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Just Annoying
Is this the right book for you? Take the ANNOYING TEST and find out! 1) Do you ask 'Are we there yet?' over and over on long car trips?
2) Do you like to drive people mad by copying everything they say and do?
3) Do you hog the shower and use up all the hot water?
4) Do you enjoy asking silly questions that have no real answers?
5) Do you swing on the washing line whenever you get the chance? One point for each yes answer. 3-5 You are a practical joking genius. You will love this book. 1-2 You are a good practical joker. You will love this book. 0 You are not a practical joker. You will love this book. The second book in this hilarious series of stories about the world's most annoying practical joker - from the creators of the bestselling Treehouse series, Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton.
2) Do you like to drive people mad by copying everything they say and do?
3) Do you hog the shower and use up all the hot water?
4) Do you enjoy asking silly questions that have no real answers?
5) Do you swing on the washing line whenever you get the chance? One point for each yes answer. 3-5 You are a practical joking genius. You will love this book. 1-2 You are a good practical joker. You will love this book. 0 You are not a practical joker. You will love this book. The second book in this hilarious series of stories about the world's most annoying practical joker - from the creators of the bestselling Treehouse series, Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton.
144 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1998
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About the author
Andy Griffiths
287 books821 followersAndy Griffiths is Australia’s most popular children’s writer. He is the author of over 20 books, including nonsense verse, short stories, comic novels and plays. Over the past 15 years Andy’s books have been New York Times bestsellers, won over 50 children’s choice awards, been adapted as a television cartoon series and sold over 5 million copies worldwide.
Andy is best known as the author of the much-loved Just! series and The Day My Bum Went Psycho. In 2008 Andy became the first Australian author to win six children’s choice awards in one year for Just Shocking!, smashing his previous record of 4 awards for The Bad Book in 2005.
In 2008 Andy and his wife Jill collaborated with The Bell Shakespeare Company on the popular and critically acclaimed theatrical production Just Macbeth! which was nominated for two Helpmann Awards. In July 2010 Just Macbeth!completed a return sold-out season at the Sydney Opera House before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it received rave reviews. The book of the play was shortlisted in the children’s section of the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.
Andy has had a long-standing collaboration with the multi-talented illustrator Terry Denton. Together they have produced theJust! series, the wildly popular The Bad Book and The Very Bad Book, the ridiculous illustrated guide What Bumosaur is That?, and the Seussian-inspired early readers The Cat on the Mat is Flat and The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow! Their latest book is The 13-Storey Treehouse (September 2011).
http://us.macmillan.com/author/andygr...
Andy is best known as the author of the much-loved Just! series and The Day My Bum Went Psycho. In 2008 Andy became the first Australian author to win six children’s choice awards in one year for Just Shocking!, smashing his previous record of 4 awards for The Bad Book in 2005.
In 2008 Andy and his wife Jill collaborated with The Bell Shakespeare Company on the popular and critically acclaimed theatrical production Just Macbeth! which was nominated for two Helpmann Awards. In July 2010 Just Macbeth!completed a return sold-out season at the Sydney Opera House before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it received rave reviews. The book of the play was shortlisted in the children’s section of the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.
Andy has had a long-standing collaboration with the multi-talented illustrator Terry Denton. Together they have produced theJust! series, the wildly popular The Bad Book and The Very Bad Book, the ridiculous illustrated guide What Bumosaur is That?, and the Seussian-inspired early readers The Cat on the Mat is Flat and The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow! Their latest book is The 13-Storey Treehouse (September 2011).
http://us.macmillan.com/author/andygr...
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September 28, 2015
Ok, so some of the stories are cute and funny, but some are just annoying. Ba-dum-cha!!
July 22, 2024
It's was OK but the chapters were too long.
October 29, 2010
A friend recommended this book to me. When I read Just annoying I thought it was going to be boring with lame jokes and such. But it turns out it was actually hilarious and exciting in some ways. This book is about a kid named andy that is a ten year old who likes to annoy anyone he can, whenever he can. Sometimes his sister, sometimes his friends and sometimes his parents. The way he annoys people makes the whole book a comedy. I think that Andy Griffiths did a fantastic job of getting the reader hooked and never wanting to leave. This book is a book with little short separate stories about how he annoys people. Most of the time it is about kevin but sometimes his sister cindy is involved. If you love funny stories then this is for you. I would recommend this book to either boy or girl almost any age but probably not adults. You need to read this book if you want to know what Andy and his sister will do next.
April 2, 2019
Review: I think this book is okay. I gave it 3 stars because students would love this book, but I just feel as if boys read this book they will get ideas and it could create some behavioral problems. The artistic elements that are created on the side of the page give and add in to the texts on the page. So I like the book for students and young children to read on their own however I would not make it a book that I recommend kids to read.
