Humorous Fiction

Greg Heffley is caught in the middle as the two halves of his extended family come together in a sidesplittingly relatable summer story!

A little magic can take you a long way. After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree....

When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them. And the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) will help her....

Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger....

Eleven complete Dr. Seuss stories at a great price, featuring performances by John Cleese, Billy Crystal, Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer, Dustin Hoffman, John Lithgow, and more....

For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different....

In the newest installment of the Wimpy Kid series, Greg is up to his eyeballs in stress. Overdue homework assignments, flaky study partners, and at least one all-nighter put Greg to the test. You’ll be laughing along as Greg hilariously muddles his way through middle school....

Like a car alarm, bagpipe music, or a doorbell ringing in the middle of the night, hearing this all-new audio edition of The Bad Beginning will only upset you....

A bizarre chain of events begins when 16 unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will....

A boy who's been a bully and hanging out with the wrong friends gets a new start after a memory-loss-inducing accident....

Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan....

Frog and Toad, those famous pals, are beloved by generations of children....

This audiobook contains books 9 through 16 of the Junie B. Jones series of children's tales....

In the ancient South Pacific world of Oceania, Moana, a born navigator, sets sail in search of a fabled island. During her incredible journey, she teams up with her hero, the demi-god Maui....

Ben Ripley is recruited for a top secret mission to bring down his nemesis, Murray Hill, once and for all. But when things go horribly wrong, Ben ends up lost in an extremely dangerous wilderness with Murray—and confronting a new, devious enemy—with none of his friends to help him.

Is your school just a little too…NORMAL? Maybe you should go to Wayside School....

Can an undercover nerd become a superstar agent? Ben Ripley sure hopes so - and his life may depend on it....

A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and best-selling author Gordon Korman about what happens when the worst class of kids in school is paired with the worst teacher....

School may be out for summer, but top-secret training continues for aspiring spy Ben Ripley....

From beloved Saturday Night Live alum Kate McKinnon comes a madcap new adventure about three sisters, a ravenous worm, and a mysterious mad scientist.

Ben Ripley’s longtime nemesis, Murray Hill, has put a price on Ben’s head and accused him of being at the center of a conspiracy on the internet. Now Ben finds himself in his greatest danger yet, on the run from both assassins and conspiracy theorists....

Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails...

The story of Mr. Popper, the small-town housepainter who dreamed of exploring Antarctic regions, and Captain Cook, the redoubtable penguin who turned Mr. Popper's world upside down....

Stranded in Mexico after nearly capturing the leaders of SPYDER, 13-year-old Ben Ripley desperately needs to take a shower. But even more so, he and his spy school friends need to come up with a new plan to defeat their enemies, their only clue a key that opens...something....

Welcome back to Wayside School! Your favorite students and teachers are all here. That includes Sharie, who loves her striped-and-spotted umbrella more than anything; Kathy, who has a bad case of oppositosis; Jason, who has to read the longest book in the world....

Dexter Foreman is twelve going on eighty. He has lived at The Pines retirement village with his grandmother since he was six years old, and as a result he gets along better with senior citizens than kids his own age. He's homeschooled by the residents up until the day the county’s truancy officer shows up and announces that Dex has to go to a “real” school, to the local middle school. At school, Dex sticks out like a sore thumb. He dresses like a grandpa (and can be just as cranky). His taste in movies and music is decades out of date.

Rafe Khatchadorian has never been cool. But all that changes when he becomes the guitarist in an awesome rock band and wrangles a part-time job at Hills Village's trendiest new coffee shop slash yoga studio. No more being at the bottom of the middle school food chain—Rafe is finally going to be popular! He just has two teeny problems: the awesome rock band is led by none other than the school bully. And the band actually isn't awesome—they absolutely stink, and Rafe has to whip them into shape for the Best Band Competition.

From dreamy parties with toys to night-time dances with fairy folk, tuck into bed with this collection of short stories from the world's best-loved storyteller, Enid Blyton. Discover the midnight magic! These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for bedtime or in the classroom.

The Man Who Never Checked Out begins when fourteen-year-old Herman (Herm as he hates to be called) Krause, the son of the manager of the Quarter Deck Hotel along the shore of southern New Jersey, discovers the body of a murdered guest. He makes this discovery while with his cool-headed frenemy, Becca Collins. Herm is a part-time cleaner (never to be called a maid), and Becca is a bus person, as she insists on being called, who clears tables in the restaurant. When it becomes apparent that the violent death of a guest may jeopardize his father's job, Herman decides that he must solve the ...

Birdie has big plans for eighth grade. This is the year that she gets a boyfriend, and since she and her best friend, Deve, do everything together, it makes sense that Deve will get a girlfriend. She doesn’t expect Deve to be so against her plan, or for their fight to blow up in her face. So when the West African god Anansi appears to her, claiming to be able to make everything right again, Birdie pushes past her skepticism and makes a wish for the whole mess to go away.

Roodkapje met een briljante twist! De Grote Boze Wolf heeft een verschrikkelijke winter gehad. Het was koud, eenzaam en hij is compleet uitgehongerd. Maar daar komt verandering in, want de lente breekt aan en hij is vastberaden om aan iedereen te laten merken hoe Groot en Boos hij is. Jammer alleen dat alle anderen in het Sprookjesbos hem niet serieus nemen. Niemand is bang voor hem en ze nemen hem allemaal in de maling; de heks, trol, de drie biggetjes en die irritante Roodkapje nog het meest! Ondanks al zijn sluwheid en charme verloopt de lente nog rampzaliger dan de winter.

