Humour and comedy gifts for 8 to 9 year olds

The first new Asterix book for five years now appears in paperback. It sees Asterix and Obelix celebrating their joint birthday party back in the Gaulish village and some surprise guests have been invited! Meanwhile, Julius Caesar has to deal...

School’s out! That means no more teachers, no more books, and lots of time to compliment Marigold Heavenly Nostrils on her good looks. In this third volume, Unicorn vs. Goblins, Phoebe and her obligational best friend, Marigold, learn that summer...

Join your Pokémon pals for a hilarious joke journey! Get ready to giggle in Galar and joke in Johto in the official Pokémon Joke Book! Packed with over 200 jokes and featuring your favourite Pokémon (including Pikachu, Eevee, Snorlax, and...

Get ready for the very awesome 15th anniversary edition of the first title in the bestselling series from the brilliantly talented Liz Pichon. The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (Tom Gates #1: 15th Anniversary Edition) introduces us to Tom Gates,...

Join the naughtiest unicorn for magic and mayhem in this hilarious series for 6+ fans of Pamela Butchart, Rabbit and Bear, The Worst Witch and UNICORNS! Mira, her UBFF (Unicorn Best Friends Forever) Dave and Class Red are super excited...

Mr. and Mrs. Crabbe are enjoying their seaside vacation . . . until a certain dog blows away their umbrella with an enormous fart. Before long, Walter is banned from the beach. While Walter is stuck in the beach house,...

Nelson’s a nerd. Unfit, uncool ... totally awkward! But when he wakes up on his tenth birthday, he discovers he’s a ninja! The last ninja on earth! How’s he going to save the world when he can’t even get his...

When the name of your new teacher is Professor Pippy P. Poopypants, there’s bound to be trouble. And when you’re a prankster like George and Harold with an accidental superhero for a headteacher, well – that’s trouble times ten. If...

Celebrate the phenomenal, sales-smashing, award-winning Treehouse series with this stunning colour edition of the bestselling The 52-Storey Treehouse. Andy and Terry's incredible, ever-expanding treehouse has 13 new storeys, including a watermelon-smashing level, a wave machine, a life-size snakes and ladders...

You're looking well, darling. One lump or two? It's the most sought-after invitation of the year: Dinoton Abbey for high tea. Now you're all gussied up in your finery and ready for some tea and chit-chat. One problem: You can't...

FULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH COMIC-STYLE CARTOONS, this laugh-out-loud Football Superstars book is packed with hundreds of football jokes guaranteed to raise a smile.From silly one-liners to groan-worthy gags about players, matches and the world game, this book is bursting with humour...

The fourth incredible book in the hilarious, blockbuster Real Pigeons series! The world's greatest crime-fighting pigeons are making a BIG SPLASH as they try to solve their most puzzling mysteries yet... The brave birds known as the REAL PIGEONS track...

The hilarious and unmissable new series about Gilbert, a boy whose best friend is an imaginary giant fluffy bunny called Fluff, from the creator who brought us The Odds, Funny Kid and Bored. Gilbert's underpants are hanging on the school...

If you know a young reader who doesn't like ghosts, ogres, zombies, vampires, aliens, werewolves or mummies, DO NOT GIVE THEM THIS BOOK POCKET TONIE. But if they do like spooky things and mysterious beings, then have them pop this...

There’s more pranks being played and underwear adventures to be had in the halls of Jerome Horwitz Elementary, and all a young listener with a nose for mischief needs to do to join in is pop this Book Tonie on...

Frog, Log and Dave deliver ridiculous fun of the highest order! - Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood, creators of Real Pigeons Frog, Log and Dave are back in another fast and furious adventure! When a hungry shark needs delivering to...

Serve up the eighth picture book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Food Group series from Jory John and Pete Oswald! The Humble Pie likes to give others the spotlight. Aw, shucks! — they deserve it! But when he’s...

Dipper and Mabel’s summer vacation gets even weirder as they discover more Gravity Falls mysteries. A secret video-game code brings Dipper’s favourite video game character, Rumble McSkirmish, to life for an epic battle with Robbie. A magical crystal alters the...

The Bad Guys are back in full colour! The dawn of time!Nothing on Earth could rival the terrifying power of the dinosaurs.Except maybe that Wolf over there ... yeah, the one standing next to the Snake and the Shark and...

