Humorous Fiction Family

In einem Baumhaus hoch oben in den Wipfeln eines idyllischen Hains lebt Familie Lawson: Vater Giovanni Lawson ist ein Roboter, sein Sohn Victor Lawson ist ein Mensch. Mit ihnen wohnen dort noch ein Pflegeroboter mit einem leichten Hang zum Sadismus und ein schüchterner kleiner Staubsauger. Eines Tages entdeckt Vic einen beschädigten Androiden namens Tom im Wald und repariert ihn. Dann wird Giovanni von seiner Vergangenheit eingeholt und in die Stadt der elektrischen Träume verschleppt, wo er neu programmiert werden soll.

Hier sind sie wieder, die Bukowskis: Alf, ein richtiger Boxer inzwischen und immer noch verknallt in Johanna. Katinka, seine nervige, aber geniale Schwester, immerzu beschäftigt mit der Modewelt. Und der verträumte Robbie, den man keinesfalls unterschätzen sollte. Es läuft bei den Bukowski-Geschwistern, nur ihre Eltern sind immer öfter erschöpft. Der Vater vom Taxifahren, die Mutter vom Brötchenverkaufen. Doch dann gibt es eine filmreife Überraschung: Onkel Carl hat Geld geerbt und die Familie seines Bruders soll auch was davon haben.

Judy, Stink y toda la familia Moody se refugian con latas de frijoles y baterías, listos para esperar a que pase la tormenta. Pero además del fuerte viento y las lluvias torrenciales, el huracán Elmer arroja fantasmas, ardillas y hasta extraterrestres. Justo cuando las cosas no podrían ponerse más extrañas, las luces parpadean y parpadean y… ¡se apagan en toda la casa! ¡Los Moody están en medio de un terrible apagón! ¿Pasará el huracán Elmer a la historia familiar de los Moody como una mala noticia, un recuerdo feliz o será simplemente una Historia Larga y Aburrida?

When a tween boy (Codename: Furious Popcorn) picks up what he thinks is a cookbook and finds a diabolical parenting manual, his world turns upside down. The Ultimate Guide to Hacking Your Kids was written by an organization called F.A.R.T. (Families Against Rotten Teens), a secret society of grizzled parents whose origins date back to antiquity.

After Lisa-Marie and her big brother, Vernon, visit a Create-A-Ted store, the unexpected happens. Their teddy bears come to life! But it turns out they aren't the only ones. All kinds of teddy bears - zombies, ghosts, aliens, and more - are suddenly alive and creating mayhem...and soon there is an army of evil teddy bears on the loose!

Olli will unbedingt ein Kaninchen! Aber Mama und Papa sind total dagegen. Wie praktisch, dass Ollis Freundin Emma in den Urlaub fährt und gleich zwei Ferienkaninchen bei ihnen einziehen. Doch kaum haben sich die Hoppler bei Bella und Olli eingewöhnt, büxen sie aus dem Freigehege aus und sind auf einmal spurlos verschwunden! Für Bella steht fest: Neue Kaninchen müssen her und zwar so schnell wie möglich! Als sie auf Papas Schreibtisch zufällig einen Bericht über zwei vernachlässigte Mümmelmänner findet, die einsam in einem alten Zirkuswagen wohnen, weiß Bella sofort, was zu tun ist.

From David Baddiel, the brightest new star of children's books and winner of the Lollies award, comes a laugh-out-loud adventure for every child who ever wondered what it might be like to be a bit of an animal.... Malcolm doesn't like animals. Which is a problem because his family love them. Their house is full of pets. What the house is not full of is stuff Malcolm likes. Such as the laptop he wanted for his birthday.

Alarmstufe: Peinliche Eltern! Luis' Leben steuert auf eine neue Katastrophe zu: den Elternsprechtag! Und es wird sogar noch schlimmer als erwartet: Nachdem Luis' Eltern von seinen unterirdischen schulischen Leistungen erfahren haben, beschließen sie, dass sich endlich was ändern muss! Von nun an sollen Luis und sein Bruder Elliot in ihrer spärlichen Freizeit auch noch Blockflöte lernen und Nachhilfe nehmen! Wie soll Luis da noch die Zeit finden, um endlich berühmt zu werden?

