Humorous Stories

The stunning conclusion to the mega fame-busting 11-13 trilogy from the multi-million bestselling author of GEEK GIRL. Party girl actress Mercy Valentine is nobody's hero and that's how she wants it. She's sarcastic, sharp and always defensive...

The thrilling third volume in the bestselling middle-grade trilogy, beautifully illustrated throughout by Chris Riddell Step through the door in the tree and into another breathtaking adventure. . . ...

Rafe Khatchadorian is getting the Hollywood treatment in a film version of Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life starring Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle and Thomas Barbusca.It's a dog-eat-dog world, and Rafe Khatchadorian is just trying to...

What would you do if you received an invitation to run a zoo full of huge, scary monsters?The brave little boy in this story leaps at the chance, and although the monsters seem scary at first, he soon has them eating out of the palm of his hand. This is...

An unexpected and original picture book about being stuck and finding a way to get free For years, the kiosk has been Olga's life. She spends her days inside reading travel magazines and dreaming of distant places. One day a chance occurrence turns...

This charming picture book celebrates all our differences while questioning the idea that there is only one way to be "normal."Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she'll be when she grows up.But one day a...

A SHIVERING OF WORLDSDeep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of...

Official Sequel by David Benedictus Inspired by Milne's Classic Stories About Everyone's Favourite Bear From the excitement of Christopher Robin's return, to the curious business of learning to play cricket, Return to the Hundred Acre Wood...

The ninth book in the original, jaw-droppingly stupendous Skulduggery Pleasant series. Valkyrie. Darquesse. Stephanie. The world ain't big enough for the three of them. The end will come... The War of the Sanctuaries has been won,...

From the author of Ultimate Football Heroes comes the first book in the new Johnny Ball series, perfect reading for football-mad kidsJohnny Ball LOVES football. He loves reading about it, talking about it, watching it - and he loves playing it too. He's...

All Wilson wants is a rest! For millions of years, Wilson has slept warm and toasty deep underground, along with billions of other carbon atoms. But when Wilson is suddenly woken, he is swept away on a startling ...

From Chris Haughton comes a funny, suspenseful celebration of mothers set against an atmospheric Antarctic backdrop.Mummy Penguin is off to find a fishy dinner for her family. She has to swim very fast, climb a slippery cliff - cu-crunch, cu-crunch,...

A fantastic picture book based on the CG-animated TV series - The Adventures of Paddington. Paddington is a polite little bear from Darkest Peru who lives with a family called the Browns at 32 Windsor Gardens. He is kind, curious and rather...

Criminal genius runs in the family... Myles and Beckett Fowl are twins but the two boys are wildly different. Beckett is blonde, messy and sulks whenever he has to wear clothes. Myles is impeccably neat, has an IQ of 170, and 3D prints a fresh...

Kayla Miller, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Click, Camp, Act, Clash, and Crunch and co-author of Besties returns with a new Olive story! Olive is less-than-excited to be spending Spring Break stuck with her dad...will she be able...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616551926Author Paul TobinFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Dark Horse ComicsPublisher Dark Horse ComicsWeight(grams) 335g

Giraffe is bored, as usual. Hed love a friend to share things with. So he writes a letter and sends it as far as possible across the other side of the horizon. There he finds a pen palPenguin. Giraffe knows nothing about penguins and his letters are full...

'TWISTY, SEXY, SMART ' - Kiran Millwood-Hargrave 'A MODERN GOTHIC GEM' - Samantha Shannon 'OH SO ROMANTIC' - Alexandra Christo ...

The book that bites back is BACK! In the fourth beastly book from Jack Meggit-Phillips, the most distinctive new voice for readers of 8-12, there are surprises in store for Bethany about her missing family... For...

Learn English with James and the Giant Peach! A Penguin Readers book. Discover fifteen famous Roald Dahl adventures, adapted for learners of English aged 7+. Can you read them all?Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as...

A split page book where children turn the 1/2 pages to make up hilarious combinations of things that don't normally go together. Do you like ketchup on your Christmas tree? Or a Santa hat on your Christmas...

One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedicus Britannicus's Romans...

A paw-some box set of the first six Dog Man books by worldwide bestselling author and artist Dav Pilkey. Dog Man is the crime-biting canine who is part dog, part man, and ALL HERO! This deluxe boxed set...

Monday 17th January It's finally time for the school trip! And we're off to the SPOOKIEST castle I have EVER seen! Bea Black is in her second term at witch school and she can't wait for the Year Seven residential trip to the haunted Cadabra Castle...

Friday 18th February Binxy has just reminded us that we have to put on this play in front of the WHOLE SCHOOL and now we're a mixture of excited and SCARED! When Bea's class is tasked with putting on the school play, she can't wait to get started...

The laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends!Another brilliantly funny, rhyming read-aloud picture book, jam-packed with cute puppies and silliness.From the bestselling, multi-award-winning creators of Oi Frog!Dog is looking after some puppies. Quite...

One of the most iconic characters in children's literature Herge's classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most recognisable characters in children's books. These highly collectible editions of the original...

Step into a Once Upon a Time where anything is possible . . . Radiya Hafiza's enchanting and funny debut weaves together three stories, spinning the classic fairytale to show that anyone can be a hero.'Rumaysa, Rumaysa, let down your hijab!'For as long...

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second part in Douglas Adams' smash hit sci-fi comedy and cult classic series. This stunning gift edition is illustrated by Costa Award winning Chris Riddell.'One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A...

It should never have happened, but somehow-with the aid of a recorder, keyboard, and very disturbed cat-Hector and Ollie have made a hit single. And now everybody wants a piece of them. They may have always dreamed of fame, but is life on tour all it's...

The hilarious new fantasy adventure from the author of Charlie Changes Into a Chicken.Alex is a normal, everyday kid, living in a normal, everyday city. Axel is a monster-slaying hero, living in a world of magic. Unfortunately, when the two boys...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951046002Author Joey AckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Joey and Melanie AckerPublisher Joey and Melanie AckerWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm)...

Alex Sparrow is a super-agent in training. He is also a human lie-detector. Working with Jess - who can communicate with animals - they must find out why their friends, and enemies, are all changing into polite and well behaved pupils. And exactly who is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951046057Author Joey AckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Joey and Melanie AckerPublisher Joey and Melanie AckerWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm)...

Nellie Choc-Ice (the greatest penguin explorer in the world!) and Jeremy Strong return to fight the scourge of plastic in this funny and thoughtful gem. Nellie Choc-Ice is on her way home to the North Pole at last! But things don't go so...

Hey, buster! Normal life is a total yawn. So break out of boredom with multi-million-copy bestselling author Lauren Child, and meet your new favourite heroine... Ruby Redfort: detective, secret agent, thirteen-year-old kid. Everyone's...

A fantastic rhyming picture book story from Roald Dahl Prize award-winning Amy Sparkes and the illustrator behind the hugely successful Goodnight series for children, including Goodnight Tractor and Goodnight Spaceman. Ellie Pengelly is fed up...

One of the most iconic characters in children's literature Herge's classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most recognisable characters in children's books. These highly collectible editions of the original...

Learn English with Billy and the Minpins! A Penguin Readers book. Discover fifteen famous Roald Dahl adventures, adapted for learners of English aged 7+. Can you read them all?Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a...

Save the universe in the awesome and hilarious new space-themed adventure series from bestselling authors Katie and Kevin Tsang! Suzie Wen LOVES gadgets and inventing things - but her inventions don't always turn out how she expects . . . And...