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Holiday Ha Ha Ha! Funny Story Collection

04/07/2016 by Alex Milway

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A bunch of funny stories for the summer? YES PLEASE!

Summer is almost here, and what could be better than eight funny stories bundled together in this great book? Containing tales by top, prize-winning authors David Solomons, Joanna Nadin, Candy Harper, Jonathan Meres, Steven Butler, Jeremy Strong, Steve Cole and William Butler, it’s a terrific holiday read.

This Book is Funny! is lucky enough to be the first stop on the Holiday Ha Ha Ha! blog tour, and to get things going, we have a great holiday memory by Steven Butler (@sbutlerbooks on Twitter).

So you know, Steven is the author of the bestselling The Diary Of Dennis The Menace and The Wrong Pong fiction series. His first novel, The Wrong Pong, was shortlisted for the prestigious Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2009. Steven is also a successful performer and voice artist.

Take it away Steven!

…

When I was a little boy, my family had terrifically bad luck with summer holidays.

We kept having fires!! I know what you’re thinking. One fire is bad enough. It’s terrifying and dangerous and hot. Well… in the space of three holidays, we had three fires. See what I mean? TERRIFICALLY BAD LUCK!

Butler Family Fire No. 1: This one happened when I was about 6, and my family went camping in France. We were staying at a campground in the middle of a huge pine forest on the side of a mountain, and it was BEAUTIFUL. But… it quickly lost its beauty when there was a massive forest-fire. Mum and Dad threw us into the car, and we had to abandon our tents, driving as far away as we could get. We ended up staying in a hotel, miles away from our slowly cooking clothes and belongings.

BUMMER!

Butler Family Fire No.2: The next year mum and Dad decided we were going to give camping in France another go. This time however, we stayed well away from pine forests on mountains, and booked into a sprawling horse ranch.

On the third day of our trip, my brother, my sister and myself were playing outside our tent, when we noticed an enormous cloud of black smoke rising into the air not very far away. Dad went off to investigate, but quickly came sprinting back screaming “GET IN THE CAR!”

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Filed Under: 8-12yrs, Funny novels Tagged With: Candy Harper, David Solomons, Jeremy Strong, Joanna Nadin, Jonathan Meres, Steve Cole, Steven Butler, William Butler

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