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The Worst Class in the World Gets Worse
by Joanna Nadin'HILARIOUS! Proper laughs!' Pamela Butchart'Deliciously silly, with hilarious catchphrases, Joanna Nadin's The Worst Class in the World, illustrated with grubby glee by Rikin Parekh, is a great cheer-up book.' GuardianA brand new, laugh-out-loud young fiction series from bestselling author Joanna Nadin. Perfect for fans of Horrid Henry and the Trouble with Daisy series.According to head teacher Mrs Bottomley-Blunt, 4B is the WORST CLASS IN THE WORLD. She says school is not about footling or fiddle-faddling or FUN. It is about LEARNING and it is high time 4B tried harder to EXCEL at it.But Stanley and Manjit didn't LITERALLY mean to flood the toilets when they should have been monitoring the playground. And they definitely didn't LITERALLY mean to bring a penguin home from the zoo on their school trip. These things just happened even though they had a FOOLPROOF plan to get away with them.
The Worst Class in the World Total Mayhem! (The Worst Class in the World)
by Joanna Nadin'Deliciously silly, with hilarious catchphrases… a great cheer-up book' The Guardian'HILARIOUS! Proper laughs!' Pamela Butchart_______________A laugh-out-loud young fiction series from bestselling author Joanna Nadin, perfect for fans of Horrid Henry.Head teacher Mrs Bottomley-Blunt thinks 4B is the WORST CLASS IN THE WORLD. She says school is not about footling or fiddle-faddling or FUN. It is about LEARNING and it is high time 4B tried harder to EXCEL at it.But best friends Stanley and Manjit didn't LITERALLY mean to get covered in newt pond water just before the Class Photo. And they really didn't LITERALLY mean to cause TOTAL MAYHEM by trying to get fake teeth to the very best tooth fairy. These things just happened, even though they had FOOLPROOF plans to get away with it all.Highly illustrated and featuring two hilarious madcap adventures in one book, these stories are just right for children ready for their first chapter books.
The Worst Class in the World Total Mayhem! (The Worst Class in the World)
by Joanna Nadin'Deliciously silly, with hilarious catchphrases… a great cheer-up book' The Guardian'HILARIOUS! Proper laughs!' Pamela Butchart_______________A laugh-out-loud young fiction series from bestselling author Joanna Nadin, perfect for fans of Horrid Henry.Head teacher Mrs Bottomley-Blunt thinks 4B is the WORST CLASS IN THE WORLD. She says school is not about footling or fiddle-faddling or FUN. It is about LEARNING and it is high time 4B tried harder to EXCEL at it.But best friends Stanley and Manjit didn't LITERALLY mean to get covered in newt pond water just before the Class Photo. And they really didn't LITERALLY mean to cause TOTAL MAYHEM by trying to get fake teeth to the very best tooth fairy. These things just happened, even though they had FOOLPROOF plans to get away with it all.Highly illustrated and featuring two hilarious madcap adventures in one book, these stories are just right for children ready for their first chapter books.
The Worst Day Ever!: Aliens! Spaceships! Poo-scented air fresheners!
by James BishopA funny space adventure for fans of Charlie Changes into a Chicken and The Spy Who Loved School Dinners.Meet Mylan - an ordinary blue alien. He's travelling the universe, looking for someone having a bad day, to help them. Meet Chloe. She's just stubbed her toe. Now she's being followed by an alien. Her day can only get better, right? WRONG. Every bad day begins with a stubbed toe. Mylan Bletzleburger's research proves this. But even he couldn't predict how Chloe's day would escalate from a sore foot to the entire Earth being swallowed up.Can Mylan and Chloe save the planet? Will Mylan ever pilot a cool spaceship? And will Tanka Tanka Woo Woo, the Queen of the Universe, ever share her haircare secrets?Funny and packed with action and quirky aliens, this intergalactic adventure is out of this world!