Pizza and Taco: Best Party Ever! takes readers on a hilarious adventure with Pizza and Taco as they face the oh-so-relatable problem of not knowing what to do when boredom strikes. Their solution? Throw a party! With a location in...

Gaul was divided into three parts. No, four parts - for one small village of indomitable Gauls still held out against the Roman invaders. BOOK 23 Julius Caesar has devised his most cunning attack yet on the indomitable Gauls -...

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!Don’t miss the sixth picture book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Food Group series that’s ripe with humor from Jory John and Pete Oswald!The Sour Grape holds grudges for every reason under...

Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and the mega-selling Dork Diaries series – now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide! OMG! Nikki's birthday party is going to be beyond awesome! Her BFFs are planning a SUPERcool pool party,...

From the best-selling creator of Barry Loser comes Jim Smith's brand new full-colour graphic novel series for readers of seven plus. My Big Fat Smelly Poo Diary is packed full of friendship, fun and toilet jokes galore! Join best friends...

The bestselling book and TV series as seen on Netflix. Round the Twist boasts three short stories and the low down on how the TV series was made. Fact, fiction and fun from the fantastic pen of Paul Jennings. From...

Take a peek into the diary of twelve-year-old Zack Zombie. He’s just like you and me, only a little more green and a lot more dead! Read the first 28 books of this best-selling series as Zombie staggers through Scare...

Go round the bend as you peel the pages of this rhyme-tastic celebration of everybody’s favourite fibre-filled friend ... The banana!

The hilariously funny full-colour graphic novel series from award-winning author and illustrator of the Pizazz series, Sophy Henn. Perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey, Dogman and Donut Squad! ‘You won't be able to contain your giggles!’ – Harriet Muncaster,...

“I love this book . . . Iona Rangeley has written a wonderfully witty story in Einstein the Penguin which is beautifully complimented by David Tazzyman's hilarious illustrations” DAVID WALLIAMS, author of GANGSTA GRANNY “An outstanding debut. Funny and surprising”...

A collection of 12 new stories - all linked by the theme of Asterix's anniversary celebration.www.asterix.net.au

Laugh out loud with Roald Dahl's Matilda in this brilliant book of jokes that would biffsquiggle anyone but the cleverest of kiddles! What do you get if you add 25 and 917, then subtract 765 and divide the answer by...

When we last saw George and Harold, they were headed to jail for the rest of their lives. What could be worse? How about being pulled from prison by a time-travelling tyrant named Tippy Tinkletrousers?!!? Now the boys are taking...

Martin Kennedy, aka Fartboy, has been awarded a scholarship to attend The Amazingly Fancy School of Excellence in Sparkle City. But there's a catch... Sparkle City is under attack by alien beans out to get revenge for every bean that's...

An Indie bestseller! The hilarious crayons from the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day the Crayons Quit are ready to give thanks! Perfect year round, but especially poignant during Thanksgiving. An Indie bestseller! The hilarious crayons from the #1...

If you could have any superpower, what would you choose? Super strength? Invisibility? The ability to fly? Super speed? So many superpowers to choose from. Unfortunately, for Licky Ricky, he didn’t get to choose. He just woke up one day...

A hilarious Captain Underpants sticker activity book. This laff-out-loud book includes 80 pages of hilarious activities for fans of the book series, the movie, and the hit Netflix show! The cover includes a roll of 40 giant stickers, designed to...

A woman bard is unheard-of in Ancient Gaul - but when the mothers in Asterix and Obelix's little village decide that besides being a terrible musician Cacofonix, the local bard and school-teacher, is not educating their children properly, it's Bravura...

The highly anticipated 10th book in the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling series, with over ten million copies in print! Jack and Quint are trapped in the Monster Dimension! Their mission: prevent Rezzoch the...

Hop along with Curious George as he celebrates Easter with his friends and gets into a bit of monkey-sized mischief along the way. Includes egg-cellent stickers for decorating! George can’t help but join in the Easter fun when he sees...

After winning their school quiz, Dante and Virgil are ready for a rest. When Virgil suggests they go to Camp Sulfur Springs, Dante agrees—what could possibly go wrong? A LOT! Endless rain, sharing a cabin with his nemesis, and being...

