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The funniest kid in fiction is back! Hi there, My name is Harry Riddles, and I live with my mum, my dad and my EVIL sister Charlotte. But now my mum is having TWINS so either me or Charlotte are gonna lose our bedroom. ALSO, Dad’s moaning that I should do more sport and not be just a gamer...

"Do meu pai, recebi a melhor parte da minha herança.. O bom humor." E quem era o pai dele? O motorista da funerária! E o filho dele é tão disposto quanto o pai, adora passear pelo cemitério, que é cheio de histórias para contar.

Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout takes us back to gentler times when the bad guys weren't really that bad, didn't carry Uzis, and being an inventor like Thomas Edison was the dream of many young boys. In this book our hero creates an electric automobile with a top speed of over 100 mi./h, saves the bank, gives the bully two black eyes, wins the prize for the fastest automobile in a 500 mile race, only stopping once to recharge his batteries. Without a NASCAR pit crew, it only took Tom 25 min.

The boys at Linbury Court Preparatory School are eager to speed up the progress of space travel, and none more so than Jennings, whose first task is to find a suitable helmet. But is it really a good idea to take a dome-shaped glass-case, which previously housed a stuffed woodpecker, and place it over his head? Petrified paintpots! Jennings and Darbishire's luck is in when they hitch a ride with an international cricketer, and could it be that they've done something right for once when they attempt to apprehend a suspected burglar? Bat-witted clodpoll!

The funniest kid in fiction is back and he’s got a lot to SHOUT about! Hi there, So I’ve joined a band with Jess and this new kid, Kevin, who is pretty annoying but also a REALLY talented guitar player. We’ve got a good shot at winning the Battle of the Bands competition for our school as...

Meet the funniest kid in fiction and follow his life’s ups and downs told through laugh-out-loud letters, emails, texts and more!Meet the funniest kid in fiction and follow his life’s ups and downs told through laugh-out-loud letters, emails, texts and more! Her Majesty, hi there My name is...

The story of one boy, one rabbit, and a whole lot of bad luck… From the one and only Judith Kerr. “Is there a more perfect children’s writer for this generation than Judith Kerr?” Spectator “A lovely conclusion to [Judith Kerr’s] life in books” Evening Standard “Funny [and]...

When Jennings and Darbishire discover a hibernating hedgehog they are instantly intrigued. Then, when Venables tells him that foxes eat hedgehogs, Jennings decides to rescue it. But things rarely go as planned for Jennings, and after a series of mishaps involving Miss Thorpes puppy and a bottle of 'Ants Anti-Escaping Fluid', Jennings is left wondering whether Old Sleepy will make it through the winter. Clueless clodpoll! The Jennings Report is one of a series of 25 books by Anthony Buckeridge.

Linbury goes green and Jennings and Darbishire want to do their bit for the environment. Given the simple task of distributing leaflets, what could go wrong? But when Darbishire’s shoelace refuses to stay tied, Jennings, using his usual initiative, removes the rubber band holding the leaflets together and performs an emergency shoelace repair. All seems fine, until a gust of wind hurls the leaflets over Marina Gardens.

Le Schtroumpf Costaud ne rêve que de romans de chevalerie. Ah ! S'il était un humain, il se ferait chevalier errant, à la défense de la veuve et de l'orphelin. Mais voilà qu'il rencontre ce qu'il croit être un véritable chevalier. Il le ramène au village, avec des suites dramatiques.

Tandis que les Schtroumpfs décorent leur village, un étranger maléfique rend visite au vilain sorcier Gargamel. Les deux petits enfants qu'il convoite seront-ils sauvés par la bonté des Schtroumpfs ?

Grâce à son instrument magique, le Schtroumpf Musicien charme toute la forêt. Malheureusement, la sorcière Hogatha, séduite pas son chant, le kidnappe...

Le vilain sorcier Gargamel a conçu un nouveau plan pour capturer les Schtroumpfs : il construit une grande statue représentant le grand Schtroumpf. Il espère que les Schtroumpfs vont apporter cette statue jusqu'au Village, et alors...

Ces petits lutins bleus vivent dans un village, caché au fond de la forêt. Sous l'autorité du grand Schtroumpf, ce sympathique petit peuple organise sa vie et lutte contre l'abominable sorcier Gargamel, qui ne rêve que de les détruire.

Le Schtroumpf Rêveur n'a qu'un seul désir : pouvoir un jour se promener dans l'espace, visiter des planètes inconnues. Le Grand Schtroumpf lui permet de réaliser son rêve, mais le vilain sorcier Gargamel intervient et menace de transformer ce rêve en un hideux cauchemar.

Le Grand Schtroumpf est préoccupé : il faut que 100 Schtroumpfs exécutent la rituelle Danse à la Lune. Or, le village ne compte que 99 habitants. Où trouver un Schtroumpf de plus ? C'est le Schtroumpf Coquet, toujours à se mirer dans la glace, qui trouvera malgré lui la solution.

Une nouvelle histoire des Schtroumpfs dans un château hanté.

Gargamel parviendra-t-il à capturer les Schtroumpfs dans l'étonnant labyrinthe de Melchior, le créateur de la fameuse boîte à disparitions ?

Traditional values abound in these hilarious stories from Appalachia: friendship, family, orderliness, humor, and delight in an especially inventive practical joke. In "Rainy Weather", a hound dog with more heart than sense wins everyone's admiration. "Uncle Frank Learns to Speak Polish" finds Davis' famous Uncle Frank making the most of a little foreign language. And, in "Uncle Frank Clean Up the Post Office", cleanliness is next to godliness, and it's also next to hilarity.

Exquisite watercolors enhance this charming tale of two friends who are different in many ways yet alike in their devotion to each other...