Humourous Fiction

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...

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...

A dreamy collection of tales by the world's best-loved storyteller. Perfect for children aged 5 and up! From adventures with sleepy giants to bedtime stories about how Bobs the dog got a cold nose, drift into dreamland with these short stories by Enid Blyton. Look out for midnight parties and...

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 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 bone-shaking new trilogy continues – the latest adventure in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series Vengeance is a killer. A killer is stalking and murdering sorcerers, and Valkyrie Cain is next on his list. While hunting down a cult of magical terrorists intent on taking their...

A bone-shaking new trilogy begins – the latest adventure in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series SIX YEARS AGO, THE UNIVERSE ENDED. When it restarted, blinking back into existence, it brought with it a darkness that remains hidden from the mortal population. A week ago – fuelled by...

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...

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...

A vote for Piggins is a vote for cake! In this riveting eighth instalment of Nanny Piggins' adventures, she sets out to thwart Mr Green's political ambitions by running for mayor herself. Her mission - to proudly fight for Liberty, Equality and Cake! Is democracy safe? Probably not. Will Nanny...

George and Harold, and their doubles, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold, have a good thing going. Two of them go to school, while the other two hide in the tree house and play video games all day - then they switch! But it turns out there's something rotten in the state of Ohio....

The original eight books from Australian's favourite and award-winning children's series all together in one laugh-out-loud collection. Now also a global hit TV series on Netflix and ABC Me Meet Manny, Max and Elsa, Melanie Applebum, Rory, Atticus Busby, Battie, Amba, Debra Jo-Woo, Tamara Noodle...

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...

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...

When we last saw George and Harold, they were about to take their pet pterodactyl, Crackers, back to the Cretaceous period....

George and Harold thought they were beyond boogers. Their new pet, Sulu the Bionic Hamster, had defeated the Bionic Booger Boy, and through the wonders of science, Melvin Sneedly had been brought back to normal (well, almost normal)....

Henry McThrottle has discovered that there is buried treasure on Skill Island, which happens to be somewhere in his school. He sets out to find the treasure with three of his friends....

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...

Andy and Danny boldly go where sensible people fear to tread. Just how stupid can two human beings be? Just Stupid! provides the answer to this vexing and important question....

George and Harold are up to their old tricks again, and when their latest prank makes a direct hit on school brainiac Melvin Sneedly, he decides to get even! But in the blink of an eye - and the sneeze of a nose - Melvin goes from snooty to snotty, and the Bionic Booger Boy is born....

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES In their most daring misadventure, the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by very, very rich people, whose penthouse apartment is located mysteriously close to the place where all their misfortune began. Even though their new home in the city is fancy, and the children...

A Nanny with trotters! Nanny Piggins, the world's most glamorous flying pig, runs away from the circus and goes to live with the Greens as their nanny. The Green children, Derrick, Samantha and Michael, fall in love with her instantly. Who could not fall in love with a Nanny whose only job...

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

Ratburger, from Children's author David Walliams. Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery – mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers is...

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...

In this story, our brave, and not so brave friends in the Hundred Acre Wood will organize a rescue to save the young boy, Christopher Robin, from a mysterious creature known only as... Dus-Torr!

Tommy Frazer's dad just got married. Now Tommy's got a new mom. And he's going to a new school—Bell Valley Middle School. Tommy doesn't hate school. But it's hard making friends. And his new school is so big it's easy to get lost. Which is exactly what happens. Tommy gets lost—lost in a maze of empty classrooms. And that's when he hears the voices. Kids' voices crying for help. Voices coming from behind the classroom walls....

Picture this-Alex Hunter, photography freak, hanging out in Wolf Creek. Who lives in Wolf Creek? Alex's uncle Colin and aunt Marta. They're professional photographers. Uncle Colin and Aunt Marta are pretty cool. They only have two requests. Don't go into the woods late at night. And stay away from the creepy house next door. Poor Alex. He just wanted to take a couple of pictures. But now he's about to find out the secret of Wolf Creek. Late one night. When the moon is full...

Remember when we found that really deep hole and you jumped in and I had to jump in to rescue you and at the bottom of the hole we found the cave of the legendary Peanut Butter Beast? That was one of our deepest – and most dangerous – adventures ever! Let me remind you how it all went down ... and down... and down... and down...

In this My First I Can Read!, Big Dog wants a sweater like Little Dog’s. Will they find one with the perfect fit? Created by Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man and The Adventures of Captain Underpants. Little Dog has a sweater, but what about Big Dog? After digging through the dresser, these puppy...

Seit Bodhis Familie nach Neu-Nebelheim umgesiedelt wurde, vermisst der Elfjährige sein altes Dorf Nebelheim, dem der Abriss bevorsteht. Bei einem letzten Besuch entdeckt er dort Geister. Auf der Suche nach ihren sterblichen Überresten, die ungefragt nach Neu-Nebelheim umgebettet wurden, spuken sie durch das verlassene Dorf und wollen den Arbeitern aus dem Kohleloch ihre Körper stehlen. Gemeinsam mit der Gespenster-Expertin Joe will Bodhi das Unheil abwenden. Dafür müssen sie die Geister „nur" nach Neu-Nebelheim bringen – ein Abenteuer voller Freundschaft und neuer Hoffnung beginnt.