Age range 3 to 9 All bottoms are wonderful! Don't you agree? Each animal in this adorable book has a different reason for loving their behind - from cute and round to fashionable and striped. Maki Saito makes readers laugh out...

Gaul was divided into three parts. No, four parts - for one small village of indomitable Gauls still held out against the Roman invaders. BOOK 10 Asterix and Obelix enlist in the Roman army to rescue Tragicomix, the forcibly conscripted...

Million-copy bestseller David Walliams’ funniest book yet – a laugh-out-loud tale of the most blundering and lovable family in history Meet the Blunders: Bertie, Betsy, their children, Brutus and Bunny, along with their beloved grandma Old Lady Blunder, and their...

Be the first to read the next action-packed adventure from the indomitable Gauls by pre-ordering now!Follow Asterix and Obelix as they set out on their 39th adventure on a long journey in search of a strange and terrifying creature. Half-eagle,...

***WINNER OF THE WEEK CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS 2025, GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR***UNICORN BOY is the first in a colourful, hilarious and heartwarming graphic novel series about a shy kid who unwillingly sprouts a unicorn horn and uses his newfound...

Graphic novel fans, prepare yourselves for a trip you won’t soon forget! New York Times bestselling author Dan Gutman and veteran illustrator Jim Paillot have brought you a second zany My Weird School graphic novel!A.J. and his friends have the...

The seventh book in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print!‘Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier’s The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.’ Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy...

Join the one and only Clarice Bean and ‘Think Like an Elf’ in this irresistible and spectacularly sparkling Christmas story from the inimitable Lauren Child. Clarice Bean usually looks forward to Christmas.Except this year it is going to be a...

'THESE BOOKS REALLY GO OFF!' -- Mac Park, Boy Vs Beast The chapter books your reluctant reader will actually want to read! Stone Beach Primary is not ready for BenDugan and his new best friend.Ben's about to start at his...

From bestselling author Beth Garrod comes a fantastically funny wish fulfilment story. Perfect for fans of The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks and The Amazing Edie Eckhart. Secondary school is ninety-eight days away, which means I’m running out of...

A lively comic strip exploring the work that goes on behind the scenes in a zoo. Tai is mad about animals and dreams of becoming a zookeeper when he grows up. Today is his chance to access all areas and...

Two hilarious best friends create their very own podcast in this feel-good middle grade graphic novel about making the spotlight your own, from the author of Just Pretend.Lights, Curtains Podcast! Best friends Clay and Kyle can t help but inject...

Part of Nosy Crow's list of publishing in collaboration with the British Museum, developed in consultation with some of the world's leading experts on the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. A kid's life in prehistoric times might sound...

There was a wolf called Wilson Who never brushed his hair. He never washed his paws or face Or changed his underwear. Will anyone be able to persuade Whiffy Wilson to change his grotty ways for something far less stinky?...

There’s a prank war in this season, dude! Things get messy pretty fast when a new kid at Wood Intermediate School launches a string of hilarious pranks against Davy. The pranks get bigger and badder as each day passes, leading...

When incredibly gross dinosaurs rise up and start destroying Sparkle City, Sergeant Smashface offers to capture them. Everyone thinks he’s a hero, but he really wants to use them to take over Sparkle City. Dinosaur-loving Max Andrews, aka The Tootmeister,...

The wildly popular Poppy Poopinstar has gone on a rampage, committing disgusting, bad fashion crimes all over the world. Only five fantastic farters stand between her and her ultimate goal of total world domination. Charlotte Lee (aka Stinky Spice) goes...

Martin Kennedy is the tidiest boy in the world’s tidiest town. Martin is so neat and clean that he has never ever farted—UNTIL NOW... A freak accident dooms Martin to a dreadful destiny of baked beans and bottom blowouts. With...

Ninja Clones! (Ninja Kid 5) by Anh Do takes you on a thrilling adventure with Nelson and Kenny as they face an unexpected challenge. Nelson and Kenny have been cloned! Robot Nelson and Robot Kenny are faster, smarter, and even...

For Chef Le Squelch and his giant, greasy food monsters, revenge is a dish best served cold. And the main course on Le Squelch’s revenge menu is Shayden Lee, aka Silent Death. Le Squelch is cooking up a storm and...