The Worst Girlfriend in the World
by Sarra ManningAlice Jenkins is the worst girlfriend in the world according to the many, many boys who've shimmied up lampposts and shoplifted from New Look to impress her, only to be dumped when she gets bored of them. Alice has a very low boredom threshold.But she never gets bored with Franny, her best friend since they met at nursery school. Friends are for ever. Ain't nothing going to come between them. Girls rule, boys drool is their motto. Well, it's Alice's motto, Franny doesn't have much time for boys; they're all totes immature and only interested in one thing.But then there's Louis Allen, lead singer of Thee Desperadoes, the best band in Merrycliffe-on-sea (though that could be because they're the only band in Merrycliffe-on-sea). He's a tousle-haired, skinny-jeaned, sultry-eyed manchild, the closest thing that Franny's ever seen to the hipsters that she's read about on the internet and she's been crushing on him HARD for the last three years.She's never worked up the courage to actually speak to him but she's sure on some deeper level that goes beyond mere words, Louis absolutely knows that she's his soulmate. He just doesn't know that he knows it yet. It's why he cops off with so many other girls.So, when Alice, bored with callow youths, sets her sights on Louis it threatens to tear the girls' friendship apart, even though they're better than fighting over a boy. They strike a devil's deal - may the best girl win. Best friends become bitter rivals and everything comes to an explosive conclusion on their first trip to London.Can true friendship conquer all?
Worst. Holiday. Ever
by Charlie HigsonA hilarious new book from the bestselling children's author - Adrian Mole for the new generation!*'Made me cry with laughter and heart ache' Lisa Thompson, author of The Goldfish Boy**'Funniest. Book. Ever' Ross Welford, author of Time Travelling with a Hamster*Stan is going on holiday to Italy with his (fifth) best friend Felix and a load of strangers.Stan is absolutely terrified. Luckily, his mum's given him an emergency list that includes how to survive a shark attack, and what to do if he gets kidnapped. Stan thinks that a better list would include how to cope with odd food, and what to do if he accidentally calls Felix's mum 'mum' in front of everybody. And it soon turns out Italy is full of dangers and things that can go wrong. One thing's for certain, Stan's not going to come back the same boy he left. He just hope he comes back at all . . . Worst. Holiday. Ever is a story about facing fears, dealing with worries, and how it's OK to be anxious, scared, and sometimes a little bit brave.
Worst Idea Ever: The best book yet from the million-copy bestseller
by Jane FallonDON'T MISS THE RAZOR-SHARP NEW NOVEL FROM THE MILLION-COPY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RICHARD & JUDY PICK QUEEN BEE AND FAKING FRIENDS'Funny, insightful, sharp, wicked, brilliant - Jane Fallon at her very best' MILLY JOHNSON'I literally could not put this book down' 5***** READER REVIEW'Friendship, jealousy, deceit and so much more - I didn't want it to end' 5***** READER REVIEW'The queen of the revenge novel' HEAT________Best friends tell each other everything. Or do they?Georgia and Lydia are so close, they're practically sisters.So when Lydia starts an online business that struggles, Georgia wants to help her - but Lydia's not the kind to accept a handout. Setting up a fake Twitter account, Georgia hopes to give her friend some anonymous moral support by posing as a potential customer.But then Lydia starts confiding in her new internet buddy and Georgia discovers she doesn't know her quite as well as she thought. Georgia knows she should reveal the truth - especially when Lydia starts talking about her - but she just can't help herself.Until Lydia reveals a secret that could not only end their friendship, but also blow-up Georgia's marriage . . .Georgia's in too deep.But what can she save?Her marriage, her friendship - or just herself?________'I loved Worst Idea Ever. Another Fallonesque treat, possibly my favourite so far. Full of heart, humour and humanity. Great characters and a riveting story from the start. She's so good at tapping into the best and the worst in us. Fabulous' RUTH JONES'This witty page-turner could be her best yet' CLOSER'Incredibly funny and original . . . fabulous' ADELE PARKS, Platinum Magazine'An addictive page turner about friendship and revenge . . . I loved it' ALICE FEENEY'We love everything Jane Fallon writes' BELLAReaders rate WORST IDEA EVER 5****:'Absolutely wonderful! An excellent tale of toxic female friendship' 5*****'A fabulous story of friendship, jealousy, deceit and good intentions' 5*****'A remarkable read - I want to scream about this book from the roof tops!' 5*****'Page after page of twists, the storyline will keep you gripped until the end' 5*****'The writing was flawless and made you really feel for the characters . . . A brilliant book from a brilliant author' 5*****'I read it in one sitting' 5*****________Praise for Jane Fallon:'Compelling, edgy, beautifully written' Daily Mail'Hugely compelling and unpredictable' Ruth Jones'Barbed, twisty and full of deliciously dry wit' Sunday Mirror'She always delivers a fabaliss read' MARIAN KEYES
