Why don?t hammer-throwers get dizzy? Could the worlds fastest swimmer catch a jet-ski? How far can a human being run or cycle before they drop? Which nutter invented the ski jump? Glenn Murphy, author of Why Is Snot Green?, answers these and other brilliant questions in this fascinating book about the science of sport. From running a marathon to beating your friends at basketball, from negotiating a snowboard slalom track to pulling a backflip on a BMX, find out everything you ever wanted to know about sports and games! Become a whizz in science AND trounce your friends at your school sports day. Its like being in the Olympics with none of the boring bits!
From the award-winning author of the Spy Dog series comes a wildly funny tale in HarperCollins' Awesome Animals series - the funniest fiction, starring the wildest of wildlife from leading authors. The Hole-in-the-Tree gang, led by Quickpaw Cassidy and The Sunshine Cub, is the most daring group of raccoons in town. But when these cheeky chancers carry out the biggest, boldest heist of their lives, they push the neighbourhood too far. The heat is on and the gang goes on the run in a wild adventure that ultimately teaches them that there's no place like home.
Titus the Goat has a terrible toothache. All the farmyard animals are happy to help him get rid of his troublesome tooth, but poor Titus doesn't want his tooth pecked, butted or pulled out. He grouches and grumbles and grouches and grumbles until Sadie the Hen provides him with some shocking news. The farmer has called The Vet! This lively, humorous tale by Linda Jennings is perfectly complemented by Gwyneth Williamson's zany illustrations.
This multiple choice book is packed with gross, gruesome, disgusting questions and answers to create the 'yuk' factor we know all kids love. The perfect present for the trivia or gross-obsessed nerdy kid who enjoys a challenge or likes to show off their knowledge!
Can death be a fresh start? They say that before you die your life flashes before you re eyes. You think it s going to be the good stuff every kiss, every party. Don t count on it. I was Bridget Duke the uncontested ruler of the school. If keeping the wannabes in their place meant being a mean girl, then so be it! I never thought there d be a price to pay. Until the accident. Now, trapped between life and death, I m seeing my world in a new light: through the eyes of five people whose existence I ve made hell. And I've got one chance to make things right. If I don t, I may never wake up again...
Three crazy, funny stories, featuring the two clumsiest talking mice you'll ever meet...Shortlisted for the ROALD DAHL FUNNY PRIZE 2010 'The mouse started to trundle away, glancing at Howard over its shoulder, nervously. "You may well glance at me nervously, said Howard, picking up an empty water glass and placing it over the mouse. You'll stay in there so I can eat my breakfast in peace. I shall deal with you afterwards..."' But you can't really deal with the Clumsies, afterwards or at any time. Once you've got them, you're stuck with them. From the moment when Howard Armitage first finds two talking mice under his desk - the inimitable and hilarious Purvis and Mickey Thompson - his life, and his belongings, are turned forever upside down. Obsessed with biscuits and forever playing incomprehensible games of their own devising, the Clumsies are not your average mice - and though they're desperate to help Howard get out of trouble with his evil boss, they're only really good for one thing...making a mess.
Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny prize 2010, The Clumsies are back in their sixth and most hilarious book yet and they're making a very big mess of the airport. More sparklingly funny adventures about the much-loved talking mice that live under Howard's desk, eat his biscuits, try and help him out, but only ever end up making a mess. This time they are at the airport, but a mix up at security sees the Clumsies end up in the wrong suitcase and running amok in Departures
Like many young boys, Danny dreams of making it into the record books. Eternally optimistic, he writes to Mr Bibby, Keeper of the Records, with hilarious accounts of his yucky endeavours. In this book, Danny is going on holiday! He will attempt to break the following records. Drumroll, please... Sickbags filled in a single flight! (DB attempt: 13) Wriggliest bath! (DB attempt: 9, 183 worms) Freckliest face! (DB attempt: 1, 246 freckles - before sabotage by Mum and the Factor 5, 000, 000 suncream)