Item category 1: Humour

George Beard and Harold Hutchins are amazing kids! Not only did they create Captain Underpants, but they've saved the world five times! Now they bring you an all new superhero who's faster than a speeding stroller, and more powerful than a diaper rash, Super Diaper Baby!

When a myserious new neighbour arrives in the middle of the night, Aggie's convinced he's a vampire! Can she prove it? Or will everyone think she's a liar?

Meet Aggie Flea. She's a girl with a big imagination that lands her in even bigger trouble! The school play is almost here and Aggie wants the role of Web Legs, the superhero spider from Mars! But Aggie's stage time has always been a disaster! Will she break a leg or break the set?

Eleven-year-old Maya's life is bit of a mess. Her dad just moved out to pursue his stand-up comedy dreams, her mom seems more preoccupied with running the family's Russian deli than getting Dad back, and Maya's anxiety and germ worries have only been heightening. Her grandma always tells her "slo...

Enjoy a flight around the bird-planet of Winspan, enjoy a cocktail on beautiful planet Blyssss, or rent a giant hollowed-out mushroom to sleep in on planet Nomefulch - the universe is yours for the taking. And if you're a thrill-seeking adventurer then head for Solstice and join the pirates on a ...

Book two in this super 6+ series for fans of Captain Underpants , Horrid Henry and Mr Gum. If you like Captain Underpants , you'll love this. The parping pantpiper is on the rampage in Pete's classroom. This stinky little ickimal must be stopped - and fast! Binko the alien and Pete are back in th...

Your favourite Freak Street families are back, and they're travelling through time! The third Freak Street series, these humour-based chapter books feature vibrant, full colour illustrations throughout, plus fun and super-silly family oriented stories. Ages 7+.

Miranda Fitch's life is a waking nightmare. The accident that ended her burgeoning acting career left her with excruciating, chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers. And now she's on the verge of losing her job as a college theater director. Determined to p...

Atticus Craftsman never travels without a supply of Earl Grey and a favourite book. So when he is sent to shut down a failing literary magazine in Madrid, he packs both. A short Spanish jaunt later, he'll be back in Kent, cup of tea and smoked-salmon sandwich in hand. But the five ladies who run ...

Ren: I'm a player on the team, she's on staff, and as long as we work together, dating is off-limits. Frankie won't be here forever - she's headed for bigger, better things. I just hope that when she leaves the team and I tell her how I feel, she won't want to leave me behind, too. Frankie: Befor...

Hello! My name is Edie Eckhart and I'm eleven years old. I'm a little bit different. I have a disability called cerebral palsy, so I talk slowly and fall over a lot. It's never really bothered me because I've never known anything else. Edie Eckhart is Excited with a capital E to start secondary s...

The circus is coming to town, and Nelson and his friends have a chance to be part of the show! Nelson's amazing ninja skills will be perfect! But what will ninja Nelson do when big trouble arrives at the big top?!

On a year-long exchange programme in rural Oregon, sixteen-year-old Hira must swap Kashmiri chai for volleyball practice and understand why everyone around her seems to dislike Obama. An unforgettably witty narrator, Hira finds herself stuck between worlds. The experience is memorable for reasons...

Broke English teacher Penelope Schleeman is as surprised as anyone when her feminist novel "American Mermaid" becomes a best-seller. Lured by the promise of a big payday, she quits teaching and moves to L.A. to turn the novel into an action flick with the help of some studio hacks. But as she's p...

How a plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street grows into a story that no one can beat. 4 yrs+

Granny Jinks and Jada have officially joined the Dalton Green Magic Society, but the fun has only just started! For their next trick, Granny Jinks and Jada will have to perform magic with the cheekiest assistant of them all - an animal! Will naughty Luna the cat learn her magic trick in time, and...

B. Rosenberger Rosenberg, neurotic and underappreciated film critic stumbles upon a hitherto unseen film by an enigmatic outsider, a film he's convinced will change his career trajectory and rock the world of cinema to its core. B. knows that it is his mission to show it to the rest of humanity. ...

Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers -- including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian -- discover their unexpected common traits.

Hi! I'm Jimmy and I'm living in a totally weird zombie apocalypse! All of the adults in my town of Buttburgher have turned into zombies, but not the flesh-eating zombies like the ones you see in movies. These zombies are COWS! Literally! Everyone is moo-ing and drooling all over the place! And if...

GENERAL FICTION (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). AUSTRALIAN. Aristotle just wants to be happy. Is that too much for a germ to ask? Before his dreams can come true, he must go on a perilous journey and make an amazing discovery - the nostril next door. Ages 9+

'How much money do I have in my piggy bank?' asked Hercules. 'Actually,' said Aunt Alligator, 'I don't think you have a piggy bank, Hercules.' Hercules sighed. No piggy bank, no money. I need a job, he thought. That's what I need. He got out his paints, his paintbrush and a big piece of plain pap...

A lovestruck merpig, a peppermint-stick Parthenon, a vegetarian spider and so much more! Featuring Greek myths and fractured fairytales as told by Nanny Piggins (the world's most glamorous flying pig), a mystery investigated by Friday Barnes (girl detective) and a series of tales so tall they wil...

This collection consists of twenty terrific tales featuring Greek myths and fractured fairytales as told by Nanny Piggins (the world's most glamorous flying pig), a mystery investigated by Friday Barnes (girl detective) and a series of tales so tall they will give you altitude sickness. This book...

On farts-and-crafts day, Sludge gets an idea to bring messy mayhem to Electropolis. He creates an army of butt-bombs and let's them loose in the sewers! The little minions crawl through the pipes to cause disgusting chaos across the city! Will the Clean Team respond in time? Or will Sludge's disg...

Once upon a slime covered planet, there lived a robot zombie mermaid who would stop at nothing and sacrifice everything in the hilarious intergalactic quest for her one true: lovebraaaaiiiiinnnnnnnnnnsssssssss.

George is representing his school at the county-wide spelling bee, and hopes to compete without getting overpowered by an embarrassing, magic super burp.

Maggie McKay is NOT happy that her mum has decided to move from their flat in Leicester to a house in the boring village of Knobbly Bottom. But she soon discovers that her new home is full of secrets. The local sheep are growing fangs and they're making EVIL plans! It's up to Maggie, her little s...

1750, when times were tough and teeth were rotten... As part of an ancient family tradition, young Atticus Van Tasticus narrowly escapes a life down the coal mines - or worse, going to school - when he gets to choose the gift of a pirate ship from his Grandnan's treasure pile. It's a choice that ...

Audrey Lamont has happily devoted herself to family life for the best part of 40 years, but lately she's become aware that she lost herself somewhere between 'I do' and the weekly shop. Worse, her academic husband Simon has found time for romance - just not with Audrey. Feeling invisible to every...

Sheriff Bo Tully of Blight County, Idaho, is back. Tully and his retired sheriff father, Pap, are on their way up to West Branch Lodge, a fancy mountain resort, to investigate a missing persons case when suddenly an avalanche thunders down the mountain. Tully just barely manages to outrun it in h...