The Worst Witch (The Worst Witch #3)
by Jill MurphyThe Worst Witch written and illustrated by Jill Murphy is reissued with exciting new branding and format. The Worst Witch is the first in the bestselling children's series by Jill Murphy.Jill Murphy's beloved classic, The Worst Witch, has been reissued in a beautiful new format. This is the first book in the series, and the perfect choice for young readers of 5 - 9 years. Mildred Hubble is a trainee at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, but she's making an awful mess of it. She keeps getting her spells wrong and crashing her broomstick. And when she turns Ethel, the teacher's pet into her worst enemy, chaos ensues...'Millions of young readers have fallen under the spell of Jill Murphy's Worst Witch' - Sunday Express If you'd like to read more of Mildred's disastrous adventures at Miss Cackle's Academy The Worst Witch Strikes Again, A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch, The Worst Witch All at Sea, The Worst Witch Saves the Day and The Worst Witch to the Rescue are also available from Puffin and are perfect for children aged 5-9.
Would I Lie to You?
by Aliya Ali-AfzalShe could lose the perfect life... if she tells the truth. At the school gates in Wimbledon Village, Faiza fits in. It took a few years and a brand new wardrobe, but now the snobbish mothers who mistook her for the nanny treat her as one of their own.But the perfect life costs money. When her husband Tom loses his job, Faiza realises she'll have to reveal her biggest secret: she's spent her family's entire life savings.Unless she doesn't... It only takes a second to lie to Tom. Now Faiza has six weeks to find £75,000 or risk losing the family she has worked so hard to protect.Readers and reviewers are loving Would I Lie to You? 'Warm, intelligent [...] and keeps up the tension right till the end' Sophie Kinsella 'A properly indulgent page turner' Adele Parks, Platinum 'A fresh take on domestic dynamics and moral dilemma... Great for book clubs' Clare Mackintosh 'Convincing and compelling' Stacey Halls 'I couldn't put it down... Tense and funny' Claire Douglas 'I was immediately hooked' Lizzie Damilola Blackburn 'Wise and warm... A page turner' Woman & Home 'A breathtaking, tense ride' Jesse Sutanto 'I just fell into it and couldn't stop' Sarah Pearse 'A refreshing new voice in commercial fiction' Cosmopolitan 'Intelligent and original' Lesley Kara 'So warm, funny, sad and brilliantly written' Laura Marshall 'Not just entertaining, but intelligent and original too [...] and the resourceful Faiza will steal your heart' Lesley Kara 'A warm, funny, compelling, escapist read' Debbie Howells 'Tense, funny, poignant and very clever' Claire Douglas
Would I Lie To You? Presents The 100 Most Popular Lies of All Time: Presents The 100 Most Popular Lies Of All Time
by Would I Lie To You? Peter Holmes Ben Caudell Saul WordsworthThe cheque's in the post. I'm still at the office. That looks great on you. Lies make the world go round. And in this book the Would I Lie To You? team celebrates the fine art of the everyday fib.Like the deliriously funny contributions of Rob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell in the hugely successful panel game, here is a delightful collection of 100 fibs that all of us can recognise. Lies like: I didn't even notice she was pretty; I'm working from home tomorrow; and wow, your tattoo looks really... interesting. Written in the same warm, witty and inspired tone that's made the TV show such a hit, the book uncovers the little deceptions that strike a chord with all of us. There are the lies we tell others, the lies people tell us and the lies we tell ourselves. Each entry in the book is laugh-out-loud funny, and filled with more than a little bit of painful truth.If you're a fan of the show, a lover of spot-on observational comedy, or have ever told a porky, Would I Lie To You? Presents the 100 Most Popular Lies of All Time is the book you've been waiting for.
