Funny books for children
Simplicity is the key when it comes to great storytelling and I don’t think I’ve ever read anything simpler than ‘I Want My Hat Back’.
Jon Klassen’s book will have you laughing out loud at the blank expressions of the poor bear who wants to find his hat and the various suspects he interrogates.
It’s a perfectly told story that you will read in less than five minutes, yet be glad you spent £12 on.
A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton tells the story about a baby owl who falls out of its nest, then desperately tries to find his mum again. It’s a quick read, yet It will break your heart and make you laugh with every page.
The artwork is stunningly designed and the story so beautifully told, that you’ll want to read it again and again. It’s won awards and been translated all over the place.
In short, a masterpiece.
Oh No George! by Chris Haughton is a wonderfully simple and funny picture book. It’s humour lies fully in the character of George the dog, and the reader’s expectations of what he’s going to get up to next. Will he eat the cake? Will he?!
Wonderful to read aloud, and great in front of a class, not to mention the engagingly bright art, this one’s a winner!
A book that sells itself on the fact it has no pictures shouldn’t please me, but this does. The Book With No Pictures by B J Novak is a clever little title, that takes immense pleasure in the conversation between author and reader – and the child who’ll be sat listening in the middle. It’s not so much a story, more a mischievous discussion between a book and a reader.
As such, it’s funny, it contains mildly naughty words, and children will really enjoy it for making the adult jump through hoops of the author’s – or maybe the words’ – making.
This wonderful rhyming picture book written by Adam and Charlotte Guillain (authors of Spaghetti with the Yeti and Pizza for Pirates) and illustrated by Chris Chatterton, shows us the zany, secret world of the Supermarket Gremlins. This book is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud as you try to spot the little monsters hiding […]
If you’ve ever found yourself reading a dull early reader book – most likely from a reading scheme – you and your kids will be jumping for joy at this new series. Snow-man Windy Pops! by the hilarious Tommy Donbavand and Steve Beckett is an incredibly irreverent Beano-esque blast of brilliance. Part of a set […]
Wouldn’t you love to have your very own little alien friend? Well, that’s exactly what Caitlin gets in Perijee & Me by Ross Montgomery. Caitlin doesn’t have any friends, and she hates living out in the middle of nowhere on a remote island with a Mum who ignores her and a Dad who’s never there. And then she […]
