The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff
1st Edition
Published on 21. May 2015
160 pages
978-1-4088-6740-2 (ISBN)
Description
This laugh-out-loud book is bursting with lists, facts, jokes and funny true stories all about silly people, silly animals, silly inventions, silly names and much more. Discover The Great Stink, the man who ate a bike, a girl really called Lorna Mower and a sofa that can do 101mph.
Find out about famous pranks, crazy festivals, nutty cats, gross foods, epic sports fails, ludicrously silly words and really rubbish predictions. There are even lots of great silly things to do. Unmissable!
Find out about famous pranks, crazy festivals, nutty cats, gross foods, epic sports fails, ludicrously silly words and really rubbish predictions. There are even lots of great silly things to do. Unmissable!
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Second Grade to Fourth Grade, Reading Age: From 7 years
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-6740-2 (9781408867402)
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Andy Seed
The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff
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05/2014
Bloomsbury Childrens Books
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Persons
Andy Seed is an author and poet, living in North Yorkshire. He writes memoirs, funny poems and humorous non-fiction books as well as all sorts of things for teachers. Andy's most popular book for adults is All Teachers Great and Small and his most popular book for children is the poetry collection Razzle Dazzle.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Silly Animals
- Potty pets
- Batty birds
- Zany zoo tales
- Amusing animals
- Latin loopiness
- Crazy creatures
- Nonsensical names
- Mythological monsters
- Celeb cats
- Blend-a-beast
- Silly Places
- Eccentric homes
- Silly UK villages
- Silly street names
- Even more silly UK places
- You built it where?
- Wacky hotels
- Fun fictional towns
- Silly festivals
- Silly places to go
- Bizarre American towns
- Silly History
- A few eccentrics
- Quack cures
- Peculiar jobs
- Silly rulers
- Silly British laws from bygone days
- Daft annual traditions of the UK
- The Great Stink
- Potty Punishments
- 1752: the silliest year
- Silly Food
- Full of nuts
- Ludicrous banquets
- Gross groceries
- How much gravy can they hold?
- Don't eat that, Nigel!
- Silly People
- Whoops!
- Silly careers?
- Famous pranks
- A list of annoying people
- Fun fictional characters
- An unusual act...
- Silly Inventions
- Wacky patents
- It was never goin g to work
- Great inventor, silly invention
- Chindogu
- Games that bombed?
- Technological innovations with a twist
- Unusual gadgets
- Potty products
- Silly Sports
- Commentator gaffes
- Odd Olympic stories
- Curious sports
- Sports fails
- Freak results
- Astonishing Olympics
- Manky mergers
- Silly Names
- Real names
- Names of big numbers
- Wacky band names
- Footballers with funny names
- Sporting nicknames
- Real names
- The land of the posh
- Royal monikers
- Misheard names
- Silly Films and TV
- Weired sounding TV shows
- When subtitles go bad
- The world of Tom and Jerry
- The worst film titles ever
- Live TV blunders and shockers
- What Hollywood has taught us
- Silly Words
- Splendid obsolete or archaic words
- Ludicrously long words
- Words without rhymes
- Eton College glossary
- What are you talking about?
- I beg your pardon?
- Language oddments, curiosities and no-nos
- Corporate jargon
- A selection os Jamaican slang
- Know your abbreviations
- Silly Ideas
- Crazy fads
- Fashion trends
- Rubbish predictions
- Conspiracy theories
- Regrettable military plans
- Potty parenting advice
- Comical Internet crazes
- Wacky solutions to everyday problems
- Iffy political parties
- Things not to get pierced
- Silly Jokes
- Loopy creature gags
- Transport puns
- Doctor doctor jokes
- Knock knock jokes
- Light bulb jokes
- Chicken jokes
- Mixed wit
- Come on, own up...
- Annoying riddles
- Twelve one-liners
- Silly Poems
- Nutty wordplay
- A noggle of nonsense
- Loopy limericks
- Doggerel!
- Silly Things To Do
- Silly things to say
- Spoonerise
- Silly games to play
- Pencil and paper silliness
- Loopy lists
- Design a daft day
- Senseless signs
- More silly things to do
- Miscellaneous Silliness
- Witty tribute bands
- Big mama boats and ships
- Ten common misconceptions
- Things novice scouts get sent to collect at camp
- The Stella Awards
- Wheeled insanity
- Spend, spend, spend...
- Silly hairstyles
- Outlandish book titles
- Alternatives to a sleepover
- Further Information
