humorous fiction

Irrepressible, twelve-year-old Alex is convinced that he will be a star and impress his schoolmates when, as the winner of a cat food essay contest, he is asked to make a commercial for national television.

Boots and Bruno launch a campaign to save Macdonald Hall from financial ruin.

A little boy becomes friends with a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey who wash windows for a living. While working for the Duke of Hampshire, they catch a famous jewel thief and are each granted a wish.

The misadventures of Otis, a young boy whose mischievous spirit constantly gets him into trouble.

Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.

Disturbed by a deafening snore, Jack wakes up the family and animals one by one in search of the noisy culprit.

Sheriff Sally Gopher solves the mystery of the haunted dance hall in time for a special performance by the famous dancer, Miss Annie Field Mouse.

Funnyman, a detective who can't stop making jokes and puns, tries to catch the thief of the world's rarest stamp at the Royal Stamp Show.

Time after time the farmer plants squash for his favorite pie, only to have someone steal every crop.

Prince Hulla-Baloo asks his father for the loudest noise in the world as a present for his sixth birthday.