Would Like to Meet
by Polly James‘It made me giggle and it made me think’ Daily Mail ‘A properly good writer’ India Knight A hilarious, heart-warming read perfect for fans of Shirley Valentine and You’ve Got Mail.
Would Like to Meet: The feel good romantic comedy of 2020
by Rachel WintersThe perfect feel-good romcom for 2020Long-suffering assistant Evie Summers will lose her job unless she can convince her film agency's biggest and most difficult client, Ezra Chester, to finish the script for a Hollywood romcom. The catch? He hasn't started writing it. Suffering from 'writer's block,' he will only put pen to paper if singleton Evie can prove to him that you can fall in love like they do in the movies. Forget internet dating, Evie can only meet a man the way that Sally met Harry, or Hugh Grant meets anyone. Cue her entering into one ridiculous romcom scenario after another. But can life ever be like the movies?Of course, real life is never that straightforward . . .Perfect for fans of Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare, Jojo Moyes and Sophie Kinsella. Would Like to Meet is a love story for hopeless romantics everywhere.Early readers love Would Like to Meet:'The perfect book for anyone who has grown up watching all the classic rom com movies' Netgalley reviewer'A funny heart warming book' Netgalley reviewer'A great read' Netgalley reviewer
Would Like to Meet (free sampler)
by Polly James‘It made me giggle and it made me think’ Daily Mail ‘A properly good writer’ India Knight A hilarious, heart-warming read perfect for fans of Shirley Valentine and You’ve Got Mail.
Would the Real Stanley Carrot Please Stand Up?
by Rob StevensStanley ‘Carrot’ Harris is ginger, tubby and definitely not cool. And he has a secret: he’s adopted, and this makes him feel like he’s never quite fitted in.On his thirteenth birthday, he receives the one thing he’s been waiting his whole life for: a card from his long-lost birth mother, asking to meet up. But Stanley isn’t sure: what if he’s a big disappointment to her? So he hatches a plan – and he’s going to need a stand-in Stanley, someone who is handsome, sporty and God’s Gift to Mothers. What Stanley doesn’t realise is he’s about to have the most confusing time of his life . . . just who is the real Stanley Carrot?Perfect for readers aged 11+
Would You Rather?: A Book of Hilarious Conundrums for Immature Adults
by Harrison BrocklehurstThe first Would You Rather book exclusively for adults, this hilarious book contains over 250 head-scratching, heart-breaking and innocence-ruining questions to ask your friends.Would you rather lick an Underground Tube seat or a Wetherspoons' carpet?Would you rather smash up one of your fingers with a hammer or, for every single meal, have to eat roast dinners without gravy?Would you rather watch your parents have sex every day for the rest of your life or join in once?For the people in your life who love Cards Against Humanity, Exploding Kittens and What Do You Meme (even if it's you), this book contains over 250 of the filthiest, funniest and most f***ed up Would You Rather questions ever imagined.So... whether you read yourself, play with mates or ask random people on the street to think about their parents having sex... enjoy!NOT SUITABLE FOR WORK, FAMILY GATHERINGS OR FRIENDS WHO MIGHT JUDGE YOU FOR FINDING THIS STUFF FUNNY.