Nate and Katie try their best to protect Mateo from himself. With the Ninja Slayers after him, it’s up to Nate and team to make sure Mateo keeps a low profile. With Robbie Ragsdill seeking vengeance, and the return of an old villain with a wicked plan, it’s going to be harder than ever. Will Mateo end up being a new ally, or more trouble than he’s worth?

For the very first time, eight of Lynley Dodd's favourite feline characters Slinky Malinki and Scarface Claw, and their escapades, are brought together in this delightful audio collection read by singer and entertainer Jackie Clarke! "Ideal for long car journeys with cranky littlies." Nicky...

Mirabelle is so excited and wants to help make it extra-special but somehow, when the day of the party arrives, everything starts going a little bit... wrong. Maybe a bit of fairy magic will help? Or maybe that will lead to even more magical chaos! Mirabelle and her family are on holiday, staying in a lovely cottage by the sea. There's just one problem – they're not meant to be using magic. Can Mirabelle manage a whole week without any magical mischief? Of course not! But perhaps she can use a teeny bit of magic to create a magical creature?

This stinky audiobook is for GOOD boys and girls ONLY. Bad children will only be tempted to spread rumours about toilet rats, or tell rude poems to the whole class, or tip a rubbish bin over someone's head!

Things are getting hairy! What could go wrong on the first day of sixth grade? A: You wake up with leg hair out of nowhere. B: You have zero classes with your BFF and watch her run off with her new (annoying) friend. C: You struggle to decide which school club to join because being mixed race makes you feel like you don't belong anywhere. D: All of the above. SERIOUSLY?!

Help Pete the Cat find his groovy white sneakers in this humorous and cool storybook by New York Times bestselling author-illustrator team Kimberly and James Dean. It's time to play outside, but there's just one problem. Pete the Cat's groovy white shoes are missing! Pete can't find them...

Being at school is boring when you know you're going to be something cool like a Private Investigator. Aren't school dinners a bit strange? Chicken nuggets? Again? On pizza? Covered in chocolate? Nobody wants to live on lettuce and broccoli, but children are losing teeth over this! This needs investigating. This looks like a case for Mina Mistry.

Disappearing hamsters? Vanishing toads? Missing snails? This needs investigating. This looks like a case for Mina Mistry. Pets. Mina doesn't have any. This is super inconvenient when it's Showcase Your Pets week at school. Unfortunately, Mina's best friend Holly doesn't have any pets either now that her hamster's gone missing. And has anyone seen Danny's pet toad? An explosion at the local pet shop shows Mina that this pet palaver can't be a coincidence. But why is someone stealing all the animals? What do they want them for?

No one, living or dead, is more polite than Horrendo. In all his 11 years he's never said a rude word to anyone – because he was cursed at birth with a spell that only lets him speak kind words. Horrendo finds life difficult in his rough-and-tough village, yet when he and other boys are kidnapped and turned into slaves aboard a pirate ship, Horrendo must turn his curse into a blessing and come up with a clever plot to escape.

Fox—the beloved and popular trickster character featured in the Geisel Award–winning books Fox Has a Problem, Fox at Night, and Fox the Tiger—is on the move! But Fox knows that life is about the journey, not the destination, and if his untraditional transportation methods get him in a bit...

The first I Can Read in Tom Watson's bestselling Stick Dog series full of humor, smarts, and friendship! Stick Dog is hungry. As he searches for food in the park, he meets Poo-Poo who joins him on his hunt for food. The two quickly find friendship, but will they ever find something delicious to...

Die kleine Dilly liebt gute Krimis. Sie hat sogar ihren kleinen Hund Watson nach seinem Begleiter benannt und ihm beigebracht, Hinweise zu erschnüffeln und Spuren zu verfolgen. Aber jetzt befinden sich die beiden auf einem luxuriösen Ozeandampfer auf der Reise von Amerika nach London. Tausend Passagiere. Tausend Meilen Ozean um sie herum. Der perfekte Ort für einen Mord ... Oder zwei. Oder drei. Oder vier. Oder MEHR!

"When I'm faced with a Pilkey fan looking to branch out, this graphic novel is the first book I reach for... If eight books aren't enough, the spinoff series, Agents of S.U.I.T., continues the fun." ―The New York Times With more than four million copies in print, #1 New York Times-bestselling...

Ted McKenley would rather live anywhere than with Frankie “spawn-of-the-devil” Stark. And Frankie wouldn’t go near a coward like Ted. Too bad - their parents just got married and blew their savings turning a creepy old mansion into a boutique hotel. At least it’s big enough for the stepsiblings to stay far apart. But when Ted encounters a disappearing housekeeper and Frankie runs into a screaming suit of armour, their feud becomes the least of their problems.

Neil is tired of Sarthak following him like glue! But when a dangerous moment at the bus stop catches Neil off guard, he realizes that having a friend who sticks close might be a lifesaver.

Ten-year-old Adi is tired of being a silent "monkey-soldier" in the neighborhood Ramlila. This year, he's determined to audition for a role with actual dialogues!

Inspired by Vasco da Gama, Cheeku the rabbit drags his reluctant friend Blacky the bear on a wild voyage from Portugal to India. The fun idea soon turns into a nightmare.

Sam the sheep is always angry and ready for a fight with everyone at school. But when he tries to head-butt a "stubborn" stranger, he is shocked to find someone just as tough as him.