Funniest books for 8 years olds

[Bonsoir]

DD (nearly 8) has just read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to herself - she didn't know the story previously and it was a huge pleasure to hear her giggling to herself as she read it and to listen to her recount the next day.

She said to me this morning that she wanted to read more funny books. What are the funniest books for her age group/reading level?

[seeker]

Mr Gum.

[Bonsoir]

Thanks!

[wordfactory]

Some of these might be a little young ( I can't remember the actual age grouping IYSWIM) - but still well worth reading if she hasn't already.

The Legend of Spud Murphy - Eoin Colfer.
The Giants and the Joneses - Julia Donaldson.
Princess Mirror-Belle - Julia Donaldson
The Werepuppy - Jacqueline Wilson.
Nudie Dudie - Michael Lawrence.
The Karate Princess - Jeremy Strong.

[wordfactory]

Oh and most definitely Chips Beans and Limousines by Leila Rashid.

[Bonsoir]

Thank you . I'll look into all of these. It's not about moving her ahead in reading so much as making sure she is really enjoying herself!

[wearingpurple]

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, the sequel to C&TCF made me laugh at that age - especially the Vermicious Knids.

[Bonsoir]

OK - they are all in my Amazon basket. Any more?

[wordfactory]

Dial A Ghost by Eva Ibbotson.
Fergus Crane by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell (this won the Smarties Gold Award).

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

The Land of Green Ginger, by Noel Langley. It's a sequel to the Aladdin story - Aladdin is grown up, married and his son, Abu Ali, is born. The main part of the story is Abu Ali's quest to win the hand of Princess Silver Bud in marriage - but the story is complicated by the presence of a flying garden, created by a magician who has accidentally turned himself into a button nosed tortoise (and who is therefore unable to steer said flying back garden), together with two incompetant villains called RubDubBenThud and TinTackPingFu, and a donkey who sits on a pin.

[Bonsoir]

You're a star

[Bonsoir]

(that was to wordfactory - x posts)

[seeker]

First time I've come across anyone outside our family that know about the Land of Green Ginger! My brothers and I communicate largely in quotations from it........

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

Pi R squared sideways,
The cube root of zero,
Manganese potash and mushrooms on toast.
Leaf of the lily and I, Abu Ali,
Turn you back into the man you miss most!

Like a bullet from a gun, like an arrow from a bow - like a donkey that has just sat on a pin...!

[seeker]

I've known mice who kept their place and mice who didn't, but the mice I've liked least are the mice that think they are ever so bright and witty"

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

[Startailoforangeandgold]

The trouble with Daisy

[MaeMobley]

I loved the Land of Green Ginger!!!

[Leeds2]

Anything by Jeremy Strong is funny, and appropriate to that age group.

Urgum the Axeman series, by Kjartan Poskitt.

There is also a recently published first book in a series by Odin Redbeard (yes!) about Vikings. Can't remember the name of the book though.

[lljkk]

I do so love Jeremy Strong.
Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson, had my 12yo DS in stitches.

[Harryc]

Friesops Fables is now a firm bedtime favourite in my house. Beautifully ?drawn? both in words and pictures. One of the stories is an analogy of a business panda seeking to ?corner the market? in bamboo, comparing him to the power hungry, wealth obsessed, businessmen we are all too familiar with. Very relevant to today?s world.

[TheDeathAndGories]

I've just ordered the land if green ginger for my ds2. I had forgotten about it til now

I'm rather excited to red it again

[PestoPumpkinissimos]

Our dds loved the Flat Stanley books at about that age.