Showing results for "No!" in Humorous Fiction

Richard's cousin is missing, and his best hope of finding her rests with the wily, one-eyed, ex-governor of Florida. Carl Hiaasen introduces his iconic character Skink to a younger audience in this nail-biting adventure! A National Book Award Longlist Selection Classic Malley: her parents...

Can you keep a secret? Stella Batts has a lot of secrets to keep these days - there's the secret of what really happened to her little sister's pet fish, and there's the secret school project she's working on with her friend Lucy, and there's the secret on the second floor of her family's candy store. Actually, Stella doesn't know the candy store secret yet, because her dad won't tell her. Even though she's eight years old, and that's old enough to be trusted!

From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Best Book for Younger Readers-Red House Children's Book Award, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 5-12 year olds and the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award 2013 comes the eighth amazing instalment of the brilliant Tom Gates series!

Archie was adorable. Everybody said so. Until one day he learned a new word ... 'No!' Archie says 'No!' at mealtimes, bath times and every single bedtime ...

All alone at the family trading post, Liza Jean must deal with three smelly bandits who are up to no good. She must outwit them as they steal from the family store and try to find their gold. Will the No-Good, No-Count, Stinky-Breath Gang get what they came for?

The 8th book in the New York Times bestselling Ivy & Bean series is now available in paperback! Ivy and Bean need some money. Ten dollars, to be exact. Never mind what for. Okay, it's for low-fat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for-one serving size. Don't ask why. But how are Ivy and Bean...

What is it with Olivia and ghosts? No matter where Olivia Kidney goes, they follow. Even when she and her klutzy handyman father start over in a new brownstone in New york City—owned by the mad, bad, and dangerous Ansel plover—there is no escape from the weirdness that is Olivia's life...

The Brothers Grimm meets Knives Out in this unexpected, hilarious, and wholly original fantasy-murder-mystery. The Lilac. The bard songs say that she’s the world’s most fearsome bounty hunter. That there’s no criminal she can’t catch, no mystery she can’t solve. None of that is true...

An exuberant debut picture book about a little girl trying to outmaneuver her mama to avoid wash day for her hair—and all the laughs and love her antics inspire—illustrated by Coretta Scott King Honor winner Kaylani Juanita. The perfect next read for fans of Hair Love and Don’t Touch My...

From Drew Daywalt, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Day the Crayons Quit, and illustrator Mike Lowery comes a middle grade novel about Sam, a noble pug who will go to any lengths to protect his family from the bad guys! Meet Sam: an insolent pug—and incidental hero—who will...

The Cheeseman family is back from back in time. In other words, they're in the present time. Well, presently, at least. They're soon to journey back again - only just a few years this time - to save the life of their beloved mother. But when they get to the not-so-distant-past, they meet something utterly surprising. Something wilder than anything they've seen before - including cowboy poets and good-natured pirates. They are about to meet...the alternate versions of themselves!

Tercera y última entrega de la desternillante saga de aventuras de Gregorio Miedo y Medio. Desde que dominó los secretos del Grimorio Gregoriano y se convirtió en Mago Mistagogo, ya nadie llama cobarde a Gregorio. Sin embargo, el Grimorio ha perdido fuelle y el valor de Gregorio se ha esfumado. Ahora todos vuelven a tratarlo por la punta del pie... al menos hasta que Julián Medoy, padre de Gregorio, pierde su trabajo a causa de un turbio asunto. Ha llegado la hora de que Gregorio vuelva a echar mano del Grimorio y de su valor una vez más.

Clickity clack, clickity clack . . . Splat's bicycle bumps and jumps over the bumpy track on his way to school, until . . . crack! Splat takes a tumble off of his bike and finds himself nose to beak with a duck. A crash of this caliber should certainly merit some alarm from this duck, but Splat...

Víctor y sus amigos tienen por delante la perspectiva de dos semanas de vacaciones. Qué bien, ¿no? Pues en realidad no, porque Víctor no esperaba nada muy prometedor. Sabía muy bien lo que venía con las vacaciones: las prisas y las carreras por la casa antes de salir, su padre, preocupado por que sus compañeros de la Caja de Ahorros hagan alguna trastada, el viaje metidos todos en el coche como en una lata de sardinas, y la constante advertencia.

Och nö, so nicht! Eine unheimliche Gleichgültigkeit hat von den Bewohnern des Waldes Besitz ergriffen. Liegt das an der seltsamen Blume, die neuerdings überall im Wald wächst? Wer an ihr riecht, dem ist plötzlich alles andere egal! Doch war hat diese Och-nö-Blumen gesät? Und warum? Schon bald kommen die Unterholz-Ninjas Bubo, Ella und Piks einem gemeinen Plan auf die Schliche ... Ninjastarke Mischung aus Freundschaft, Witz und Natur: Im dritten Teil der Reihe für Kinder ab sechs Jahren lüften Bubo, Ella und Piks ein blumiges Geheimnis. Humorvoll und dynamisch gibt Jonas Minthe jedem Tier seine eigene Stimme.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Rhett Miller teams up with Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat in a riotous collection of irreverent poems for modern families. In the tradition of Shel Silverstein, these poems bring a fresh new twist to the classic dilemmas of childhood as well as a perceptive eye to the...

Había una vez una niña que siempre decía no. Y eso le provocaba muchos problemas. Por ejemplo: no podía pedir ayuda al Mago Sí, porque no sabía decir Sí. ¿Queréis que os cuente la historia de esta niña, que era reina de Pocatarec y a la que llamaban la Reineta Pequeñusa? Si no queréis que os la cuente, ya podéis dejar de leer e iros a jugar a otra parte. Si la queréis conocer, tendréis que seguir leyendo. Una nueva entrega de las aventuras del Mago Sí, que siempre ayuda a los más pequeños a tomar las decisiones importantes.

From the nationally syndicated cartoonist of “In the Bleachers” comes a new, highly illustrated middle grade series about Steve, who plays the same position in every sport: bench-warmer. Perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Timmy Failure, King of the Bench is an ode to teammates...

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.

The Hueys have an important question about counting in this hilarious new book from international bestselling, award-winning author/illustrator, Oliver Jeffers, creator of How to Catch a Star and Lost and Found. The thing about the Hueys was that they loved numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3… Wait! 0? Is...