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Comic Stories

Comic Stories

Children's BooksMiddle Grade
Pages
220
Published
2003
Language
English

Synopsis

In the shower with Andy /Andy Griffiths -- Woof! (extract) /Allan Ahlberg -- Who needs and Aries ape? /Walter Dean Myers -- The Snooks family /Harcourt Williams -- Double fudge (extract) /Judy Blume -- Wunderpants /Paul Jennings -- A work of art /Margaret Mahy -- Harry the street pigeon /M.L. Greenall -- William's New Year's Day /Richmal Compton -- The day of judgement /Richard Peck -- The yellow ribbon /Maria Leach, adpt by Virginia Tashjian -- The ship of fools /Terry Jones -- Spellshocked /Finbar O'Connor -- The adventures of Tom Sawyer (extract) /Mark Twain -- The great golden belly-button /Michael Rosen -- The ratcatcher /Errol Lloyd -- At the zoo /Brian Patten -- Julius Caesar's goat (extract) /Dick King-Smith -- Viking treasure /Roger McGough -- Break a leg /Joel Schwartz -- Uncle Trevor's magic flying slippers /Ian McMillan -- Blabber mouth (extract) /Morris Gleitzman -- How Tom beat Captain Najork and his hired sportsmen /Russell Hoban -- [The hitchiker ](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504711W) /Roald Dahl -- Spider George /Alex Shearer

Prose complexity
2/10

Vibe

FunnyLightheartedWhimsicalNostalgic
Fish Out of WaterComing of Age

Genres

Children's Books Middle Grade Classics

Authors

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Judy Blume

Judy Blume (born Judith Sussman) is an American author. She has written many novels for children and young adults which have exceeded sales of 80 million and been translated into 31 languages. Blume's novels for teenagers were among the first to tackle such controversial matters as racism (Iggie's House), menstruation (Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.), divorce (It's Not the End of the World, Just As Long As We're Together), bullying (Blubber), masturbation (*Deenie; Then Again, May...

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Mark Twain

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a prolific American author and humorist. Twain is best known for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He is extensively quoted. Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Born in north Cardiff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, Dahl served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence agent. He rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors. His short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their unsentimental, often very dark h...

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Roger McGough

Roger McGough is a popular poet, celebrated for his humorous and engaging verse. His well-known collections include Poetry Please, You Tell Me, and The Kingfisher Book of Comic Verse.

Characters

Tom SawyerProtagonist

An imaginative and mischievous young boy growing up along the Mississippi River, featured in an extract from Mark Twain's classic tale.

William BrownProtagonist

An unruly, scruffy, and well-meaning young boy who constantly finds himself in humorous scrapes, featured in Richmal Compton's story.

Fudge HatcherProtagonist

An eccentric and highly energetic young boy whose hilarious antics cause endless trouble for his family, featured in Judy Blume's Double Fudge.

Captain NajorkAntagonist

A stern and competitive man hired to teach Tom a lesson through a series of bizarre, disciplined games.

All characters in Comic Stories