Children's / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories

Once upon a farm lived a ladybird. And these are the things that she saw and heard. Those crafty robbers Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are out of jail, and they're heading back to the farm with another cunning plan to cause trouble. They've been stealing eggs from the fat red hen, but now they're sett...

Once upon a farm lived a ladybird. And these are the things that she saw and heard. Those crafty robbers Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are out of jail, and they're heading back to the farm with another cunning plan to cause trouble. They've been stealing eggs from the fat red hen, but now they're sett...

Gizmo has been my best friend since the day I was born - he's always been around. But now they're telling me he might not always be around which completely sucks. I'm determined that me and Gizmo will have lots more fun and adventures before he goes - I mean, he loves parties, deserves pampering,...

From award-winning author Sean Taylor, 'When Dinosaurs Walked the Earth' is a hilarious picture-book about Smallasaurus, who enjoys a plant-based diet, Badasaurus who likes to eat small dinosaurs with a plant-based diet, and Worseasaurus, who enjoys eating them both!

Frankie is fed up of his nasty monster classmates and bored of being lonely in freaky Frankenstein Castle. What he needs is a friend. But since monsters are mean and werewolves are scary, Frankie decides to make his own friend - a human! But with a mind of his own, this new friend might make Fran...

Nothing will get in the way of Millie Price's dream to become a Broadway star. Not her lovable but super-introverted dad, who after raising Millie alone, doesn't want to watch her leave home to pursue her dream. Not her pesky and ongoing drama club rival, Oliver, who is the very definition of Sim...

Private investigators Tim and Nick Diamond haven't had a case for three months and are down to their last cornflake. So when a glamorous woman comes into their office offering them a pile of cash to find her missing father, they think Christmas has come - only it turns out they are the turkeys! B...

In a fading town, far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket began his apprenticeship in an organization nobody knows about. He began asking questions that shouldn't have been on his mind.

Who nicked my knickers? Who pinched my pants? Was it YOU? Someone is stealing knickers and it's down to Max and Mabel to discover who.

The crab is snapping his claws and the shark is gnashing his teeth - but who's making a mighty splash? It's the whale! Based on Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks' bestselling picture book, 'What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside', preschool children will love lifting the large card flaps to find al...