Books like Mr. Nonsense
By Roger Hargreaves
For the kid who thinks the funniest thing in the world is doing everything the wrong way round, Mr. Nonsense turns silliness into its own kind of logic. Goofy, upside-down, giggly nonsense with a warm friendship at its center.
Twin sisters who look alike but never think alike share six funny stories about their everyday adventures, proving that being silly together is its own kind of fun.
A little creature has eaten his only friend and now needs a new one, so he goes around asking other creatures — each with a very good reason to say no.
A worried mother tells her dog George to bark, but out comes a meow, then an oink — so she takes him to the vet to find out what's really going on inside him.
Dragons love tacos more than anything, so a party planner throws them a giant taco party — but forgets that spicy salsa turns dragons into fire-breathing disasters.
On the first day of kindergarten in room 2B, the students arrive to find no teacher — just a sandwich on the desk and the mysterious letters 'Mr. S' on the chalkboard.
Enormous dinosaurs head off to school just like any kid — riding the bus, reading books, and romping on the playground with classmates who happen to be the size of a Ceratosaurus.
A girl named Julie notices the furniture moving into her new neighbor's house is enormous, and starts to wonder whether her new friend David's father might actually be a giant.
A picnic goes sideways when rain and stormy winds send an umbrella (and Mouse!) flying into a tree — one friend calls it good news, the other bad, all the way through.
A boy named Buzz searches for something to catch for the Amazing Pet Show, and a hungry fly follows a smell — and the two strike up a friendship no one expects.
A boy tours his own house room by room, discovering odd made-up creatures hiding in ordinary spots — a Wocket in his pocket, a Vug under his rug, a Yeps on the steps.
A gassy pet donkey gets stuck in a hole dug by a mole during a stroll, and accidentally kicks the ass of a snooty Scottish lass riding her prize-winning donkey nearby.
An alien touches down on Earth on Halloween night and gets mistaken first for a kid in costume, then for a robot, as it wanders through the strange rituals of trick-or-treating.