Summary: Through this story, it's about a pesky little kid, Andy, who is just really bugging to bother someone so he chooses first to go after his sister. She is about ready to kill him when he keeps mocking her but he has one more big surprise for her which is going to the school dance just to terrorize her. He goes to annoy her and she is fed up. After this they have dinner discussion and he just wants to bug his parents asking questions and mocking them. He wants to be the most annoying kid ever so he then goes to annoy and mock his friends.
Summary: Through this story, it's about a pesky little kid, Andy, who is just really bugging to bother someone so he chooses first to go after his sister. She is about ready to kill him when he keeps mocking her but he has one more big surprise for her which is going to the school dance just to terrorize her. He goes to annoy her and she is fed up. After this they have dinner discussion and he just wants to bug his parents asking questions and mocking them. He wants to be the most annoying kid ever so he then goes to annoy and mock his friends.
March 30, 2015
Oh my goodness if this wasn't the greatest series written for middle grade kids who want to be endlessly entertained then I don't know what is. These books are the most fantastic, imaginative, gross and wonderful stories, not to mention the illustrations! The book is filled with flip pictures, other smaller stories of cartoons across the pages and it is just SO entertaining. I have never laughed so much reading anything in my life, and despite being about twelve or so when I did read them all, I'm sure they'd still make me laugh just as hard now. Do your kids and yourself a favour and get hold of them all!
March 15, 2024
Simon said something to me the other day that reminded me of this book, which I liked a lot as a kid. Found it at the library and figured I’d see how it holds up, and it’s actually pretty fun! I remembered a couple of the stories, especially the shower one, which remains my favorite. Author does a great job portraying kids’ actual thought processes, though of course he takes it to the extreme.
January 20, 2015
I love Andy Griffiths - laugh out loud funny! Andy is so stupid but such a great character!
August 24, 2020
A collection of a few dumb stories aimed at kids, not bad but some of them sure are annoying.
April 19, 2018
This review is based more on the first three books than this one in particular... When I read the first three "Just" books, I expected them to be fun like Griffiths "The Day My Butt Went Psycho," but they were a bit too zany and unrealistic for me, especially the second one. Personally, they were very hard for me to get into. To be fair, that is the point of this series. I'm sure kids younger me when I read it in middle school would enjoy this series more.
April 30, 2022
A collection of humorous short stories that really are just annoying in nature. There aren't a lot of laughs to be had, as the stories are too mature sometimes for kids but too immature for adults. They lack any real storytelling, the characters are very irritating, and the jokes don't always land. Feels like a waste of time rather than a good read...
November 20, 2021
Reading this book made me feel two things about Andy; I'm either in awe or I pity the kid. He's intelligent and he gets into all kinds of mischief but sometimes things get way out of hand that he's practically a walking danger. A real page turner, this book made me laugh out loud.
June 29, 2022
Still holds up.
Showering with Andy and The Last Jaffa are just two all-time stories - can’t imagine any other ‘Just’ book coming close to this one for that reason but I will make my way thru them all and then decide maybe
Showering with Andy and The Last Jaffa are just two all-time stories - can’t imagine any other ‘Just’ book coming close to this one for that reason but I will make my way thru them all and then decide maybe
February 26, 2023
I read this to my kids, ages 6, 8, and 10 and they absolutely loved it. Their favorites were "Wish You Weren't Here", "Imaginary Friends", and "Swinging on the Clothesline". We had a lot of good laughs reading this.
June 9, 2018
Hilarious.. kids loved it.
November 13, 2018
Funny for elementary kids for sure, but not exactly the pinnacle of literature ;)
January 12, 2021
If you get bored on long car journeys or like swinging on clotheslines this is the right book for you!
January 17, 2021
Tof boek met verschillende verhalen! De tekeningen onderaan de pagina's maken het boek heel aantrekkelijk voor kinderen die niet zo graag lezen.
July 14, 2021
I remember thinking these books were hilarious as a kid.
February 22, 2022
This was too much "boy" humor for my taste, but it would be good for my grandson.
August 27, 2025
The short story 'In the Shower with Andy' is the classic of classics regarding the Just! Series. Just Annoying is iconic, and rating this any less than 5 stars is just not on.
November 23, 2025
More shenanigans by our ever Annoying Andy! The stories are fun to read, even for adults.
January 8, 2024
Warning, you’ll be annoyed (in a good way)
April 30, 2023
My kid just discovered this new series from the creators of the Treehouse series. It’s the same puerile slapstick humour as the Treehouse series, but dialed up (there’s more text than visuals in this series). So if your kids enjoy the Treehouse series, they’ll probably love it. If, as a parent, you find the Treehouse series annoying, another little bit inside of you might shrivel up when you try reading this. I also feel that Andy’s disobedience and antics might encourage some kids to think this sort of behavior is ok.
March 22, 2011
The sequel to Just Joking- Just Annoying really lives up to its name. Andy is a boy whose favorite habit is pulling pranks on people or doing anything to just annoy them. I liked the second book much more than the first one.