Kenn ich, lieb ich, hör ich: Ein neues Abenteuer mit Dr. Brumm! Warum schafft Dachs einen Klimmzug und Dr. Brumm nicht? Weil Dachs so viel Gemüse isst! Bauer Hackenpiep liefert ihm wöchentlich eine Kiste voller Grünzeug. Das will Dr. Brumm auch ausprobieren. Aber wie groß soll die Kiste sein? Viel hilft doch sicher viel? Dr. Brumm kreuzt XXXXXXL an - und braucht danach Unterstützung von all seinen Freunden.

When Mom and Dad and their twelve-year-old twin boys headed over to grandma’s house for Thanksgiving dinner, they discovered that a roast turkey wasn’t the only cadaver awaiting them. It seems Great Aunt Thelma passed away even before sampling Aunt Susan’s crab dip. While the guests try to figure out how to deal with this situation, the twins’ comical irreverence and Mom’s weary exasperation lighten the mood.

Jemesha is a brave, fun, and outgoing girl who befriends the quiet Damian. When they find out a witch is up to no good in their neighborhood, Jemesha teams up with Damian and her brother Mel to stop the witch.

Ein verschneiter Morgen bringt unerwartete Wendungen in das Leben von Familie Vogel. Mit dem ersten Schnee kommt auch der Wettbewerb um den besten Schneemann, doch das winterliche Treiben wird bald durch einen heftigen Schneesturm überschattet. Das Dach der Luxusvilla stürzt ein, und die Familie muss kurzfristig im Krankenhaus unterkommen. Doch Hilfe naht: Ein TV-Team verwandelt das zerstörte Zuhause in ein modernes Meisterwerk.

When their family is chosen to foster two young dragons, Ava and Jack can’t believe their luck. The dragons – Graun and Fafnine – turn out to have a special talent for trouble, and Ava and Jack are soon swept into a whirlwind of daring escapes, midnight motorbike rides and flaming vomit. But when a dangerous wild dragon arrives, will everything be ruined?

Ein lustiges Kinderhörbuch über Freundschaft und eine wunderbar unperfekte Familie. Juri, Kette und Quark sind eine richtige Chaostruppe. Das sagt jedenfalls Mama. Juri findet, dass er und seine Freunde einfach nur sehr gute Ideen haben. Wie zum Beispiel das Karacho-Rennen im Einkaufswagen. Oder die Entdeckung von Sofalonien. Oder die Sache mit dem Umgekehrt-Klauen. Aber auch wenn mal was schiefläuft – meistens müssen am Ende Mama, Papa und Opa Eule doch mitlachen. Nur bei Juris kleinem Bruder Pippo ist der Sinn für Humor noch nicht so richtig entwickelt. Aber das kann ja noch kommen.

Pet tortoise Albert is having a bad day. His sleep is disturbed by the wind in the trees and then, as he goes to tuck into his food, the wind blows it away. Can the other garden creatures rally round and help Albert retrieve his meal? And will Albert be able to thank them all properly?

Soon-to-be eight-year-old Daffodil likes the dictionary, the middle bit in custard cream biscuits, and thinking BIG. She does NOT like her cousin Hugo Patterson-Dent, who has ten more gold stars than she does; the biscuit bit of custard creams (but that’s OK because her friend Nirmal-Next-Door eats that); or any sort of catastrophe. The trouble is that somehow Daffodil's ambitious plans tend to go pear-shaped …

Meet Moss, an apprentice dino-dung shoveler working in Primordia's royal stables. He couldn't be any further down the pecking order without being underground—and he'll certainly never get a chance to be a knight like his hero, Sir Brutus Fallsword. But fate takes a twist when Moss discovers that he has a gift for speaking to dinosaurs. He is suddenly and unexpectedly enlisted into training a truly fearsome beast—the huge and mighty Tyrannosaurus rex belonging to the king's own daughter, Princess Opal!

This is a humorous story about two children, their mother, and a luckless father who somehow manages to draw the wrath of his wife, whereupon she turns into a fire breathing dragon and speaks in tongues.

Tauche ein in eine Welt voller Tierabenteuer und magischer Begegnungen! In diesem bezaubernden Kinderbuch entführen uns die Autoren und Autorinnen auf eine abenteuerliche Reise, die nicht nur kleine Herzen höher schlagen lässt, sondern auch eine Botschaft der Liebe und des Mitgefühls für unsere tierischen Freunde vermittelt. Begleite mutige Tiere und kleine Hexen auf ihren spannenden Abenteuern durch Wälder, über Berge und durch geheimnisvolle Täler. Eine wundervolle Mischung aus Abenteuer, Freundschaft und Magie erwartet dich zwischen diesen Seiten.

Red is a WILD TWIG who loves giving surprises. So when he jumps out and yells ‘SURPRISE’ at his friends, he expects them to laugh – but instead they are shocked and scared. Oh dear! Can Red stay wild AND find a better way to surprise his friends? We hope so! Go, Red, go!

Grumpy recluse Pete has long dreamed of shutting the door on his hometown of Bumbles forever, but his orphaned great, great grandnephew turns up with other plans.

Time to see who really runs the house! Kids run around the house, make pillow forts, eat sugary snacks, and play with their toys throughout the day without a care in the world! No matter what they’re being told and when, they’ll be sure to make each day an even bigger blast than the last! Who’s to say kids don’t run the house as well?