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Spike Milligan's publishing career began over forty years ago when Silly Verse for Kids was published in 1959. His poems were inspired by listening to his own children, and subsequently his grandchildren, and marvelling at the way they could invent new words or incorporate sound effects into their everyday language. Spike did not regard children as small adults, but as entirely different species...

It was Christmastime on Mouse Island, and I couldn't wait to celebrate with my friends and family. But then I discovered that they were all traveling out of town for the holidays, and I'd be spending Christmas alone! I was starting to feel like a real grinch. Would this be my loneliest Christmas ever?***Includes special pull-out gatefold holiday board game!***

Golf-nutter dad secretly organises a holiday at a rough and rugged, far-away-wilderness place known as Shark Tooth Bay. When Dad goes fishing off the rocks, Fletch and Ozzie meet a leathery old man who warns them about the monster inhabitants of caves that dot the cliff face. "Those creatures don't like young larrikins like you poking your noses into their bedrooms." Then he points to where...

While Geronimo Stilton is on his way to New York City to meet his family for the holidays, his luggage gets switched with another mouse's, and he must scurry all over the Big Apple trying to find all his presents.

Jez's big sister is extreeeeemely annoying. So Jez and Charlie plan revenge - with some Liquid Frighteners potion from Quentin Quirk's magic works. Prepare for something snappy, toothy and very scary.

Watch out world, big briefs are back! George and Harold are up to their usual tricks. Last time they hypnotised Principal Krup into believing that he was Captain Underpants. Now, by mistake they bring to life the most disgusting, life-threatening monster - the terrible Turbo Toilet 2000. For ages 7 to 10.

Featuring George, Harold, and everyone's favorite hero, the bestselling Captain Underpants saga continues. The newest epic is so full of adventure, laughs, and flip-o-rama fun, it wouldn't fit in one book. Illustrations.

Captain Underpants fans are invited to join George, Harold, Mr. Krupp, Melvin Sneedly, and Sulu the Bionic Hamster on an adventure that will take them into the deepest regions of outer space and back through time to the mysterious and uncharted world of the day before yesterday. Illustrations.

An alien spaceship has landed on the roof of Jerome Horwitz Elementary School. Three tall, tentacled aliens, Zorx, Klax, and Jennifer, plan to overtake the Earth using schoolchildren as their zombie nerd henchmen. Disguised as gigantic lunch ladies, they begin their evil plot. It looks like another job for Captain Underpants!

Professor Pippy P. Poopypants may be the greatest scientific genius the world has ever known. Unfortunately, he has such a silly name that nobody takes him seriously! Needless to say, George and Harold poo-poo Poopypants' pride -- practically pulverizing it -- and Poopypants is preparing to pounce! This looks like a job for Captain Underpants...

When we last saw George and Harold, they were about to take their pet pterodactyl Crackers back to the Cretaceous period. But things didn't work out quite as they had hoped. They've entered an absurd alternate reality where teachers are nice, kids are allowed to read banned books, and the cafeteria food doesn't smell like dirty diapers. Even worse, they've discovered alternate versions of...

George and Harold have really messed up this time. They have created the fastest, strongest, most evil monster the world has ever seen and her name is Wedgie Woman. And she'll give a whopping wedgie to anyone who stands in her way - including Captain Underpants. Ages 7-10.

Lost in a dark, spooky forest! it was something that could only happen to me, Geronimo Stilton. Until I stumbled upon Curlypaw Cannycat's Castle.I quickly discovered the castle was haunted-by cats! Let me tell you, this is one case where curiosity almost killed the mouse.

Geronimo Stilton, adventuremouse? Not me! But surely a little skiing couldn't hurt a rodent, right? Wrong. Moldy mozzarella! When my ski trip landed me in the hospital, I was sure it was going to be the worst Christmas ever! But my family and friends had something else in mind. . . .

G'day, mate! I was searching for ideas for my new book, and my friend Petunia Pretty Paws knew just where to find them - in Australia. Holey cheese, it sounded like a fabumouse adventure! But between surfing with sharks, being chased by poisonous snakes, and getting lost in the Outback, I was beginning to wonder if this trip down under was really a good idea. Kangaroos and koalas and crocs - oh,...

Farticus Maximus, Greatest Gladiator of All Time, is back in the arena with his arch-enemy Gassius Brutus, whom he must butterfly-kiss to the death or face losing his beloved Rhina forever! Will the power of Farticus's almighty wind be strong enough to prevail? Also features tales of grannies who don't toot (or do they?), the return of the Stick Dudes in 'Phwooohhh!', more new and extended...

