Funny Books

A whizz-bang epic adventure of action, laughter and secret plots - and the extraordinary friendship between a little boy and a huge gorilla that just might save the day… It is 1940 and Britain is at war with Nazi Germany. Eleven-year-old Eric spends his days at the place that makes him most happy: London Zoo. And there's one animal he loves: Gertrude the gorilla. With bombs falling all over London, Eric must rescue Gertrude. Together with his Uncle Sid, a keeper at the zoo, the three go on the run. But while hiding out at the seaside they uncover a top-secret Nazi plot… Go back in time with No.1 bestselling author, David Walliams, on this action-packed, laugh-out-loud adventure for all the family!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780008471804 • Author:  David Walliams • Publisher:  HarperCollins Publishers • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  475 • Dimensions:  19.8 x 12.9 x 3.5 cm

Fly into a fiery and fantastical future with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams, in an epic adventure of myth and legend, good and evil, and one small boy who must save the world… It is 2120 and London is in ruins. The young Prince Alfred has never known a life outside Buckingham Palace – but when strange goings-on breach its walls and stalk the corridors in the dead of night, he is thrust into a world of mystery, adventure and monsters. And when his mother, the Queen, is dragged away to the Tower of London, Alfred must screw up his courage and battle to save her, himself… and the entire city. In a future of myths and legends, join the bestselling David Walliams and venture forth into his most enthralling tale yet! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008438708 • Author: David Walliams, Tony Ross • Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks • Format: Paperback • Pages: 464 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 3.5 cm

The Supa Buddies have been working hard to help Dog Man overcome his bad habits. But when his obsessions turn to fears, Dog Man finds himself the target of an all-new supervillain! Meanwhile, Petey the Cat has been released from jail and starts a new life with Li'l Petey. But when Petey's own father arrives, Petey must face his past to understand the difference between being good and doing good. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780702303678 • Author: Dav Pilkey • Publisher: Scholastic • Format: Paperback • Pages: 240 • Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.5 x 1.4cm

The Maniacal Badger has arrived, and he's determined to take over the Woods! Wasn't that Monkey's plan?  This cannot happen! What japes await in this brand-new adventure, when Bunny and Monkey team up to beat this new menace?! They've never managed to work together before... And will Skunky rediscover his passion for evil inventions, to defeat his rival at their own game? One thing's for sure... Laughs are guaranteed!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781788452809 • Author:  Jamie Smart  • Publisher:  David Fickling Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  240 • Dimensions:  14 x 1.6 x 21 cm 

The Supa Buddies bamboozled the baddies, but all's not right in the world. Dog Man has a new problem to pound, and he's going to need his entire pack to help him. Will he go barking up the wrong tree? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780702310676 • Author: Dav Pilkey • Publisher: Scholastic • Format: Paperback • Pages: 240 • Dimensions: 21.2 x 14.8 x 1.5cm

Bunny and his friends Weenie the Squittel, Pig (the pig), Action Beaver, and Skunky the Inventor live peacefully in the woods. Until one day, when the chaotic force of nature Monkey is fired into their midst by the British Space programme! (They were aiming for the Moon).  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781788451772 • Author:  Jamie Smart  • Publisher:  David Fickling Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  256 • Dimensions:  14 x 1.6 x 21 cm  

Introduce your little one to the world of jokes with over 60 jokes and rhymes! There are 'Knock, knock!' jokes, 'Doctor, doctor' jokes, monster jokes, and plain daft jokes. There are silly rhymes, crazy crossbreeds and a whole library of joke titles. Each one is in a large easy-to-read typeface and has its own humorous illustration to make it even funnier! Kaye Umansky is best known as the creator of Pongwiffy (Puffin) - hugely popular with children because of the irreverent humour. Kaye's trademark humour is evident in all her books and she is well qualified to write a joke book for very young children. Perfect for playground comedians!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241685945 • Author:  Kaye Umansky • Publisher:  Puffin • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  64 • Dimensions:  19.8 x 0.4 x 12.9 cm

A laugh-out-loud rhyming picture book, featuring 101 super spooky Halloween bums! Spooky bum Hooty bum Hairy bum Scary bum! Find monster bums, ghost bums, vampire bums, witch bums, werewolf bums, skeleton bums and much, MUCH more in this fun-filled celebration of Halloween - with a spooktacular party finale! A bouncy read-aloud text and hilarious illustrations will get every child (and grown-up) giggling! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781444956689 • Author: Sam Harper, Chris Jevons • Publisher: Hodder Children's Books • Format: Paperback • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 18.6 x 12 x 0.6 cm

Andy and Terry's incredible, ever-expanding treehouse has thirteen new storeys, including a watermelon-smashing level, a wave machine, a life-size snakes and ladders game (with real ladders and real snakes!), a rocket-powered carrot launcher, a Ninja Snail Training Academy and a high-tech detective agency with all the latest high-tech detective technology. Which is lucky, because they have a BIG mystery to solve - Where is Mr Big Nose??? Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up! The 52-Storey Treehouse is a laugh-out-loud story, told through a combination of text and fantastic cartoon-style illustrations. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781447287575 • Author: Andy Griffiths  • Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 2.2cm

When the mischievous monkey discovers a paintbox, he has a brilliant idea, but things don’t go quite as Monkey has planned . . . A hilarious rhyming tale from award-winning author Steve Smallman and illustrator Nick Schon. Perfect for reading with young children and making them laugh out loud! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781788816595 • Author: Steve Smallman, Nick Schon • Publisher: Little Tiger Press • Format: Paperback • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 28 x 24.5 x 0.4 cm