Wow I'm A Genieous!!!!: The Stupidest Things Ever Said Online
by Mike HaskinsA hilarious collection of the weirdest, stupidest and most outrageous things ever said on the internet on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Ebay, Amazon, YouTube and even in good old-fashioned emails. Years ago if you said or did something stupid or embarrassing, it would have remained relatively private and have would soon been forgotten. Now thanks to advances in technology every cringe-making remark that we make online is preserved not only for the rest of eternity but is also instantly available for all the world to see! Wow! I'm a Genieous! presents an irresistible collection of ill-thought out comments, opinions, online disputes and sheer unashamed ignorance.So join us as we find the people who put the twit in Twitter and the mess in instant message. Contents include: Stupid Questions and Stupid Answers: e.g. "Does anyone know Obama's last name?" "Are there any lakes in the Lake District?" Angry Outbursts: Furious, insane or wildly over the top comments from You Tube etc Harrods it ain't - buying and selling on the internet: "I won a filthy Powerbook 540 which took about one month to arrive. The seller clearly used rubbish from their bin to pack the box; complete with McDonalds wrappers with old french fries and lettuce!" Observations To Leave You Speechless: "Does it rain in Australia? Because it's the other side of the world doesn't the rain just fall away into space?", "The Olympics has been going three thousand years?! We're only up to 2012!" "I like to tape my thumbs to my hands to see what it would be like to be a dinosaur." Reviews from Hell: "The beach was too sandy and there were too many fish in the sea...", "We went on holiday to Spain and had problems with the taxi drivers as they were all Spanish" Online Slip Ups: Internet-based disasters e.g. the school headmaster who asked his bursar to reply to a complaint from an old lady by telling her to "get stuffed" but accidentally copied her in on the message Communication Problems: Extraordinary spelling mistakes and terrible grammar e.g. "nothing more fun than wachting sex and city and raping Christmas pressants", "Why is the USA bombin Labia?" People Who Really Don't Deserve Our Money: e.g. An email from a Euromillions winner promising you a share of their win. As if!
Wow, No Thank You.: The #1 New York Times Bestseller
by Samantha IrbyTHE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Irby might be our great bard of quarantine.' New York Times'Samantha Irby is the king of sparkling misanthropy and tender, loving dread.' Jia TolentinoStaring down the barrel of her fortieth year, Samantha Irby is confronting the ways her life has changed since the days she could work a full 11 hour shift on 4 hours of sleep, change her shoes and put mascara on in the back of a moving cab and go from drinks to dinner to the club without a second thought. Recently, things are more 'Girls Gone Mild.' In Wow, No Thank You Irby discusses the actual nightmare of living in a rural idyll, weighs in on body negativity (loving yourself is a full-time job with shitty benefits) and poses the essential question: Sure sex is fun but have you ever googled a popular meme?'A laugh. A fart. A snort. Or some combination thereof. Be prepared to totally lose control of the noises that come out of your body while reading the latest essay collection from humor writer Samantha Irby.' Bustle'The only writer who can make me laugh with abandon in public... Her signature irreverence is intact, of course, but it can't mask the heart she leaves bleeding on the page.' Elle'Samantha Irby is hilarious... Nothing is off limits and I love it.' Candice Carty-Williams
Wrapped Up for Christmas
by Katlyn Duncan‘Magical in every way!’ 5 stars, Amazon reviewer It’s the most wonderful time of the year… but not for Angie Martinelli…
Wrapped Up In You: The perfect feel-good romance to brighten your day! (Heartbreaker Bay #8)
by Jill Shalvis'Perfect, feel-good fiction' Sarah Morgan on The Lemon SistersThe eighth in New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis's Heartbreaker Bay series, featuring her trademark gift for humour, warmth and romance. Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell, Debbie Macomber, Nora Roberts and Marie Force. It's love. Trust me.After a lifetime on the move, Ivy Snow is an expert in all things temporary - schools, friends, and way too many Mr Wrongs. Now that she owns a successful taco truck in San Francisco and an apartment to call home, Ivy's reinvented life is on solid ground. And she's guarded against anything that can rock it. Like the realities of a past she's worked hard to cover up. And especially Kel O'Donnell. Too hot not to set off alarms, he screams temporary. If only his whispers weren't so delightfully naughty and irresistible.Kel, an Idaho sheriff and ranch owner, is on vacay, but Ivy's a spicy reason to give his short-term plans a second thought. Best of all, she's a tonic for his untrusting heart, burned once and still in repair. But when Ivy's past intrudes on a perfect romance, Kel fears that everything she's told him has been a perfect lie. Now, if only Ivy's willing to share, Kel will fight for a true love story.Want more warm, funny romance? Check out the other Heartbreaker Bay novels starting with Sweet Little Lies, visit stunning Wildstone, gorgeous Cedar Ridge, spellbinding Lucky Harbor or experience some Animal Magnetism in Sunshine, Idaho in Jill's other unforgettable series.
