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Any hilarious books?

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yeshimabet · 20/10/2024 19:44

Trying to steer 8-year-old son away from Bunny vs Monkey which makes him HOWL with laughter. Would like that in a novel. He loves them but needs to work on his fiction prose, apparently.

Tried wimpy kid, treehouse stories, Ronald Dahl....

Any recommendations?

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MaggieBsBoat · 15/11/2024 19:03

AnellaA · 21/10/2024 19:44

My dad read Just William by Richmal Crompton to me at that age. I adored it. My dd loved it too. If you find it in a library worth a try!

Oh my goodness. I remember my dad reading this to us. It made a long train journey from Scotland to the south of England in the 80s great! Happy memories. Thank you.

MargaretThursday · 15/11/2024 19:02

Eraserbread · 15/11/2024 19:01

It is not. very basic spelling errors on the first page of the sample. Looks like it was written by the same age-group it's targeting!

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Oh dear!

Eraserbread · 15/11/2024 19:01

MargaretThursday · 15/11/2024 19:00

Hope it's better than their promotion!

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It is not. very basic spelling errors on the first page of the sample. Looks like it was written by the same age-group it's targeting!

MargaretThursday · 15/11/2024 19:00

Eraserbread · 15/11/2024 11:58

Clearly someone promoting their own self-published book!

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Hope it's better than their promotion!

ThornyThing · 15/11/2024 12:04

Mr Penguin series is very funny!

Eraserbread · 15/11/2024 11:58

Kwiaenrker · 15/11/2024 11:53

Oh dear..I just read the free sample......

Clearly someone promoting their own self-published book!

Kwiaenrker · 15/11/2024 11:53

Oh dear..I just read the free sample......

Singleandproud · 15/11/2024 11:51

David Baddiels books, they are all stand alone but great.

Eraserbread · 15/11/2024 11:50

AnellaA · 21/10/2024 19:44

My dad read Just William by Richmal Crompton to me at that age. I adored it. My dd loved it too. If you find it in a library worth a try!

Came her to suggest this. If he doesn't mind older books, these are sure to be a winner!

WildFigs · 15/11/2024 11:49

Another vote for Mr Gum. Genuinely hilarious.

SnugglyJumpersMakeItBetter · 15/11/2024 11:47

Not exactly 'laugh out loud' but the Jeremy James books are humorous! I loved them at that age.

www.amazon.co.uk/Elephants-Dont-Cars-Jeremy-James-ebook/dp/B01MXS6GF8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

SnugglyJumpersMakeItBetter · 15/11/2024 11:44

HousedInMySoul · 12/11/2024 17:14

What about the Fudge series of book a by Judy Bloom? My son loved it at that age. I loved it at school when our class teacher read it to us. So funny, even now

Just be aware Superfudge totally mashes the concept of Santa!

The Just William books are funny but hard to read as they have his dialect, if that's the word I mean - lots of ''bout' rather than 'about' ect. The audiobooks read by Martin Jarvis are fantastic though!

JKForevs · 15/11/2024 11:41

TheYearOfSmallThings · 12/11/2024 17:11

Author? Author's mum?

Yep, that was very cringe

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 12/11/2024 17:16

I was going to say Just William but it's been mentioned. I also used to love The Bagthorpe Saga (several books) by Helen Cresswell.

HousedInMySoul · 12/11/2024 17:15

Correction: Judy Blume

HousedInMySoul · 12/11/2024 17:14

What about the Fudge series of book a by Judy Bloom? My son loved it at that age. I loved it at school when our class teacher read it to us. So funny, even now

TheYearOfSmallThings · 12/11/2024 17:11

Author? Author's mum?

TheYearOfSmallThings · 12/11/2024 17:08

NeonGiraffe · 20/10/2024 19:51

I'd recommend 'Michael The Amazing Mind Reading Sausage dog.' Very funny. Nice short chapters that make it an easy read. Spotted it because it was in the Blue Peter book club. There's also a sequel.

I don't recommend this one - my son got it as a gift, he said it was rubbish and having read a few pages he is not wrong.

Loki, Grimwood, The Bad Guys and Star Cat have been hits though (also Bunny Vs Monkey).

Zacbab · 12/11/2024 17:01

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Raveonette · 12/11/2024 06:56

Mr Gum

LovingHam · 12/11/2024 05:50

My Weird School" series by Dan Gutman These books feature a school full of eccentric teachers and students, and each story has a ton of goofy, laugh-out-loud moments. The humor is very much in the same spirit as Bunny vs. Monkey. Hope it can help you.

LemonRobin · 25/10/2024 18:00

I don’t particularly like David Walliams but his books are humorous and popular with children. Gangsta Granny was good.

Just take your boy to a bookshop with seating- a cafe and let him choose!

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yeshimabet · 21/10/2024 19:56

This is all absolutely fantastic. THANK YOU!

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Riverswims · 21/10/2024 19:49

AnellaA · 21/10/2024 19:44

My dad read Just William by Richmal Crompton to me at that age. I adored it. My dd loved it too. If you find it in a library worth a try!

OMG very outing but I recall camping with mum&sister and family friends absolutely howling with laughter at Just William! about their friend treading on the disappearing grass 🤣😂🤣😂🤣