Comic Stories (Red Hot Reads S.) - Softcover

A side-splitting selection! Following the extraordinary success of Funny Stories, this second volume of rib-tickling tales contains another collection guaranteed to raise a laugh. With old favourites like Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Richmal Crompton's William, as well as contributions from Judy Blume, Roald Dahl, Terry Jones and Michael Rosen, this book has a wide-ranging selection of the funniest stories from around the world. Young readers will love Comic Stories!

Roger McGough is one of Britain's favourite poets. Born in Liverpool, he trained as a teacher, but his true calling was poetry. Over the past four decades he has published over 50 books, as well as writing for radio, film and television. He has compiled several highly successful poetry collections, including the best-selling Kingfisher Book of Comic Verse. He received an OBE in 1997 for services to poetry. He lives in London. Adam Stower is a talented illustrator who has worked for many different publishers, including Kingfisher and Bloomsbury. He lives in Brighton.