Children's / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories

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  • Are you a sleepy monster?

    £7.99

    Meet a friendly monster who wants to have a fun sleepover! Are You a Sleepy Monster? is an engaging picture book perfect for bedtime.

  • The Swifts

    £8.99

    On the day they are born, each Swift is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name and a definition, and it is assumed they will grow up to match. Unfortunately, Shenanigan Swift has other ideas. So what if her relatives all think she’s destined to turn out as a troublemaker, just because of her name? Shenanigan knows she can be whatever she wants – pirate, explorer or even detective. Which is lucky, really, because when one of the Family tries to murder Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, someone has to work out whodunit. With the help of her sisters and cousin, Shenanigan grudgingly takes on the case, but more murders, a hidden treasure and an awful lot of suspects make things seriously complicated. Can Shenanigan catch the killer before the whole household is picked off?

  • Battle of the beast

    £7.99

    The third beastly book in the deliciously gruesome and hilarious series by Jack Meggitt-Phillips, perfect for little beasts aged 8-12.

  • Revenge of the Beast

    £7.99

    The book that bites back is BACK! In the second beastly book from Jack Meggit-Phillips, the most distinctive new voice for readers of 8-12, revenge is a dish best served with a surprise ?

  • Should I Share My Ice Cream?

    £7.99

    Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. Gerald has a big decision to make. But will he make it in time?

  • Huxley and Flapjack

    £6.99

    Huxley has some pocket money to spend, and where better to spend it than the grand opening of Jollygoods, a new department store in town. But after a mix up with a robber, Huxley is mistaken for a thief. Can Huxley – with a LOT of help from Flapjack – catch the real robber and still make it home in time for tea?

  • Skating sensation

    £7.99

    More diary entries and doodles from Nikki’s not-so-fabulous life…

  • Dork diaries

    £7.99

    Enter the adorkable world of Nikki Maxwell as she tells all about her not-so-fabulous life in the international bestselling series Dork Diaries!

  • The totally disastrous school-trip of Lottie Brooks

    £7.99

    Lottie Brooks continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny illustrated series for a 9-12 audience, filled with friendship, embarrassing moments and plenty of lols. Woe is me. So much is wrong in my life. Still look like a tomato. Am stuck indoors whilst my friends go bowling without me (rude). My parents are leaving me to go out on a ‘Date Night’. GROSS! After a summer of meeting handsome French boys and getting a tiny bit sunburnt. OK, fine – a lot sunburnt, Lottie’s heading off on a week-long residential school trip. A whole week away from embarrassing parents and Toby’s tasty air biscuits! But the trip soon turns into a total disaster.

  • The sports day chicken

    £7.99

    Year 2 at Wigglesbottom Primary is never boring. They don’t expect to run a race against a chicken at Sports Day, or eat green toxic slime at lunch (it’s halloween custard!) or that Anne Marie Moor is an ant queen and one of her subjects is called Lady Gaga – but they love every minute of it! This book is aimed at newly-independent readers.

  • Geek Girl

    £8.99

    Now a major Netflix series!

    “My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek.”

  • The Enormous Crocodile

    £7.99

    The Enormous Crocodile is a horrid greedy grumptious brute who loves to guzzle up little boys and girls. But the other animals have had enough of his cunning tricks, so they scheme to get the better of this foul fiend, once and for all!

  • The Secret School Invasion

    £7.99

    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 happen when the new kids join, in their too-shiny shoes and with their too-loud singing? And what if they’ve got a secret mission and that mission is a BAD mission?