Holey cheese, what an adventure! I was off to Niagara Falls with my nephew Benjamin's class. It was a beautiful place -- truly one of the most amazing sights I'd ever seen. But unfortunately, I was surrounded by mischievous young mouselets who were determined send me over the Falls in a barrel! Oh, would I ever make it back to Mouse Island alive?

I have never been a brave mouse. but lately, my fears were taking over my life! So Thea and Trap decided to cure me. They dragged me away on an airplane (I'm afraid of flying!) all the way to the jungle. There I was forced to eat bug soup, climb trees as tall as skyscrapers, swim in raging rivers, and even wrangle snakes! How would a 'fraidy mouse like me ever survive?

I, Geronimo Stilton, am not a sportsmouse. Running? Sweating? Not for me. I prefer relaxing in an armchair with a nice bowl of chocolate cheesy chews. But with the Olympics coming up, sports were all anyone in New Mouse City could talk about. Rat-munching rattlesnakes!

My sister, Thea, is the mystery-loving rodent, not me! But somehow I found myself going underground to find an important missing document. Slimy Swiss cheese - I hardly knew where to start! Geronimo Stilton, Secret Agent Mouse? Maybe I could get used to that...

Grandma decides that Grandpa needs new slippers. But getting rid of the old ones is not proving easy!

Based on characters and a storyline developed by Dr.Seuss before his death in 1991, this tale focuses on the strange goings-on in Diffendoofer School, where kids are taught, among other things, yelling, listening and smelling. It highlights the importance of thinking for yourself.

When my old friend Professor von Squeaker called to ask for help, I agreed immediately-even though it meant trekking halfway around the world to Mouse Everest! The trip was long and dangerous. I almost froze my tail off along the way. And then I was kidnapped by a yeti! Yes, it was truly an extraordinary adventure...

Just Annoying are tales featuring Andy, who wants to be the most annoying boy in the world.

Do you bounce so high on your bed that you hit your head on the ceiling? Do you ever look in the mirror and see a crazy maniac staring back at you? Nine highly original, humorous stories complemented by imaginative and hilarious illustrations from one of Australia's most well-known and acclaimed illustrators, Terry Denton.

Presents nine humorous stories about Andy G. This book includes an agonizing death by flesh-eating zombies, a battle with brussel sprouts, and the disgusting fact that cockroaches can live for nine days without their heads. It is aimed at the ages, 8+.

Take one Shakespearean tragedy: Macbeth. Add Andy, Danny and Lisa - the Just trio, whose madcap exploits have already delighted hundreds of thousands of readers for the past ten years. Mix them all together to create one of the most hilarious, most dramatic, moving stories of love, Whizz Fizz, witches, murder and madness, from the bestselling and funniest children's author in Australia.

Is this the right book for you? Take the SHOCKING TEST and find out. Do you wish you could drive around in a monster truck crushing everybody and everything that gets in your way? Do you love watching videos of people having painful accidents? Do you do any - or all - of the following: touch electric fences, play with loaded mousetraps or put buttons up your nose? Do you think stories about...

Gasp as Andy careers down a hill in an abandoned pram wearing only a nappy! Groan as he desperately looks for a toilet in a shopping centre before he explodes! Squirm as he shoves twenty marshmallows in his mouth without swallowing! But most of all, laugh! Because Andy Griffiths is back with nine hysterically stupid tales.

Full of highly original, and extremely funny stories, which established Andy Griffiths as the world's most annoying person. They include convincing his best friend Danny that he is invisible so that he will wreak havoc in the school library, and pretending that corn relish is vomit to make an old lady move seats on a plane.

I admit it. I'm not much of a muscle mouse. So when I accidentally got signed up for the Mouse Island Marathon, I was so shocked that I lost my squeak! Me, run a marathon? But my friends and family were determined to help me cross that finish line. Holey cheese, I was never going to make it!

One day Mr McGee sets off to visit the zoo. He takes with him a big bag of bread to feed the animals. But when he arrives at the zoo, there's a notice board that says, 'do not feed the animals'. But Mr McGee has a big bag of bread, so he begins to feed the animals - until he meets a very hungry crocodile! Ages 0-5 years.

Naked mole rats scorn everything sartorial - until they are exposed to some sharp dressing and a new way of seeing life...Wilbur is different. He likes to wear clothes. The other naked mole rats are scandalized! Up in arms (not a sleeve in sight), they go to Grand-pah, the oldest, wisest and most naked naked mole rat, in the hope that he will restore Wilbur to sense - and nakedness. But...

