Showing results for "Alexander" in Humorous Fiction

Alexander’s two brothers have money in their pockets. All he has are bus tokens. It isn’t fair. He had money last Sunday when his grandparents gave them each a dollar. Now it’s all gone. At first he was saving the money for a walkie-talkie. But saving money is hard. He bought gum with some of the money, and when it stopped tasting good, he had to buy more. Good-bye 15 cents. Then Eddie offered to rent him his snake for an hour, and he couldn’t pass up a chance like that....

Hailed as “the heir to Roald Dahl” by The Spectator, the UK’s #1 bestselling children’s author, David Walliams, will have fans of Jeff Kinney and Rachel Renee Russell in stitches! Performed by a wonderful cast: David Walliams, Peter Serafinowicz, Nitin Ganatra, Sarah Alexander, and...

Meet everyone's favourite crime-busting ladybird in this collection of four brilliantly funny stories from the bestselling What the Ladybird Heard series, read by Alexander Armstrong – perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime or any time at all! Join in the fun with the clever...

When Alexander wakes up with gum in his hair, he thinks that maybe it’s going to be a bad day. When he trips on the skateboard by his bed and drops his sweater in the sink, he knows it’s going to be even worse than he thought. His brothers find fabulous prizes in their cereal boxes; he finds cereal. His best friends get fancy desserts in their lunch boxes; Mom forgets dessert. From being scrunched in the car on the way to school all the way to lima beans for supper and kissing on TV (yuck!), the day just keeps getting worse. It’s enough to make him want to move to Australia.

“Look into the tiger’s eyes. I wish to show you lives different from your own,” Soma-Nandi tells the boy-king Tamar. When you join Tamar on his enchanted journey, you too can look into the tiger’s eyes. But beware, for along the way, nothing is as it appears to be: Forest creatures speak and populate hidden kingdoms, hacked-down vines regenerate before your very eyes, and holy men spring up from ant hills.

Alexander’s dad has a new job 1,000 miles away, so now his family has to move. Alexander would rather have poison ivy. Maybe he could live with the Baldwins and their dog. He’s always wanted a dog. How can he leave Rachel, his favorite baby-sitter, who taught him to stand on his head and whistle with two fingers (but not at the same time)? And his best friend Paul, who’s like a brother, except that he doesn’t call Alexander "puke-face" like his real brother does? Just as Alexander is ready to hide from his parents, Dad decides that a boy might need a dog....

The new animal-fantasy/adventure series for fans of Warriors, Spirit Animals, and Redwall! Kit may have saved the Wild Ones from the Flealess, but he and his neighbors are not out of danger yet. Coyote has taken charge of the Thunder River Rompers, a notorious gang of nearsighted otters, and he...

For fans of Warriors, Spirit Animals, and Redwall--the next great animal fantasy adventure is here! Kit is a young raccoon who has lived his whole life under the Big Sky. But when a pack of hunting dogs destroy his home and kill his parents, Kit needs to escape. He finds himself in Ankle Snap...

Be warned, listener, this audiobook isn’t about a normal spice bag, nor is it about a normal boy. Quite the opposite. This audiobook is about the Spice Bag and our unlikely hero: a 10-year-old boy named George. And then there’s Mr Spicebag’s chipper, which seems to be at the centre of everything. George is about to have the weirdest week of his life.

Eleven-year-old twins Oliver and Celia Navel could care less about adventure and they really do not like excitement. They’d rather be watching television. Unfortunately for them, their thrill-seeking parents have dragged them from continent to continent their entire lives. But when their...

Henry (9), Bela (7) und Ben (5) sind drei ganz normale Brüder. Naja, beinahe, denn ihr Einfallsreichtum sorgt für einiges Chaos. Zum Beispiel, als die drei sich kurzerhand dazu entschließen, die Wohnungssuche in der Großstadt nicht Mama und Papa zu überlassen, sondern sich selbst darum zu kümmern. Oder als sie einen Snackautomaten aus einem Pappkarton und mit Mamas Bouletten basteln. Oder als Ben auf dem Weg zu IKEA seine Trinkflasche zu einer Transport-Toilette umfunktioniert.

The UK's #1 bestselling children's author, David Walliams, is back with a thrilling historical adventure with life-or-death stakes—chock-full of Walliams’s unmistakable humor and perfect for fans of Stuart Gibbs and Gordon Korman. 1940. BRITAIN IS AT WAR WITH NAZI GERMANY. Eleven-year-old...

Gemütlich treibt der 8-jährige August auf einem aufblasbaren Gummi-Krokodil mitten auf dem Meer. Eigentlich hätte er jetzt gern ein Eis, stattdessen begegnet er Juli. Die schippert da ganz lässig auf ihrem Floß herum. Das Floß ist ihr Zuhause, bestens ausgestattet mit Hängematte, Huhn und einer Meerwasserdusche. Nur zu gerne würde August bei Juli als Schiffsjunge anheuern. Aber Juli lässt nicht jeden auf ihr Floß, erst muss August beweisen, dass er geeignet ist. Nach und nach freunden die zwei sich an und erleben gemeinsam die Abenteuer, Gefahren und Glücksmomente eines Vagabunden-Lebens auf hoher See.

Lieselotte ist eine ganz besondere Kuh. Und sie hat inzwischen eine riesige Fangemeinde: Alle lieben ihre Abenteuer, die sie zusammen mit ihren Freunden vom Bauernhof erlebt. Sie sucht nach verloren gegangenen Paketen, drückt sich davor, gewaschen zu werden, und erlebt eine wilde Verfolgungsjagd mit dem Gartenschlauch. Wenn der schelmische Kabarettist Bernd Kohlhepp Kultkuh Lieselotte und ihre Freunde interpretiert, dann wird jede Geschichte zur wahren Bauernhofparty.

Created by real-life rivals and #1 New York Times bestselling authors Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft this hilarious story features two talented fifth graders going head-to-head in a competition for the ages. J and K are the most creative fifth graders at Dean Ashley Public School (DAPS). J...

Pompous critics and culture journalists Martin Bain-Jones (Armstrong) and Craig Children (Miller), present a frightfully clever culture show, a wry look at the fringes of popular music. They’re hip, they’re happening – so they say – and in these four episodes they discuss Boy Bands...

Weil Jonas' Eltern arbeiten müssen, dürfen er und seine Schwester Marie mit Opa Franz nach Italien in Urlaub fahren. Sommer, Sonne, Freiheit, hurra! Doch als Opas alter VW-Bus schon nach wenigen Kilometern an einem Baggersee den Geist aufgibt, sieht es schlecht aus mit Pizza, Pasta und Gelati. Zum Glück kann Opa Franz nichts aus der Ruhe bringen, er hat immer die tollsten Ideen. Und aus einer Autopanne wird für Jonas und Marie ganz unerwartet der beste Sommer aller Zeiten.

Das kann doch wohl nicht wahr sein - Mama und Papa wollen ernsthaft die Urlaubszeit ohne Fernsehen und Internet verbringen?! Dabei ist doch gerade Fußball-WM! Bela und seine Brüder Henry und Ben haben nur ein Ziel: Spätestens zum Halbfinale in einer Woche muss ein Fernseher her - egal wie.

When the class plans to visit the library for the first time, the students prepare themselves for the worst. Imagine their surprise, when they are welcomed to a warm and friendly place, where a smiling librarian invites them to explore some of the fun and funny books they have to offer.

An hysterical journal about the daily doings and the hidden world of a lovable underground dweller that will be sure to delight kids both young and old.