Climb on board the bus for a fun journey around town with all the animals. Press the button and sing along to this much-loves nursery rhyme. Product Information:• ISBN: 9781787720732• Author: Claire Stamper• Publisher: Bookoli• Format: Hardback• Pages: 10• Dimensions: 17 x 17 x 1.5cm

Andy and Terry's amazing treehouse has thirteen new levels (it used to be 13 storeys, then 26, but they keep expanding!) They've added a chocolate waterfall you can swim in, a volcano for toasting marshmallows, a bulldozer-battling level, a baby-dinosaur-petting zoo, a not-very-merry merry-go-round, a boxing elephant called the Trunkinator, an X-ray room, a disco with light-up dance floor, the world's scariest roller coaster and a top-secret thirty-ninth level which hasn't even been finished yet! And this year Terry has created the greatest invention that he—or anyone else—has ever invented . . . a Once-upon-a-time machine that will write and illustrate their entire book for them! Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781447281580 • Author: Andy Griffiths • Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 12 x 5 x 2 cm

Discover all the hidden farts in the trumpingly good search and find adventure!  This parp-filled book has 12 stinktastic search and find scenes to entertain you, including scenes from a pet show where there are many canine culprits, a whiffy winter wonderland, and many more.  Featuring pirates, unicorns, pugs, flamingos and robots, this is the ultimate fun-filled activity book for young readers.  Product Information: • ISBN: 9781405298964 • Author: Farshore • Publisher: Farshore • Format: Paperback  • Pages: 40 • Dimensions: 29.8 x 21cm

The hilarious joke book from comedian and Great British Bake Off star, Matt Lucas! If you’re planning on reading this very very very very very very very silly book of jokes, there are some things you’re going to need: Spare pants In case you wet yours. Needle and thread In case you split your sides. Large box In case you laugh your head off (you’ll still want to keep it, right?) With laugh-out-loud artwork from Sarah Horne, illustrator of the bestselling Charlie Changes into a Chicken.  Are you ready? Come on in then – the jokes are waiting!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780755501816 • Author:  Matt Lucas  • Publisher:  Egmont • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  160 • Dimensions: 14.8 x 1.2 x 21 cm

Life is never going to be boring while Looshkin is around, but one thing is for sure - it will be very, very funny! Looshkin might look like a cute blue cat, but you've never met a cat like Looshkin before. If you look away for just a moment, your house will be full of foamy bubbles, there are pigs on your roof, and a portal to a hell-dimension has opened in your loft. And there are bees, everywhere! The comics in this book were previously published as Looshkin and Looshkin: The Big Number 2.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781788452557 • Author:  Jamie Smart • Publisher:  David Fickling Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  208 • Dimensions:  14.1 x 1.2 x 21 cm

Marcus and the Breakfast Club Investigators are back and better than ever, just in time for a brand new adventure! When a treasure hunt is announced at Rutherford School, Marcus teams up with his friends to win. But an otherwordly monster is set on spoiling their fun... Using clues from a comic book, can the Breakfast Club uncover the mystery behind the monster and find the prize?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781035025572 • Author:  Marcus Rashford • Publisher:  Pan Macmillan • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  256 • Dimensions:  19.7 x 13 x 1.7 cm

The hilarious new sequel to The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by the bestselling creator of Hurrah for Gin. Lottie Brooks is back for spring term at secondary school and ready to face anything. No more trying to impress mean girl Amber. And absolutely no more being nicknamed Cucumber Girl. A lead role in the spring musical gives Lottie a chance to dazzle her mega-crush Daniel with her talent as a singing crab but it's not all singing and dancing at Kingswood High. Lottie's friendship with Molly and Jess seems to be falling apart no matter how hard she tries to keep her BFFs together. Is Lottie on track for another epic friendship fail? Product Information:  • ISBN: 9780241460900 • Author: Katie Kirby • Publisher: Penguin Random House Children’s UK • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 448 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 19.6 x 3.2cm

Lottie Brooks is BACK for more extremely embarrassing adventures as she goes on holiday and gets her very first boyfriend! Things that are rubbish in my life: Have the most disgusting little brother in the entire world, have to get braces when am on the brink of having my first kiss and mum is making cottage pie for dinner. VOM. Finally summer has arrived and Lottie has BIG plans - scrolling through Instagram, dreaming about MEGA-crush Daniel and sunbathing by the pool on their family holiday to France. Then Lottie meets new CRUSH Antoine. The language is a tiny bit of a barrier but does it matter when he's THAT good looking? Product Information:  • ISBN: 9780241562031 • Author: Katie Kirby • Publisher: Penguin • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 466 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 19.8 x 4cm

Greg Heffley and sports just don't mix… After a disastrous competition at school, Greg decides that he's officially retired from ANY kind of sport! That is, until his mom persuades him to give it one more go and makes Greg reluctantly agree to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a MESS, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look slim. But in sports, anything can happen.  When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg's hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241396988 • Author:  Jeff Kinney • Publisher:  Penguin Random House Children's UK • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  240 • Dimensions:  19.8 x 12.9 x 1.5 cm

Fans of Dog Man will love this spin-off by Dan Pilkey, starring some of the best characters from the Dog Man series! Li'l Petey, Molly, Flippy, and twenty-one rambunctious baby frogs are back for another creative adventure! Readers of all ages will be inspired to dream up their own stories and unleash their own creativity, as they dive into this pioneering graphic novel adventure from Dav Pilkey  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780702318740 • Author:  Dav Pilkey • Publisher:  Scholastic • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  176 • Dimensions:  16.5 x 1.1 x 21.8 cm