Humourous Fiction

The World’s Worst Superheroes, from Children's author David Walliams. When is the queen not just the queen? When she is WONDERQUEEN! KAPOW! Is that an especially large bird? Is it a weirdly small plane? No: it’s THUNDERHOUND! BLAM! When her schoolteachers turn into deadly dinosaurs, who can...

The World’s Worst Parents, from Children's author David Walliams. Are you ready to meet the worst parents ever? Sure, some parents are embarrassing – but they’re NOTHING on this lot. These ten tales of the world’s most spectacularly silly mums and deliriously daft dads will leave you...

The World’s Worst Teachers, from Children's author David Walliams. Think your teachers are bad? Wait until you meet this lot. These ten tales of the world’s most splendidly sinister teachers will have you running for the school gates. Dr Dread teaches science and is half man, half monster!...

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Like a car alarm, bagpipe music, or a doorbell ringing in the middle of the night, hearing this audio edition of The Bad Beginning will only upset you. This unique multi-voice recording brings the first book in Lemony Snicket's alarming A Series of Unfortunate...

The World’s Worst Pets, from Children's author David Walliams. Marvel at Houdini, the magician’s rabbit. Take a trip around the world with Zoom, the supersonic tortoise. Gasp at the chaos created by Griselda, a grizzly bear with a big secret. And RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! It’s Furp, the...

The World’s Worst Children 3, from Children's author David Walliams. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to your bookshelf, 10 more horrendously hilarious stories about the absolute worst children ever! From ten-year old Hank and his endless pranks on his poor, long-suffering family...

The World’s Worst Monsters, from Children's author David Walliams. You’ve met the world’s worst children, the world’s worst parents, the world’s worst teachers and the world’s worst pets – but are you ready for the world’s worst monsters? If you don’t like ghosts, ogres...

The World’s Worst Children, from Children's author David Walliams. Are you ready to meet the World’s Worst Children? Five beastly boys and five gruesome girls! Like Sofia Sofa – a TV super-fan so stuck to the sofa that she’s turning into one! Or Dribbling Drew – a boy whose drool gets...

The World’s Worst Children 2, from Children's author David Walliams. If you thought you had read about the World’s Worst Children already, you’re in for a rather nasty shock. The beastly boys and gruesome girls in this book are even ruder, even more disgusting and WORSE than you could ever...

Books 7, 8 and 9 in the SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT series – known collectively as THE DARQUESSE TRILOGY, Derek Landy's fantastically imaginative series about our favourite dead detective. KINGDOM OF THE WICKED Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Terrified...

Derrick, Samantha and Michael should be in school. Instead they find themselves in NASA's space shuttle, which Nanny Piggins manages to accidentally launch, blasting them all into outer space. This time she has gone too far! In this thrilling fourth instalment of her adventures, Nanny Piggins...

Justice served with extra chocolate sauce. Nanny Piggins gets in trouble with the law after some illicit tight rope walking, and is sentenced to 5000 hours community service. But she isn't the type of pig to take her punishment lying down, not when there are old people to rescue, pirates to...

The first book in the internationally bestselling Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage, featuring the funny and fantastic adventures of a wizard apprentice and his quest to become an ExtraOrdinary Wizard. New York Times Bestselling Series “A deliciously spellbinding series opener.” —Kirkus...

The bone-shaking new trilogy concludes – the latest adventure in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series Skulduggery Pleasant has many enemies – many, many enemies – and people try to kill him multiple times a day. But when someone puts a price on his head, he finds himself going up...

Super Sleuth, from Children's author David Walliams. Dilly loves a good murder. Not a REAL murder. A made-up murder. One you would find in a murder-mystery novel. Sherlock Holmes is her favourite detective. She even named her dog Watson after his faithful companion, and trained him to sniff out...

Enjoy five fun-filled audio short stories – read by Julia and Malcolm Donaldson! A bumper five-story audio collection from master storyteller Dame Julia Donaldson, read by Julia herself and her husband Malcolm – perfect for entertaining little ones in the car, storytime or bedtime! Adventure...

Just when you thought it was safe to flush, the Turbo Toilet 2000 strikes back! The carnivorous commode known for devouring everything in its path has built up a real appetite...for revenge....

This is a very funny book about running, jumping, throwing, winning, losing, cheating, chasing, biting and really hard squeezing....

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Dear Reader, If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted, but their lives, I am sorry to say, are filled with bad luck and...

Books 4, 5 and 6 in the SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT series – known collectively as TTHE DEATH BRINGER TRILOGY, Derek Landy's fantastically imaginative series about our favourite dead detective. DARK DAYS Skulduggery Pleasant is lost on the other side of a portal, with only some evil gods for company...

Billionaire Boy, from Children's author David Walliams. Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact. You see, Joe's rich. Really, really rich. Joe's got his own bowling alley, his own cinema, even his own butler who is also an orangutan. He's the wealthiest...

Crammed with stories and sniggers, this hysterical journal brings you more manic mayhem from the crazy world of Tom Gates....

Soon to be an animated series from Nickelodeon! This second audio collection of the Big Nate series is perfect for fans of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series! In this collection enjoy the next four adventures of the New York Times bestselling series. “Big Nate is funny, big time.”—Jeff Kinney...

