Loads More Lies to Tell Small Kids

Lies to Tell Small Kids

by Andy Riley

Loads more laughs—from the man who put the funny in The Book of Bunny Suicides.

Just when you were about to run out of lies to tell small children, the creator of the bestselling Bunny Suicides books is back with more wickedly funny falsehoods for the truly twisted. Each hilarious cartoon tells a tall tale guaranteed to trouble guileless minds and crack up the grown-ups. So, find yourself a wide-eyed youngster and
Did you know...

• If you rub two redheaded kids together, you can make fire
• Your dad's got one nipple and two belly buttons
• If you drop a tooth in a glass of Coke, after a day it becomes a white butterfly
• French people eat croissants and poo baguettes
• If you cut a badger in half with an axe it turns into two chipmunks

If Andy Riley believed in wearing pants, they'd be on fire right now! For the inner child and pathological liar in all of us, Loads More Lies is truly hysterical.

Genres: Humor, Comics, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Comedy, Nonfiction, Cartoon

96 pages, Paperback

First published October 5, 2006

About the author

Andy Riley is a cartoonist and scriptwriter from Britain.
He drew a weekly strip cartoon for The Observer Magazine called Roasted, which is also collected in hardback edition. So far his books have sold around one and a half million copies and have been published in eighteen countries, producing calendar, greetings card and poster spin-offs. Lucky Heather is his self-published mini-comic.
His comedy scriptwriting is done in partnership with Kevin Cecil. They have won two BAFTAS, for the sitcom Black Books in 2005 and the animated special Robbie The Reindeer in 2000. They created and wrote the sitcoms The Great Outdoors and Hyperdrive for the BBC, and Slacker Cats for the ABC Family Channel. Other television writing credits include Little Britain, The Armando Iannucci Shows, Come Fly With Me, Trigger Happy TV, So Graham Norton, Smack The Pony, The Armstrong and Miller Show, Bob and Margaret, Spitting Image, Harry and Paul, Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show, Alexei Sayle’s Merry Go Round, Man Stroke Woman and Big Train. Their Radio 4 panel game, The 99p Challenge, won a Sony silver award.
As well as writing comedy, they are experienced writers of feature-length animation: their credits include Gnomeo and Juliet (released February 2011) and The Pirates! (in production at Aardman). They did an uncredited rewrite of Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride.
Andy is originally from Aylesbury but now lives in London. He used to be the stage dancer for The Pod, Julian Barratt’s comedy techno band which was the forerunner of The Mighty Boosh. His hobbies include urban canoeing.
Despite rival claims on the internet, Andy Riley is the true originator of the tradition of cross-dressing at the Towersey folk festival.

Reviews

[Etienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Better the the first Lies to Tell Small Kids. Just funny/stupid/dark/absurd humor but I like a lot!

[Lee Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loads more lies to tell small kids - Andy Riley

Hilarious. Very amusing and most kids will fall for a lot of these tales... This particular book almost got thrown away but I’m glad I gave it a read first. 👍🏻

[Rachael Hewison · Rating 5 out of 5]

After being slightly disappointed by the first 'Great Lies to Small Kids' I was somewhat anxious about its sequel. Would Riley be able to match the standard he originally set with the Bunny Suicides or would he fall at the hurdles as he has done with his past few books?

Thank goodness it was the first option. This latest book is a real gem. Every single cartoon was hilarious and they were a lot more realistic than in the first 'Great Lies...' You can certainly image some cruel older brothers testing out these lies on their younger siblings or even some parents. They are drawn as well as ever; simple but still effective.

It's a great short book and certainly one we'll be leaving in our 'toilet book' collection.

[Zai Zai · Rating 1 out of 5]

The few jokes contained were pleasant. It's just that plenty of the content was too regional. I did not chuckle once. Used to love joke books as a kid. Reading these as a grown-up, at the very least I expect to be amused by the creativity in the construction. It just wasn't here. But, I will keep buying these because I think their fabulous to have on any shelf. Maybe I have a phantom child haha!

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

As with the first one, I don't know how many times I've actually read this. Simple, silly, dark, laugh-out-loud funny.

[Nada Elfeituri · Rating 4 out of 5]

And this, kids, are what web comics looked like back in my day.

[Christina · Rating 2 out of 5]

not as funny as the bunny suicides 😝

[Ted · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not very funny.

[Duane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book should be mandatory for all big brothers who love to torment their siblings. Filled with great illustrations, this book reminds me so much of the torment my big brother put me through. Filled with empty threats and useless information, it's funny and a quick read.

[Jan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maybe not quite as consistently funny as Great Lies to Tell Small Kids, but still made me cackle enough times to be well worth the eight bucks.

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

just plain fun, and very quick read

[ivette · Rating 5 out of 5]

funny! creative

[SC]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/11316618

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was ok, but I didn't like it as well as the first book.

[Helena · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny indeed, although I liked the Bunny Suicides even more :)

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my gosh...I just can't get enough of Andy Riley!