When my sister Thea told me a ghost was haunting New Mouse City's subway tunnels, I knew I had to get the scoop for The Rodents Gazette! So I set off with Thea, Trap, and my assistant editor Pinky Pick. We soon discovered that Sally Ratmousen, the editor of The Daily Rat, was also on the trail of the mysterious ghost. But we were all in for the fright of our wee mouse lives... because the ghost...

Jez and Charlie will do anything to beat annoying Francesca in the local talent contest. But will Quentin Quirk's magic Trickles and slurping, slimy, sluggy worry warts give them the X factor?

A collection of "quirky" tales. In one, a boy's mouth is so small there is only just enough room to poke in one pea at a time. He can't talk, he can't stick out his tongue and he can't eat. Another is about life with an undertaker.

Little Rhino is rude to everyone, and has been since the day he was born. He sticks his tongue out, he makes rude noises and he waves his bottom at anyone in front of him, with no respect for person or place. Until, that is, he meets his match with someone who is prepared to treat him the same way!

My troublemaker cousin was trapped in Transratania! Before I could even squeak, my sister, Thea, dragged me along on her rescue mission. Little did we know that Transratania is the land of vampire bats! Holey cheese, bats give me mouse bumps! Why? Well, there's nothing a bat likes more than sinking its teeth into a nice, juicy mouse...

The Robot Riot! Test - 1. Henry McThrottle suspects that the new girl, Roberta Flywheel, is: a) a spy; b): a boy; c) a robot. 2. Roberta writes in her diary that she is on a mission to: a) kiss Henry; b) clean up the school; c) exterminate all humans. 3. Henry and his friends get Grant Gadget to build: a) a treehouse; b) a sand castle; c) a robot-fighting robot. 4. Grant Gadget's robot-fighting...

My sister had come up with a new way to torment me. She'd combined my two least favorite things - travel and ghosts! Thea had heard rumors of a haunted pirate treasure buried on a desert island. And before I could say "avast ye scurvy rats," she'd dragged me into her treasure hunt!

Young readers will laugh out loud at this action-packed, easy-to-read chapter book by award-winning author and Caldecott Honor illustrator Dav Pilkey. Introducing FLIP-O-RAMA, a wonderfully silly and fun-filled illustration technique that allows readers to animate the action.

George Beard and Harold Hutchins are special. Yeah, ask their school principal, Mr Krupp (just make sure you aren't standing too close-he's got a mean right hook). Now the amazingly-talented George and Harold have created an all-new superhero-Super Diaper Baby! The first newborn ever to fight crime, stomp on evil baddies and not get his diaper dirty. With the help of his trusty sidekick , Diaper...

Enter the world of Geronimo Stilton, where another laugh is always right around the corner. Each book is a fast-paced adventure with lively illustrations and a unique format kids 7-10 will love. Ho, ho, ho! I love Christmas in New Mouse City. But this year, Grandfather William wanted me to research a new story. He asked me to dress up like Santa Claus and let lots of little mouselets sit on my...

It was a dream come true-I was off to Egypt to interview an famous archaeologist! I climbed on board a crabby old camel that would take me across the desert to the Cheese Pyramid. There, among mummies and hieroglyphics, I would learn the secret of the Seven Wonders og the Ancient Mouse World.

It all started when my sister, Thea, discovered a mysterious map. It showed a secret treasure on a faraway island. In no time at all, my sister dragged me and my cousin Trap into her treasure hunt. It was an adventure I'd never forget.

Geronimo Stilton participates in the Race Across America on his bicycle with his friend Bruce Hyena.

When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. The Universe, of course, is our own. And Roundworld is Earth. As the wizards watch their accidental creation grow, we follow the story of our universe from the primal singularity of...

The acclaimed Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the Wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot which was interleaved with a Cohen & Stewart non-fiction narrative about Big Science. In The Science of Discworld II our authors join forces again to see just what happens when the wizards meddle with...

Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to rid the planet of a plague of elves, who attempted to divert humanity onto a different time...

Enter the world of Geronimo Stilton, where another laugh is always right around the corner. Each book is a fast-paced adventure with lively illustrations and a unique format kids 7-10 will love. Mouldy mozzarella, it was every mouse's worst nightmare. My old friend Creepella von Cacklefur called me one night and ordered me to join her for the weekend at her family's spooky castle. And before I...