Mitch knows more totally useless things about useless subjects than anybody on Earth

Animals, creepy crawlies and the human body are tackled in a Horrible Histories way, and each book is packed with the sort of disgusting trivia that delights children under eight.

Adrian Mole will be remembered some day as one of England's great diarists

The funniest, most bitter-sweet book you're likely to read this year

This rhyming counting book will appeal to youngsters with a practical turn of mind or those who like toilet humour

Written in a jolly rhyming text that also encourages counting skills, this is an ingeniously original Santa Claus story packed with silly humour that will appeal to children

Bursting with silly situations and hilarious antics

A real delight

The perfect book to provoke a smile.