Have you ever had a bad week? Justin Chase sure has, and this is it! He miraculously made it through the mayhem of Monday, the trauma of Tuesday, and the weirdness of Wednesday. He was throttled by Thursday and frazzled...

‘Come on down to WEEEEE! There’s so much to seeeee. Fun for you and meeeee! It’s the sparkliest park in history!’ Martin's busting to go to WEEEEE Amusement park! He’s planning a showdown between Fartboy and the evil mastermind W.E....

It's Kev's birthday, so Hotdog and Lizzie are throwing him a surprise party! There'll be cake, games and magic tricks! But will a rude rooster and a cranky donkey ruin the day? Join the fun in Party Time! (Hotdog! 2)...

It's quiet... too quiet in Sparkletown, and Fartboy has to face his most disgusting villain yet! Toejam! The mime-making, noise-hating, toenail cradle-catching baddy. It's up to the fartastic hero and his friends to save the day. Will Fartboy break the...

Scare yourself silly with Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney, the #1 international bestselling author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid! Grab a flashlight, crawl under the covers, and dive into the twisted, unexpectedly hilarious world of...

Ricky is desperate to impress Samantha. And he wants to be FAMOUS. The one thing he can't do is let her see him fly. But he's willing to try almost ANYTHING else to get her to notice him. A brilliant...

Don't Look Now Book 2: A Magician Never Tells and Elephant Bones by Andrew Weldon and Paul Jennings is an exciting tale of an ordinary boy, Ricky, who possesses the extraordinary ability to fly. But there's a catch—he can only...

#1 New York Times-bestselling creators Brandon Sanderson and Kazu Kibuishi have teamed up, for the first time, to create a breathtaking picture book with enchanting illustrations for readers young and old. In this humorous epic adventure, a boy is, on...

Your favourite fairytales from a PURRRFECTLY funny point of view. From bestselling author, comedian and actor Ben Miller. First it’s no more milk for breakfast. Then he’s forced to sleep in a windowless shed. And now he has to use...

This illustrated book by the New York Times bestselling creators of the Happiness Is . . . project will leave your family in stitches. The World’s Best Jokes for Kids Volume 2 is filled with hundreds of corny, brilliant, and silly jokes—each paired with...

Dive into this second funny and heart-warming adventure from star of stage and screen, Matt Lucas. Perfect for young readers of 8-12!  

ALAN IS KING OF THE UNIVERSE. Well, not yet. But he WILL be. Join Alan and Fido on more hilarious adventures as they try to take over the universe - as long as they're home in time for tea, of...

From bestselling author Scott Rothman comes the hilarious picture book introduction to Judgy Bunny, whose first instinct is to expect every new experience is THE WORST, especially if she wasn't invited, might not be good at it, or it just...

Billy and the Mini Monsters: Monsters Play Football is where football meets Mini Monsters in the latest addition to the much-loved chapter book series. Another laugh-out-loud monster adventure in the Billy and the Mini Monsters chapter book series, perfect for...

An a-PAW-rable two-colour, highly-illustrated young fiction series from best-selling author and illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson! Meet the STAR KITTIES – the cutest cats ever! These loveable, magical kitties get up to all sorts of fun adventures and mischief in Whiskery...

Think fast, speak faster, and whatever you do… Don't Trip. 2-5 Players | 15-30 Mins | Ages 8+ Flip a Challenge Card to reveal an animal (Fox, Cat, or Bunny), then flip a Rule Card to see what rule you...

Funny Dogs is a 150‑piece jigsaw puzzle by Ravensburger designed for children aged 7 and up. The puzzle features a humorous and colourful motif of dogs wearing sunglasses, presented on XXL‑sized pieces for easy handling and the classic Ravensburger interlocking fit....

Dive into the hilarious, action-packed world of Frog, Log and Dave Almost Save the Day in this must-read graphic novel adventure! Join Frog, Log, and Dave as they bumble and hustle their way through Count Evil von Evil's dastardly plot...

It takes a bad guy to catch a bad guy! Get ready for another thrilling adventure with our favourite bad guys. Fresh out of prison, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark, Ms. Tarantula, and Mr. Piranha struggle to make it...

Have you met Gruesome Griselda, who nibbles on mouldy toast and bathes in slime? Or Competitive Colin, who turns even brushing his teeth into a race? In this second Tonie of terrible tales, David Walliams introduces ten more outrageously naughty...