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"Oliver has a lot going on starting his first year of middle school--new friends, new classes, new everything. But at least there's one thing that still makes sense: science! Determined to be an astrophysicist one day, Oliver explains everything he learns--like how the sun burps, how ghost particles fly through you, the uncanny similarities between Mercury and cafeteria meatballs, and most important, how the Big Bang is basically just like a fart...
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The "enormously funny" satire of prewar British society by the New York Times–bestselling author of Brideshead Revisited (The Telegraph).
Theology student Paul Pennyfeather has been unceremoniously ejected from Scone College after the rambunctious members of the elite Bollinger Club deprived him of his trousers, leaving him to run across campus in a highly inappropriate manner. As a result, his allowance is cut off, and he has no choice but...
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Disaster has hit the home suburb of Marnie and Tiana. Someone started stealing toilet lids, and often the whole seat. It started in public places then it started in private homes! Why would anyone contemplate such a vile act? Tempers, anxieties and frustration rise as more and more lids disappear. People go to futile extremes to protect their toilets. What is behind the wave of odious thefts? Is it Cec Pitt, TV presenters of The Collectors and Gatherers...
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Mapenzi and Jabu are rivals in the class end-of-term project that requires the pupils to create an article using natural material. Mapenzi creates a necklace using the "lucky bean" seeds from the Coral tree while Jabu fashions an elephant out of clay. Fearing that Mapenzi's necklace will be the winning item Jabu hides it under a bush just before their teacher, Mrs. Zuma judges the entries. Mrs. Zuma adjudges Jabu's elephant as the best item in the...
9) Toad Attack!
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Upper Dab is under attack from a mysterious invasion of toads in this hilarious middle-grade adventure from award-wining author Patrice Lawrence. After a toad lands on his head as he leaves his house one morning, Leo is determined to find out where it has come from and why. Together with his friend Rosa, he needs to come up with some answers before the angry residents of Upper Dab take matters into their own hands and the toads become toast! A brilliantly...
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The stinky scoundrels from international bestsellers THE DAY MY BUTT WENT PSYCHO! And, ZOMBIE BUTTS FROM URANUS! Are back-and determined to wipe away the earth!
Zack Freeman (and his butt) have twice saved the world from total reek-dom. But now, the young butt-fighter faces his nastiest challenge yet: Hundreds of thousands of Great White Butts attacking the earth with giant brown blobs are about to cause Buttageddon. In order to stop them, Zack will...
12) Mik and Milly
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Mik and Milly follows the story of Mik, the coolest kid at Gumnut International Boarding and Day College, who finds himself facing a daunting challenge after his best friend Milly receives devastating news from her parents on the other side of the world. As mid-year school holidays approach, Mik decides to take Milly on a road trip of a lifetime to the Australian outback. However, an unexpected event at an abandoned mine on his mate's sheep farm alters...
13) Ski-rrel
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Skiing is fun, right? Not when it's impossible to make it to the bottom of the hill without eating snow! When Emily and her family arrive at Harmony Hills, they see everyone is wiping out. Why? Emily investigates to discover the truth. She soon learns humans aren't the only creatures who love skiing. Snow way! Designed for Striving Readers.
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You Gotta Have Cheer is full of art games, poems, stories, and best of all, whimsical cheers for school and home interaction with your kids."Make hand movements to clap, tap, and hand jive your own way,To set up class rules and organize your day."There are funny toasts and roasts. You might even insert your friends and family names to cheer them on."You ran for someone dear you loved,And I know she loved you on earth and above."Lois has had "MOR-TONS"...
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Enter the extravagant world of naughty children, school bullies and nerds, fancy cats, dirty dogs, world-record holding bubble blowers, showoffs, scary teachers, hypochondriacs, lost beloved bunnies, annoying little brothers, funky potions, heroes that come in all shapes and sizes and more.
You may just find that these larger-than-life characters remind you of someone you know, maybe even a little of yourself!
Read at your own risk: you must know...
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Do you ever find yourself looking up at the night sky and asking, 'who lives on the dark side of the Moon?'
Well, it's a fair question, is it not? It's certainly up there with other such burning questions, such as, 'If you can tune a piano, why can't you tuna fish?'
The Tremendous Travels and Intergalactic Misgivings of the Karillapig continue on from The Adventures of the Karillapig where we follow our intrepid Moon hero, the Karillapig, who is...
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Fans of Angie Sage's internationally bestselling Septimus Heap series will be delighted with this digital original addition: The Darke Toad, a 96-page novella packed with action, humor, and magic!
New York Times Bestselling Series
"A fresh take on the world of magic."-Child magazine
DomDaniel returns in a hilarious escapade with the witches of the Port Witch Coven. In this tale that takes place between the stories told in Magyk and Flyte, the witches...
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"Laughing Limericks: Silly and Funny Poems" is a delightful collection of whimsical limericks designed to tickle the funny bones of elementary and middle schoolers. Packed with clever wordplay, playful rhymes, and hilarious scenarios, this book will have young readers bursting into fits of laughter.With each turn of the page, children will encounter a new batch of amusing limericks that showcase colorful characters, comical situations, and unexpected...
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Four animals have no choice but to be themselves-even if it means being silly! What is Doggy Dog? Is he a cat? Is he a potato? Is he a lampshade? No! He is a dog! Goosey Goose is a goose, and that means she is trouble. Mess with her and you will see just how tough a goose can be. Lamby Lamb is very sweet-until you try to make her put on her clothes. How do you make Lamby Lamb get dressed? Trick her! We love Snaily Snail no matter what. We love her...
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