Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage)

  • The stinky Wonky Donkey

    £6.99

    In this gorgeous addition to the Wonky Donkey collection, Dinky Donkey tells us all about which animals she loves the best of all. And whether it’s a reindeer, a zebra, a horse or a camel, one thing’s for sure: our cute friend Dinky Donkey loves ALL creatures!

  • Orangutan with a van

    £5.99

    Orangutan has a big day ahead. Tiger is moving house and he has a lot of stuff to go on Orangutan’s van. Will it all get there in one piece? Find out in this hilarious story that makes learning phonics fun.

  • We disagree about this tree

    £7.99

    Bear and Mouse have finally overcome their differences and are living together in perfect harmony – until it’s time to decorate the Christmas tree! Bear wants dazzling lights, while Mouse prefers gigantic baubles – and, wait a minute, did Mouse just put a manatee on the top?! A topsy-turvy tree is definitely the last straw and it looks as if Christmas is ruined. But maybe, just maybe, Bear and Mouse can reach a compromise in time?

  • The missing unicorn

    £6.99

    When Jade explores her auntie’s shed, she finds it packed with historical treasures. But that’s just the beginning of her adventures, as she travels back in time to the Middle Ages on the trail of a stolen unicorn. Help Jade and her new friend Jack to solve the puzzles, find the unicorn and save the day.

  • The case of the polar poachers

    £12.99

    Einstein the penguin is back in this future-classic and fantastically funny story for all the family to enjoy. Get ready to welcome the most extraordinary penguin back into your own home.

  • Three little monkeys and the Grand Hotel

    £12.99

    A remarkable collaboration – that brings together giants of the picture book world – to create a funny, anarchic and utterly delightful picture book. A classic of the future.

  • What the ladybird heard at Christmas

    £7.99

    Join everyone’s favourite crime-busting ladybird this festive season as she saves the day with another cunning plan in the fifth story in the brilliantly funny, Number One bestselling What the Ladybird Heard series.

  • You can’t let an elephant pull Santa’s sleigh

    £7.99

    You can’t let an elephant pull Santa’s sleigh, if you want your presents on Christmas Day. He’ll do his best to tug it up to the sky but the sad fact is – elephants can’t fly! Raccoons decorating your Christmas tree? Pulling crackers with alpacas? Kissing a buffalo under the mistletoe? Oh no – that just won’t do! This is a festive romp featuring all sorts of animals in all sorts of madcap situations.

  • The book that no one wanted to read

    £8.99

    Richard Ayoade’s children’s debut gives you all the answers in a way that’s silly, funny, and thoroughly beguiling. Have you ever thought about how it feels to be a book? To be left under a whiffy pant pile or shelved, forever collecting dust? To have your pages bent backwards or your spine broken? What if you don’t have a sparkly unicorn or dragon adorning your cover – who will pick you out of the bookshop then? This is the story of the sadly neglected ‘Book That No One Wanted To Read’ – can its destiny change when it finally meets the right reader?

  • The legend of Ghastly Jack Crowheart

    £8.99

    For Lil, life at the Squawking Mackerel inn couldn’t be more miserable. She’s tasked with the sloppiest, grottiest jobs and picked on at every turn. Her only friend is Augustus Scratchy, a cantankerous crow with a habit of stealing. When the dread villain Rotten Bob Hatchet and his gang of cut-throat highwaymen begin attacking travellers on the road, things get really dire. Joining forces with a new servant boy, Ned, and armed with the contents of the inn’s lost property cupboard, a pocket full of revolting dumplings and some knicker elastic, Lil comes up with a plot to scare off Rotten Bob. And so the legend of Ghastly Jack Crowheart the Demon Highwayman is born! Dangerous highwaymen, furious crows, ludicrous underwear, and a turnip apocalypse – stand and deliver!

  • Death at the lighthouse

    £7.99

    When Bonnie Montgomery finally gets a break from cracking cases as her alter-ego, Montgomery Bonbon, something terribly fishy happens the moment she and Grampa Banks arrive on Odde Island for half-term – and it’s not just the smell of the harbour. There’s been a mysterious death at Leerie Lighthouse, and what everyone assumed was an accident is setting Bonbon’s moustache all a-quiver: a sure sign that something is Highly Suspicious. When a second death takes place on the other side of the island, Bonnie is sure the two are connected. But can she solve this case alone, or will she need double the detectives to solve double the murder?

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