primary, their greatest rivals! What will...

VOTED BEST LAUGH OUT LOUD PICTURE BOOK AWARD IN THE LOLLIES 2022 AND OVER 101,000 COPIES SOLD!The hilariously silly bestselling picture book, featuring 101 different animal bums! Bums in the jungle, bums in the town. Bums in the treetops, hanging upside...

A perfectly princessy counting rhyme picture book with a super-special shiny pink cover! From the creators of the award-winning, bestselling Ten Little Pirates.Ten little princesses going to the ball, Trotting on their ponies, past the castle wall.Are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839350535Author Eddie RobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Mortimer Children's BooksPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group

Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear who discover that things are always better when they're shared with a friend. Ideal for readers moving on from picture books. 'A perfect animal...

A brilliantly illustrated collection of 366 hilarious poems to keep you laughing all year round!Shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards 2024!From rib-ticklingly funny to wryly witty, each poem in this uplifting collection is guaranteed to put a smile...

Ye cannae shove yer grannyCause she's yer mammy's mammyYe cannae shove yer granny off a bus!'Ever thought about shoving your granny off a bus? See what happens when you try in this brilliantly cheeky board book. Sing and act out the much-loved Scottish...

From the Yoto Carnegie Medal shortlisted author of Steady For This comes a hilarious and heartwarming new teen comedy!'Rib-achingly funny, poignant and thoughtful' - Guardian'Immensely readable . . . confirms [Nathanael Lessore] as a major new name in...

A charming lift-the-flap board book based on the animated TV series, The Adventures of Paddington! Someone has taken Paddington's marmalade sandwich! Can you follow the crumb trail with your finger, lift the flaps, and help him track down his...

Million-copy bestseller David Walliams' funniest book yet - a laugh-out-loud tale of the most blundering and lovable family in history Meet the Blunders: Bertie, Betsy, their children, Brutus and Bunny, along with...

A laugh-out-loud musical story full of hilarious word play and silliness from the author of Oi Frog!, brilliantly illustrated by Fred Blunt.Flinty Bo Diddle is writing a tune for his fiddle. All his diddles have lined up nicely - except for one who...

Bestselling follow-up to the international hit picture book, The Wonky Donkey! The Wonky Donkey has a daughter in this hilarious picture book sequel to the runaway hit. Wonky Donkey had a child, it was a...

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 is the first book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series. Friday January 2ndI felt rotten today. It's my mother's fault for singing 'My Way' at two o'clock in the morning at the top of the...

The third zippy and zany tale by Pamela Butchart sees Izzy and her friends plunged into more primary-school craziness. This time, they decide that their new head teacher is a vampire rat, based on his being slightly scary, having the blinds drawn in his...

From the international bestselling creator of Claude, comes a brand new hero - Mr Penguin, adventurer and penguin.Indiana Jones meets Hercule Poirot in this new Alex T. Smith series with plenty of slapstick humour, mystery and adventure. Highly...

Elmer is different. Elmer is patchwork. The grey elephants all love him, but he soon starts to wonder what it would be like to be just the same as them... Full of colour, wisdom and pathos, this classic tale has been abridged for the very...

Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and the mega-selling Dork Diaries series - now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide!Nikki and her bandmates are looking forward to an AWESOME summer on tour as the opening act for the world famous Bad...

'Brilliantly funny' - Abi Elphinstone _______________ A cheetah in charge of a camper van? Rhinos rampaging round the campsite? Meerkats playing minigolf? This riotous book features all sorts of crazy creatures that you would definitely NOT want to...

The Grinch's newfound Christmas spirit is in jeopardy with the arrival of the Whoville's Christmas tree competition, but can one special Who remind him of what's really important? A sequel to the timeless classic How the Grinch Stole...

From number one bestselling author David Walliams comes another heartfelt but hilarious hoot of an adventure Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her. Luckily...

Say goodbye to MOG in this incredibly moving and stunningly illustrated story from Judith Kerr, creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the MOG series. Mog was tired. She was dead tired... Mog thought, 'I want to sleep for ever.' And so she...