Children's / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories

It's comedy night in Beanotown and Bash Street's finest comedians have come together to compete for glory. Everyone has brought their funniest, most epic jokes with them to impress you. Who will you decide is the best joker?

Join Bertie as he has a brush with some angry bees, deals with his warring grannies on a trip to the park and tries to smuggle Whiffer into a very smart hotel.

The Prince of Motordu wears a magnificent hat. One day, he meets Princess Džčolle who invites him to her class to put the language right. To burst out laughing with Pef in the realm of word and image games.

'Boy' is the story of Roald Dahl's very own boyhood, including tales of sweet-shops and chocolate, mean old ladies and a great mouse plot - the inspiration for some of his most marvellous storybooks in the years to come.

All is chaos in Year 2! An unexpected visitor, a bewitched violin and an invasion of bunnies! What can it all mean?

Monkey and the gang are on a hunt to find Bunny, after he mysteriously disappeared. On their search they'll be bamboozled by Old Bunny, Neanderbunny, the mysterious Shadow Bunny and the always-confusing Not Bunny. Will they ever find their faithful friend?

Everyone knows the crayons love to colour, but did you know that crayons have feelings too? Sometimes they are happy and sometimes they feel downright blue. A fun board book to help young readers understand and express their feelings.

Looking for adventure? Want to be a hero? Step inside the Story Shop! The Story Shop is packed full of plots, costumes and characters galore. And shopkeepers Wilbur and Fred are ready and waiting to find every customer their perfect adventure! When fun-loving lion cub Rex bursts into the shop, Wi...

From the cruel common cold to shocking smallpox, see what happens when your body is attacked by germs! Find out which brave nurse drank diarrhoea, which scientist used eyeballs as food for bacteria, why deadly cholera makes your skin turn blue and how munching maggots can cure flesh diseases! Wit...

Charles Darwin is widely known for his 'Origin of Species' book, yet Darwin had another great love, and that was for worms. Told for the first time for children, this is the silly and fascinating true story of how Charles Darwin came to discover that the humble earthworm is the most important spe...