A collection of short stories about some extremely mischievous children from the world's favourite storyteller Enid Blyton. Perfect for children aged 5 and up! Are you ready for some delightfully dreadful tales? From cheeky pixies and naughty imps to hair-raisingly horrid children and tricks...

The eighth amazing instalment of the brilliant Tom Gates series....

Welcome to the Hall of Horrors, HorrorLand's Hall of Fame for the truly terrifying. It's Halloween and Monica Anderson is out trick-or-treating with her younger brother. They knock on the door of an old, creepy house and are met by a strange woman who pleads for their help. Every year she must battle for the control of five sacred masks with the evil Dr. Screem.

Poor Matt Krinsky! Not only are his parents making him move away from all of his friends, but they're enrolling him in a boarding school. It doesn't take long for him to realize that he's surrounded by zombies. And his classmates have begun to notice his heartbeat and warm skin. Can Matt convince them he is undead long enough to stay alive?

In this Mickey and Friends adventure, the famous mouse and his pals hit the beach for a fabulous day of fun and sun—it’s sure to be a bona fide Beach Bonanza!….

For the boys and girl in “Team Bomb Shelter,” their final year at Jerome Marco K-8 was packed with disasters, inside jokes and a talent show. They called the daily chaos of middle school “the worst” — and somehow meant it as a compliment. It should have ended with a celebration. Instead, everything changed.

Logan was a hero... a long time ago! He helped defeat a dragon! Now, all Logan does is chores. Will his boring life ever change? A glimmer of hope out of his drudgery appears when Logan finds a secret patch of strawberries with strange powers! It makes Logan wonder if these are the fruit of self-control the pastor was always preaching about. Join Logan and his new raccoon friend, Rascal on an adventure to solve the mystery before Pa gets a chance to turn Rascal into a hat!

When disaster-prone twelve-year-old Matt Pesce accidentally sets his neighbor’s hedges on fire, his parents sentence him to community service at a senior center. But what help can Matt possibly be to the likes of the General, who’s glued to old war documentaries, a pair of elderly chess champions, and the ladies of the knitting club?

THREE STARRED REVIEWS! Chicken Run meets Tiny T. Rex in this funny farmyard tale of a feisty chicken who is sure she is a dinosaur! Includes a die-cut cover — and back matter about how chickens (and all other birds) are the living descendants of dinosaurs! Lena lives in a chicken coop, and...

POSTMAN PLANET IS BACK AND SMELLIER THAN EVER IN THIS HILARIOUS YOUNG FICTION SERIES FOR KIDS, BY AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND EVERYDAY POSTMAN, BEN DAVIS! PERFECT FOR FANS OF BUNNY VS MONKEY. The planet of Nicetopia is the politest corner of the galaxy. Nothing could ever spoil their ideal society...

Meet Panda: she's grumpy, she's snarky, she's a ball of mischief, and... she's been abandoned in the BABY'S room! Follow along as cheeky Panda the stuffy writes letters to Benny, her owner and the big brother, pleading to be rescued from the drooly, boring, (...and kinda cute?) baby. This audiobook tells the story of a snarky, witty Panda who is eager to get back to her owner, Benny, but finds herself begrudgingly warming up to the drooly and excitable Baby.

A hilarious audiobook from the mind of #1 New York Times bestselling creator Oliver Jeffers, about what incredible things you might miss if you take the day off school . . . A whole day off school! ALL TO HIMSELF!! When Herbie has the sniffles, he stays home from school. It’s exciting to have...

In this third audiobook in the series, Alexander goes up against shadow smashers. These monsters jump from shadow to shadow, causing problems all over town! Meanwhile, a member of Alexander's Super Secret Monster Patrol (SSMP) may turn out to BE a monster!

A bedtime adventure at New York's grandest hotel, from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tiffany Pham. When Charlie the cat and Georgie the pug slip out of their suite at the Plaza Hotel one starry night, they discover a world of wonder waiting just beyond their door. Towering pastries in the Palm Court. Gumdrop jars in the candy shop. Oysters on gold plates at the Champagne Bar. A forgotten suite full of pillows to bound through, with curtains to climb and lamps that shine like little moons. But the grandest place can feel a little lonely without the people you love.

Finn N. O. Hope, ultimate fail-magnet, is back in this second instalment of the hilarious middle-grade series by Phil Earle. Perfect for readers of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Loki and Tom Gates. Finn’s Gran is treating the family to a summer vacation in Tenerife – what could possibly go wrong?...

‘MC GRAMMAR IS THE MAN’ - Michael Rosen A super fun – and very smelly – poodunnit immersive audiobook, narrated and read by MC Grammar with a ?super-stinky mission: to find the guilty farty party!? In a prehistoric land, a long time ago,? Dinosaur bums were ready to BLOOOOOW!?? ? Who...

In the third book in the New York Times–bestselling chapter book series about the childhood of America's favorite housekeeper, Amelia Bedelia piles into the family car and takes a road trip with her family. Amelia Bedelia takes everything literally, and that leads to all kinds of silly...