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y separately published work icon Funny Stories And Other Funny Stories selected work   short story   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Funny Stories And Other Funny Stories
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'Swap a bomb for three ice-creams on a train, bounce on a vampire’s bed, eat a pizza that makes you fearless, read the secret diary of a dog, unleash the awesome power of chips, save ten lives with a paper clip, surprise your mum with a chainsaw, use a demolition ball to defeat a bully, live in a house that gets wiped clean more often than a bottom … and lots more!' (Publication summary)

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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Puffin , 2018 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Give Peas a Chance, Morris Gleitzman , selected work children's fiction

'Surprise your mum with a chainsaw, be a bigger star than Tom Cruise, save the world with a plate of veggies, start your new life in a taxi, rescue your family with a tomato, send your dad into a panic with a tractor, do a good deed with a paper bag on your head pack your bags for a trip to the spleen, upset your auntie with ten kilos of chocolate, swap a bomb for three ice-creams on a train . . . and lots more.' (Publication summary)

Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories, Morris Gleitzman , selected work short story children's
'Save ten lives with a paperclip, discover how a big banana can ruin your sister's holiday, make a new friend with a garbage bin, develop a taste for sheep's spleen and chips, bounce on a vampire's bed, rescue your dad from a dog and a spider, use a toilet roll to get justice, upset the neighbours with a pickaxe, eat a pizza that makes you fearless, and imagine a world where...' (From the publisher's website.)
Snot Chocolate, Morris Gleitzman , selected work short story children's

'A collection of short stories in the popular style of Morris's Give Peas a Chance and Pizza Cake - except, of course, even funnier! In the title story, a kid struggles to save the career and reputation of a parent afflicted with chronic unconscious nose-picking.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2018 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 543p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 29th October 2018

      ISBN: 9780143793380
Last amended 8 Nov 2018 13:10:27
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