Was für eine Show! Luis muss dringend an seiner Karriere als Comedian arbeiten, doch ausgerechnet jetzt drehen seine Eltern total durch! Weil sein Vater sich wieder jung fühlen will, sagt er Dinge wie "Yo!", kauft grellbunte Sneaker und will seinem Sohn auf Instagram folgen. Es ist der reinste Horror! Luisʼ einziger Lichtblick: Er kann in der Castingshow "Kids mit Biss" auftreten, in der sich junge Talente einem superkritischen Publikum stellen.

Monsters + (secretly highly dangerous) doughnuts = all the ingredients for an explosively funny story! All three Monster Doughnuts adventures now in one audio collection.

New Jersey transplant and sassy brunette Annisa Gobrowski has a problem - literally everyone at her Florida high school is blonde. No lack of golden highlights is going to stop Annisa from making the cheerleading squad. But after accidentally breaking the most popular girl in school's nose, and discovering the cheerleaders all hate her, she starts having second thoughts. Is it too much to ask to land a spot on the team, win the heart of her dreamy crush, and make tons of new friends? Annisa is on the verge of giving up, but the cheerleader in her just won't let her quit.

Eleven-year-old twins Oliver and Celia Navel could care less about adventure and they really do not like excitement. They’d rather be watching television. Unfortunately for them, their thrill-seeking parents have dragged them from continent to continent their entire lives. But when their mother goes missing and their father makes a bet with the devious explorer Sir Edmund, the twins are forced into action. They head to Tibet where they fall out of airplanes, battle Yetis, poison witches, and encounter one very large yak.

Meet Fisher Bas: a 12-year-old, growth-stunted, geeky science genius who is the son of Nobel Prize–winning parents. Despite his outsized IQ, Fisher is far from the most popular kid in his middle school — he’s actually tormented daily by overgrown goons he calls the Vikings. Holed up in his home lab over a long weekend, Fisher uses his mother’s revolutionary Advanced Growth Hormone to clone himself.

All the troubles in sixth-grader Claudia Harper’s life seem to start with her fourth-grade friend Dunford Wylie Booth V.

The most important tradition in tiny St. Polonius is the annual Tasting of the Sacred Bear Liver. Each citizen over 12 must eat one bite of liver to prevent the recurrence of the Great Hibernation, when the town founders fell asleep for months. This year is Jean Huddy's first time to taste the liver. It doesn't go well. A few hours later, all the adults fall into a sleep from which they cannot be woken, and the kids are left to run things. At first, they have a blast. But then the town bullies take over the mayor's office and the police force....

Twelve-year-old Milo Moss has been on a mission to achieve his family's lifelong goal: breaking a world record. It's why he and his parents, along with thousands of others, are standing in the middle of a football stadium dressed as human-sized cockroaches. But when the record attempt doesn't exactly go as planned, Milo and his family are failures once again. Now more than ever, Milo needs support from his best friend, Jesse (who also happens to be his nephew - don't ask, it's complicated).

Can you hear the distant howling of hounds and the thunder of ghostly hooves? It's All Souls' Eve, and Zamiel the Demon Huntsman has come to claim his prey! He's headed straight for Castle Karlstein, where the evil count has hatched an evil plan; he'll sacrifice his two young nieces to save himself. Can Lucy and Charlotte outwit their uncle and his oily henchmen to escape their dreadful fate? From the award-winning author of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife comes a spooky, funny thriller just right for those middle-grade listeners looking for horror - and humor.

After Will is caught listening to music on his phone in class again, his mum has had enough. Will is sent to a ‘rewilding’ camp in the middle of the woods for kids addicted to tech.... Disaster. Not only is the camp a screen-free snooze-fest, Will realises he has accidentally taken something of his brother’s that he must return urgently. And with no way of contacting him, Will and his three new friends plot to escape the camp in the middle of the night, and embark on a ridiculous journey through the woods.

She's looking good, but Allison Avery can't believe it. Growing up with beautiful, blond sisters, Allison has always been the dark-haired, "interesting-looking" Avery. So when the devil shows up and offers to make her gorgeous, Allison jumps at the chance to finally get noticed. But there's one tiny catch, and it's not her soul: The devil wants her cell phone.

Phoebe Avery has always been a lucky girl. Popular, smart, and beautiful, Phoebe has it all. She's even planning the hottest party ever with her four best friends to celebrate their middle school graduation. With the perfect green dress picked out at Neiman Marcus and half her class clamoring for invites, plus a new guy to crush on, Phoebe could not be in a better mood...until it looks like the party might be over before it can even start.