Wrecked
by Charlotte RocheFrom the author of the international bestseller ‘Wetlands’, a raw and taboo-breaking novel of sex and grief, obsession and death.
A Wrinkle in Time: Instructional Guides For Literature (A Puffin Book #39)
by Madeleine L'EngleA Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime.Now a major motion picture! Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A Puffin Book. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes.A WRINKLE IN TIME is a classic sci-fi adventure for children by bestselling US author, Madeleine L'Engle.When Charles Wallace Murry goes searching through a 'wrinkle in time' for his lost father, he finds himself on an evil planet where all life is enslaved by a huge pulsating brain known as 'It'. How Charles, his sister Meg and friend Calvin find and free his father makes this a very special and exciting mixture of fantasy and science fiction, which all the way through is dominated by the funny and mysterious trio of guardian angels known as Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs Which.Madeleine L'Engle lived in New York and wrote over 60 books for children, including A WRINKLE IN TIME, the first in her Time Quintet series and winner of the highly prestigious Newbury Medal. she died in 2007, aged 88.
Writers on Writing: A Book of Quotations (Writers' and Artists')
by Writers’ Artists’Writers on Writing brings together a plethora of phrases, quotable lines, quips and putdowns about the writing process. Arranged in themes that follow the stages from idea to final publication and beyond, this little book of quotations brings together words of wisdom and withering wit from famous and infamous writers across the ages about their own work and that of fellow writers. Themes on the publishing process include: getting started, first drafts, agents, editing, publication day, book tours; and on different genres, forms and writing styles, such as plot, character, dialogue. Other topics covered are: rivals, censorship, writer's block, spelling, fame, money, plagiarism, and alcohol. The quotations are accompanied by their original source (where known), date and a short writer biographical note. ''A writer is a person who writes.'' John Braine ''Our book is found to be a drug, no man needs it or heeds it. In the space of a year our publisher has disposed but of two copies.'' Charlotte Brontë ''How rare, how precious is frivolity! How few writers can prostitute all their powers! They are always implying, 'I am capable of higher things'.'' E.M. Forster
Writers on Writing: A Book of Quotations (Writers' and Artists')
Writers on Writing brings together a plethora of phrases, quotable lines, quips and putdowns about the writing process. Arranged in themes that follow the stages from idea to final publication and beyond, this little book of quotations brings together words of wisdom and withering wit from famous and infamous writers across the ages about their own work and that of fellow writers. Themes on the publishing process include: getting started, first drafts, agents, editing, publication day, book tours; and on different genres, forms and writing styles, such as plot, character, dialogue. Other topics covered are: rivals, censorship, writer's block, spelling, fame, money, plagiarism, and alcohol. The quotations are accompanied by their original source (where known), date and a short writer biographical note. ''A writer is a person who writes.'' John Braine ''Our book is found to be a drug, no man needs it or heeds it. In the space of a year our publisher has disposed but of two copies.'' Charlotte Brontë ''How rare, how precious is frivolity! How few writers can prostitute all their powers! They are always implying, 'I am capable of higher things'.'' E.M. Forster