Dd (just turned 8) has had enough of exciting books - she wants funny instead ...

[basildonbond]

Recent 'funny' hits have been Roddy Doyle, How to Train your Dragon, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Killer Cat, Daisy and the trouble with ..., Pippi Longstocking, 101 Dalmations and Starlight Barking

any recommendations in a similar vein gratefully received

she's a very able reader (and 'should' be reading something more challenging, but she gets scared v easily and is not interested in the content of a lot of the books for her reading level) and whizzes through books at a rate of knots - is also quite 'girly' so Captain Underpants type stuff doesn't appeal

[BatBrainsPumpkinHead]

what about this sort of thing. not difficult but a nice change.
something like this?

[BatBrainsPumpkinHead]

Has she read the Roal Dyal stuff like the twits?

[BatBrainsPumpkinHead]

Ds is younger and lower reading ability but just getting into these

[BatBrainsPumpkinHead]

these are a bit more girly

[ZOMBIEEEESywriter]

Mr Gum - Andy Stanton
The fummiest kids books we've come across, that's our entire family and we have 3 girls. I think his books are destined to become classics!

Goblins - David Melling
Pretty good. Two out of three of our girls love them, the other thinks they're utter pants.

[mrsruffallo]

My 7 yr old loves the Mr Gum books- the heroine is a girl too!
They are not particularly challenging but are truly hilarious- I find them as laugh out loud funny as my daughter does and she whizzed through the first 6! (I think there are 8 written so far)
here

[mrsruffallo]

I see Zombee beat me to it!
I do agree they are destined to be classics

[KeithTalent]

yy Mr Gum

Ottoline

Eloise in Paris

Moomin comic strips very funny

Emil

[basildonbond]

thanks - keep them coming :)

she's read all (age-appropriate) Roald Dahl, Ottoline, Emil, has read a couple of Mr Gum - I'd forgotten about them tbh!, has tried Asterix (bit non-plussed)

will look out for Moomin comic strips

any more??

[KeithTalent]

Also;

Pat Hutchins' The House that Sailed Away

Poetry?

Michael Rosen, especially Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Gravy (suitable at much younger than 8, but certainly still enjoyable for 8/9/10

[TheFoosa]

don't agree that a child of 8 'should' be reading more challenging books

more important that they enjoy books, ime

Anything by Daren King good here

Morpurgo's Mudpuddle Farm books are very funny, great pictures too here

Hamster massacre here

[KeithTalent]

Absolutely Foosa.

[Fennel]

The other Astrid Lindgrens (Bulllerby series, also the Lotta series though they are for slightly younger children.

Alice in Wonderland.
Clarice Bean books.
Joan Aikin (Arabel's raven series, and Willoughby chase series)
Terry pratchett, the ones for children. Called things like Maurice the rat etc.

[basildonbond]

OK TheFoosa, maybe I put it the wrong way! it's more a practical problem iyswim - because she reads very fast she zips through something like Mudpuddle farm in about 30 mins and then is champing at the bit for more - it's sort of like being hungry but having a packet of crisps and then still wanting something more substantial

don't worry, she loves reading

[1234ThumbScrew]

dd2 read Don't Cook Cinderella at the weekend and said it was so funny she's started to read it again. She's 8 and also had enough of the girly books. I think it's the same author as Horrid Henry.

[mattellie]

Cows in Action? v silly, but used to make DD laugh out loud.

What about Lauren Child? Your DD might be just the right level to move from the Charlie and Lola books to the Clarice Bean ones (my DD loved these at 9-10).

[iheartdusty]

the Phantom Tollbooth

Ms Wiz

Books by Jeremy Strong - DS is currently absorbed in Dr Bonkers, and there seems to be an endless supply of hilarious (but curiously similar) titles. His 'Viking' books are funny - Viking at School, etc.

[basildonbond]

thanks

done Ms Wiz, all Jeremy Strong, all Clarice Bean - when she likes an author she likes to work her way through everything she can find by them (I never knew there were so many books by Dick King-Smith!)

she read a couple of Cows in Action and wasn't particularly keen

will dig out Phantom Tollbooth and Professor Branestawm (had forgotten about those!)

have reserved the Cinderella and a couple of Darren King books

will let you know how she gets on with them

[Takver]

DD also likes Jennings - dated but still funny it would seem.

[MrsVincentPrice]

Worst Witch is funny and exciting, as is Harry Potter 1. Has she tried Horrible Histories/Science?

[Takver]

Also Terry Pratchett's truckers, diggers etc

[lovecheese]

Mr. Stink, and The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams, recently enjoyed by my DD (Oh, and me, and DH...)

[pointythings]

Terry Pratchett - 'Only You Can Save Mankind', 'Johnny and the Dead', 'Johnny and the Bomb'. - very funny but with some depth too.
And the Tiffany Aching books too, but the last one (I Shall Wear Midnight) is too dark for an 8yo.