Humorous Stories

A young sheep embaaaarks on a hilarious farmyard odyssey to discover her identity.Mildred is a sheep, and she's not too happy about it. The herding is boring, the food is repetitive, and the shearing is frankly embarrassing. So when she ventures out to...

Rafe inherits a million dollars . . . and a million problems. Has he struck it rich, or will he strike out? When Rafe discovers that he's inherited a fortune, it's not all good news. Sure, he gets an all-expenses-paid trip to glamorous Beverly Hills . . ...

Nine-year-old Billy is digging for buried treasure when he finds a wormhole in the garden! And to make matters worse, all sorts of people from the past begin to clamber through it. Now Billy - aided by his pet dog, Shakespeare - is in a race against time...

Tibble is a reporter. He only ever writes about cats, and he's about to be fired. Minou is a young woman who has moved into Tibble's flat. She hates dogs, likes rooftops, loves the fishmonger, and happens to have been, until very recently, a cat. ...

A warm and thought-provoking tale from a master storyteller, winner of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award and author of the Carnegie Medal-winning Skellig."Mam, did you think George was," I say, "a bit ... weird?""Weird? Yes, I suppose so. But...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level A range of beautifully illustrated Michael Rosen's poems, including many of his classic works such as 'Down behind the dustbin'. The poems resonate with children's...

Two intrepid girls go from ladies-in-waiting to knights-in-action when they rip up the rule book and go searching for adventure! Wondermere is the luckiest kingdom in the land, all thanks to the dragons that nest on top of the castle. Nobody wants...

Bob is a pampered indoor cat. Bunk is a wild-spirited outdoor cat. They're both very different, but maybe they're pretty similar too... A beautiful, funny book about accepting others and making friends. This is a tale of two...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486851631Author Dawn McMillanFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Dover PublicationsPublisher Dover PublicationsWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 278mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Garden State Children's Book Awards (Children's Fiction) 1998 and Buckeye Children's Book Award (Grades 3-5) 1999.Book InformationISBN 9780380723812Author Louis...

A beautiful wordless picture book. When a fox steals a chicken, her friends are determined to rescue her. Rooster, Bear and Rabbit negotiate forests, climb mountains and cross the sea to get her back. But it becomes perfectly clear that chicken and...

Permit me lovely readers to take you back in time. The first thing that I want you to do is to close your eyes and breathe deeply. Okay, great, now open them again very slowly. Are you ready? Good, then let us begin.Featuring Lady Eliot!A brand new...

Jason's sleepwalking father is snoring all around the house! In the bathtub, in the kitchen, even on top of the car in the garage. But when the front door is opened and Jason's father sleepwalks outside into the frozen night, Jason has to take special...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394822860Author Stan BerenstainFormat HardbackPage Count 36Imprint Random House USA Children's BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732626546Author Zack ZombieFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Zack Zombie PublishingPublisher Zack Zombie PublishingWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm)...

Only a sensible, level head can save the day when disaster strikes on a school trip in this hilariously slapstick introduction to Shakespeare's The Tempest. Only a sensible, level head can save the day when disaster strikes on a school trip in...

Frankie is smart, sharp, funny . . . and possibly a criminal mastermind"As a girl, Frankie knows she is supposed to play by the rules, but the rules were made by Old Boys for boys and therefore are not her rules to begin with." - THE NEW YORK TIMESSo...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595144553Author Jenny SlateFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint RazorbillPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 561gDimensions(mm) 286mm * 264mm * 10mm

This lift-the-flap fun and joyous story celebrates all things silly. This is the perfect way to teach children their first ten numbers, whilst also allowing for some fun along the way with its interactive flap-out page design and Jon Lander's charming...

One of the funniest books you'll read this year, perfect for fans of Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine.Welcome to the Shop of Impossible Ice Creams! Step inside to discover a delicious world of magical adventure, from bestselling author Shane...

This innovative and wildly funny read-aloud will be the Must Have book of the season. You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except...here's how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it...

Toy Story meets James Bond in this incredibly action-packed new series. Spy Toys are going to take the world by storm! The world's leading toy manufacturer makes playthings for the rich and famous, and every toy they create contains a tiny...

The third instalment in the hilarious Jacky Ha-Ha series!Jacky Hart finally knows the thrill of having people laugh with her (not at her). She tries to put her comedy and theatre skills to use in her summer job-but the boardwalk crowds aren't exactly...

'A wonderful, tender evocation of friendship and how its power can help you overcome your worst fears. A pure splash of joy.' The Daily MailShortlisted for Oscar's Book Prize 2022Duck is not like other ducks. Duck doesn't like water and is perfectly fine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781534478060Author Sandra BoyntonPage Count 32Imprint Boynton BookworksPublisher Boynton BookworksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 127mm * 160mm * 23mm

The ancient Greek myths as you've never read them before!The classic stories of Theseus and the Minotaur and Arachne versus Athene are re-told here in master storyteller, Marcia Williams' inimitable comic style. These splendid adaptations have...

In the third sensational and side-splitting Cinders & Sparks adventure, Cinders and her companions continue their quest to find Fairyland - but the scary Hunstman is close on their tail . . . Perfect for readers of 7-9 and fans of Shrek and Frozen. ...

A boy genius keeps some hapless adults in hand in the brand-new 4u2read edition of this hilarious tale from a master of comic writing. Silly parents, silly teachers and a very silly Prime Minister! Alfie Popple (real name Squeaky Squawker...

An EGG-citing new picture book perfect for sharing together at Easter!The Easter Bunny has lots to do before delivering eggs to children around the world. Luckily her superspectacular Eggatron chocolate making machine can help!But when Easter Bunny's...

A priceless golden chalice has been stolen from Fergus McSwaggers, fearsome chief of the squelchy Bog Islands ... and he wants it back! Can Flynn and the crew of the Black Hound solve their most dangerous case yet, battling deadly ice pirates,...

Number One for Fiendish Fun!This book contains a bake-off, a HORRID guidebook, an EVIL girl and an ancient curse!Four utterly hilarious and totally brilliant Horrid Henry stories by Francesca Simon, with illustrations by Tony Ross. An irresistible...

Learn English with The BFG! 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 foreign language...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780736436038Author Laura HitchcockFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999642761Author Jessica ParkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint PJ SkinnerPublisher PJ SkinnerWeight(grams) 82g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593405352Author Max BrallierFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Viking Books for Young ReadersPublisher Penguin USAWeight(grams) 516gDimensions(mm)...

"High School. Two words that struck fear into the heart of every armless middle schooler I knew. Which was me. And like two people online." This sequel to the critically acclaimed Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, now in paperback, follows...

"London and Zelinsky have created something unendingly fun but also deeply meaningful: Art takes on a life of its own, no matter how much the artist thinks the work can be controlled!" -Brian Selznick, Caldecott Medal-winning author of The Invention of...

A new, hilarious book from author Tom McLaughlin, creator of the highly-acclaimed The Accidental Prime Minister. Funny by Name. Funny by Nature. Jasper Spam is mad about science, the problem is that all of his experiments tend to end in a BANG, until...

The latest action-packed adventure from our indomitable Gauls, Asterix and the Griffin, is out now! 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...