The stories that I liked were 'Are we there yet?', 'Wish you weren't here', 'Copycat from Ballarat', 'Imaginary friends', 'Would you rather?' and 'The last Jaffa'. That's a whole lot more stories that I liked when compared to the first book, which must say a lot about it.
The jokes in this book weren't as immature or as disgusting as the ones in the first book. In Just Annoying, Andy does his 'normal' stuff (that a serious kid prankster would normally do) and in the process, annoys many people. In this book, Andy annoys his family by asking pointless questions, dresses up as a girl to annoy Jen, makes up his own imaginary friend, tries to fill up the entire shower stall by plugging the drain and many more.
If you're looking for a fast and kind of funny read, this book could very well entertain you. I think the main factor why so many people find it funny is because these situations could very well happen in real life or they've experienced doing one or more of these things and the book just brought back memories of their crazy days. I know I've tried at least 4 things in this book!
The stories that I liked were 'Are we there yet?', 'Wish you weren't here', 'Copycat from Ballarat', 'Imaginary friends', 'Would you rather?' and 'The last Jaffa'. That's a whole lot more stories that I liked when compared to the first book, which must say a lot about it.
The jokes in this book weren't as immature or as disgusting as the ones in the first book. In Just Annoying, Andy does his 'normal' stuff (that a serious kid prankster would normally do) and in the process, annoys many people. In this book, Andy annoys his family by asking pointless questions, dresses up as a girl to annoy Jen, makes up his own imaginary friend, tries to fill up the entire shower stall by plugging the drain and many more.
If you're looking for a fast and kind of funny read, this book could very well entertain you. I think the main factor why so many people find it funny is because these situations could very well happen in real life or they've experienced doing one or more of these things and the book just brought back memories of their crazy days. I know I've tried at least 4 things in this book!
January 12, 2010
Just Annoying is about Andy Griffiths, who is a prankster. Everybody thinks that he is really annoying (because he annoys them with pranks). He also does all kinds of crazy stuff- Andy jumps from a running motorcycle into his father's car, makes imaginary friends, turns his bathroom into a swimming pool, etc.
During reading this book I made a text-to-world connection. I have seen the series about Andy Griffiths. The show is exactly the same as the book. It's really funny and entertaining.
I give this book because I like how it is funny and then it becomes "sad" for the character because he gets caught doing a prank. I would recommend this book to people that like funny, entertaining books.
During reading this book I made a text-to-world connection. I have seen the series about Andy Griffiths. The show is exactly the same as the book. It's really funny and entertaining.
I give this book because I like how it is funny and then it becomes "sad" for the character because he gets caught doing a prank. I would recommend this book to people that like funny, entertaining books.
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Cutting is for Are We There Yet? By Andy Griffiths
Cutting is for Are We There Yet? By Andy Griffiths
December 13, 2010
OMG. I read this book ages ago. I don't remember heaps, to be honest, I might've gotten some of the stories muddled up in the other Just books.
What I can say is that: I loved this book. Or well, specifically the whole series. I wanted to read all the books that my school library had, which was quite a lot.
From what I can remember, it's filled with ridiculous scenarios that you can either scrunch your nose at and think how stupid it is, or laugh your ass off, wanting more.
(I'm the latter :))
What I can say is that: I loved this book. Or well, specifically the whole series. I wanted to read all the books that my school library had, which was quite a lot.
From what I can remember, it's filled with ridiculous scenarios that you can either scrunch your nose at and think how stupid it is, or laugh your ass off, wanting more.
(I'm the latter :))
September 20, 2014
I am reading this entire series to my children and they are absolutely loving it. Andy is hilarious as a character and my husband has even taken to listening to storytime and is laughing almost as much as the kids are. I must admit that I sometimes struggle not to laugh while reading. My favourite story was 'In the shower with Andy'. I admit I did snort while laughing at this tale. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series. I rate it a 3.5 stars, but am sure it would be closer to 5 if you asked my children.
August 15, 2008
So pretty much (Just Annoying) contains nine short storys in it such as (The Last Jaffa) where Andy, the main charter is at the movies and searchs for the last peace of his favorite candy and gets into all sorts of trouble while trying to find it, but a few of the storys in this book are sort of boring like one where andy does nothing but swing on the close line, but over all I thank that it is a pretty good book.
March 17, 2016
Just Annoying by Andy Griffiths
Andy (Is it coincidence that this book's main character has the same name as the author?) bugs people. His dad. His mom. His sister. Friends. Neighbors. Just about everybody, actually.
I could see this book would be very, very popular among the children at my school. Especially among those who like to annoy others. I suppose I must acquire a copy of it for my school library.
A 1001 CBYMRBYGU.
Andy (Is it coincidence that this book's main character has the same name as the author?) bugs people. His dad. His mom. His sister. Friends. Neighbors. Just about everybody, actually.
I could see this book would be very, very popular among the children at my school. Especially among those who like to annoy others. I suppose I must acquire a copy of it for my school library.
A 1001 CBYMRBYGU.
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