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Funny Stories for 9 Year Olds
This is a rich and varied selection of wonderfully entertaining stories by some of the very best writers for children. Stories include The Boy Who Turned Himself Green; Miss Pettigrew's Disappearing Parrot; Doctor Bananas, The Magical Laughter-maker; The Night the Bed Fell Down; and Reginald, the Reluctant Dragon.
- GenresShort Stories
280 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1999
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April 11, 2014
Most of the children's stories are so good that you wonder why more adults do not read them and so it is with this collection of short stories.
'The Balaclava Story' talks about a boy wanting so very badly to buy a balaclava so that he can belong to a gang of boys who all wear balaclavas, he then 'gets' a balaclava which is his undoing. What he does next is so sad.
'Nat and the Great Bath climb' is a woodlouse's adventure together with a spider to see the world.
'Ivan's Shadow' one of those folk tales about foolish people who mess up everything but triumph in the end.
'Anyone for a Banana' a strange story about a man bringing laughter to a Underground full of different types of people, a heartwarming tale.
'The Reluctant dragon and the Wilful Princess' a pact between a dragon who dislikes terrorising people and a princess who does not want to marry her pimply cousin
'A good sixpenn'worth' a boy who gives such a stirring narration of an event totally spellbinding to all his listeners.
'Particle goes green' a spell gone wrong with hilarious results.
'A Question of Grammar' is Richmal Crompton's William on one of his naughty escapades.
'The Night the Bed Fell one thing leads to another in a midnight event with confusion and a great deal of laughter.
'The good Ogre' a folk tale of a simpleton who works hard and eventually is recompensed with a smart wife.
'Harold and Bella, Jammy and Me' how do you put a show-off in his place. This story will tell you how.
'The Paw Thing' is a heartbreaking story of how a cat wins a place in her Master's heart and home.
'Oonagh' a giant's wife gets the better of his arch enemy.
'Miss Pettigrew's Parrot' another story about a bunch of very naughty boys.
'Seventeen Oranges, hide evidence and how!
'Fairy Cakes' fairies kidnap a Cook so that she can bake lovely cakes for them with hilarious results but a lot of kindness from the Cook.
'The Litter Bug' what happens when you litter and litter and litter....
'The Balaclava Story' talks about a boy wanting so very badly to buy a balaclava so that he can belong to a gang of boys who all wear balaclavas, he then 'gets' a balaclava which is his undoing. What he does next is so sad.
'Nat and the Great Bath climb' is a woodlouse's adventure together with a spider to see the world.
'Ivan's Shadow' one of those folk tales about foolish people who mess up everything but triumph in the end.
'Anyone for a Banana' a strange story about a man bringing laughter to a Underground full of different types of people, a heartwarming tale.
'The Reluctant dragon and the Wilful Princess' a pact between a dragon who dislikes terrorising people and a princess who does not want to marry her pimply cousin
'A good sixpenn'worth' a boy who gives such a stirring narration of an event totally spellbinding to all his listeners.
'Particle goes green' a spell gone wrong with hilarious results.
'A Question of Grammar' is Richmal Crompton's William on one of his naughty escapades.
'The Night the Bed Fell one thing leads to another in a midnight event with confusion and a great deal of laughter.
'The good Ogre' a folk tale of a simpleton who works hard and eventually is recompensed with a smart wife.
'Harold and Bella, Jammy and Me' how do you put a show-off in his place. This story will tell you how.
'The Paw Thing' is a heartbreaking story of how a cat wins a place in her Master's heart and home.
'Oonagh' a giant's wife gets the better of his arch enemy.
'Miss Pettigrew's Parrot' another story about a bunch of very naughty boys.
'Seventeen Oranges, hide evidence and how!
'Fairy Cakes' fairies kidnap a Cook so that she can bake lovely cakes for them with hilarious results but a lot of kindness from the Cook.
'The Litter Bug' what happens when you litter and litter and litter....
September 18, 2016
In general I don't like books that try to be funny. Somehow the idea that it's meant to be funny for kids gives me higher expectations...because silly is funny while cynical and rudely-sarcastic (as adult humor books tend to be) are generally not.
So I picked up this book. And I read it. The thing about it is, if the first few stories were left out, the whole thing would have been more enjoyable. There were some real gems in here (The Reluctant Dragon and the Wilful Princess, Particle Goes Green, and The Good Ogre, to name the best) as well as the classic, "Oonagh." But the fat-shaming in "The Litter Bug" and the morbid lack of empathy in "Ivan's Shadow" kind of killed it for me.
I wouldn't give this book to my kids, though I would share excerpts. But the point of an anthology is to do the picking FOR me. So...this was almost, but not quite, a dud.
So I picked up this book. And I read it. The thing about it is, if the first few stories were left out, the whole thing would have been more enjoyable. There were some real gems in here (The Reluctant Dragon and the Wilful Princess, Particle Goes Green, and The Good Ogre, to name the best) as well as the classic, "Oonagh." But the fat-shaming in "The Litter Bug" and the morbid lack of empathy in "Ivan's Shadow" kind of killed it for me.
I wouldn't give this book to my kids, though I would share excerpts. But the point of an anthology is to do the picking FOR me. So...this was almost, but not quite, a dud.
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