Humorous Stories - Kids Fiction

Gail Carson Levine charmed the world with Ella Enchanted, her spirited retelling of the Cinderella story. Now this award-winning author turns her attention to two more classic fairy tales, and deftly turns them upside down and inside out with her trademark wit and hilarity....

An alligator jamboree, with all the letters--A through Z.Author: Maurice SendakISBN-10: 0060255307ISBN-13: 9780060255305Publisher: HarperCollinsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/28/1962Pages: 32Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.10h x 5.20w x 0.30d

I'm having a party tomorrow, Rabbit whispers to Owl. It's a surprise. But Owl tell the news to Squirrel, he says, Rabbit is hoeing the parsley tomorrow. It's a surprise. By the time word has spread to all of Rabbit's friends, it's anyone's guess...

The third book about Morris, the lovable fat ginger kitten whose main interest in life is food! A Roaring Good Read for children who are just able to read on their own. Morris gets chased up the apple tree by a great big dog....

A humorous, poignant and heartwarming story of four girls and their exasperating parents. Reissued in the Jean Ure branding."People always fall out after they're married. I'm going to stay single."Jasmine, Laurel, Rose and Daisy. Four very different sisters, four very different attitudes! As if...

An hilarious story, told in letter form, about King Alfred - he who burnt the cakes, and his battles with the Vikings.Berwin, son of Egfrith, writes to Wulfric, son of Elred using his miraculous new talent of reading and writing. Berry's spellings leave a...

The fifth gloriously funny and poignant book in Jean Ure's series of 'secret' diary stories.Lily and Violet are twins - physically identical but quite opposite in character. Lily is brash, up-front and in your face. Lily Loudmouth, her dad calls her. Violet is timid...

Ten prize-winning authors each with a brand new story based on their own schooldays. Bernard Ashley, Malorie Blackman, Berlie Doherty, Paul Jennings, Margaret Mahy, Michael Morpurgo, Jenny Nimmo, Michael Rosen, Jeremy Strong and Robert Swindells. Brand new stories based on each author's own schooldays...

Specially commissioned short stories, by prize-winning authors, on the theme of Mirrors.READERSHIP: 10 - 14 A collection of new, specially commissioned short stories by some of the finest authors of children's books today: Anne Fine, Berlie Doherty, Leslie Howarth, Mary Arrigan, Gaye Hicilmaz, Jeremy...