Fungus the Bogeyman

10 best books like Fungus the Bogeyman (Raymond Briggs): Down With Skool!, Haunted House, Little Old Mrs. Pepperpot, The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch, The Adventures of Maya the Bee, A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories, The Real Thief, Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain, Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep, Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse

AuthorGeoffrey Willans
ISBN0006706193
Another foray into the category that is "Books I read as a child". I read this as part of "The Compleet Molesworth" which collects all four Molesworth books into one.

I wonder what a child of today would make of Molesworth? Even when I was growing up, in the 1970s, this 1950s depiction of boarding...
AuthorJan Pieńkowski
ISBN1844288749
Revisit – if you dare! – one of the best-loved pop-up books of all time, now more gleefully ghoulish then ever with the addition of several spooky surprises.

Come in, Doctor. Yes, it is a quaint old place - chilly, though...

The owner of the Haunted House is unwell, and it's not surprising....
AuthorAlf Prøysen
ISBN0099380501
This isn't the first time I'm reading the stories of Teskedsgumman, but it's the first time I'm reading them for myself rather than having them being read to me. In this book, other stories are included as well - like one about abandoned toys coming to life one special night so that they can find their way...
AuthorRonda Armitage
ISBN0590551752
Every day, Mr Grinling rows out to the lighthouse to make sure everything is running smoothly and every day his wife, through the use of a rather ingenious cable system, sends him his rather lavish lunch (peach surprise and a killer sandwich among other things). That is until some well-named gulls see...
AuthorWaldemar Bonsels
ISBN1594625913
1922. Bonsels, German writer of children's books, brings us the story of Maya and friends (Willy the bee, Flip the grasshopper) and many other insects as they enjoy their colorful lives. Contents: First Flight; The House of the Rose; The Lake; Effie and Bobbie; The Acrobat; Puck; In the Toils; The Bug...
AuthorJoan Aiken
Joan Aiken is at her best with this collection of gentle fairytales and fantasy stories, beautifully illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. The pictures are like little jewels themselves, or tiny "raindrops" that reflect the people and events in the stories. An excellent, cosy, curl-up-in-your-favourite-quilt...
AuthorWilliam Steig
ISBN0374462089
Gawain the goose is really devoted to King Basil the bear and so he takes his job as Chief Guard of the Royal Treasury seriously. When rubies, then gold ducats, and finally the world-famous Kalikak diamond vanish from the treasure house, there is no way to account for the disappearances. Only Gawain and...
AuthorEdward Ardizzone
ISBN1845074564
Little Tim wants to be a sailor, but his parents tell him he's too young, even though his retired boatman friend has taught him all about ships. He decides to convince them by stowing away on a steamer. When he is discovered, he is put to work scrubbing the decks, which is a lot harder than he expected.

Here's...
Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep
AuthorEleanor Farjeon
ISBN0763601330

Elsie Piddock is a born skipper. By the time she’s seven, the tireless girl can even outskip the fairies and is rewarded with a gift of rare and lasting value. Can she use it many years later to save the children’s fabled skipping grounds from a greedy, factory-building lord? Charlotte Voake’s...
AuthorUrsula Moray Williams
ISBN0753412071
Proud and brave, Uncle Peder had never made so fine a horse before. The little wooden horse loves Uncle Peder like a father and hopes never to leave him. When the toymaker falls on hard times, the little wooden horse must go out into the world to seek his fortune. But whether he's working in a coal mine, walking...
AuthorCatherine Storr
ISBN0140364633
This is an excellent book that tells the story of a very clever and witty little girl.

Polly is being tormented by a rather unpleasant wolf who constantly threatens to eat her! Polly, however, is far too clever for the silly wolf and devises a number of delicious ways to prevent him from eating...
AuthorMargaret Mahy
ISBN0140506306
I'm still new to Margaret Mahy and this was a present from the guys at work. One of her more famous stories I believe. It's a nice warm story about the nature of stories and imagination and where the line between them and reality can blur, especially in the mind of a child.

Jenny Williams creates...
AuthorMichael Foreman
This is a book that fearlessly exposes the hitherto unexposed connections between rubbish, the endless tons of domestic and commercial waste that we produce, and dinosaurs.

Essentially it is like that classic documentary One Million Years BC , but with better dinosaurs, more rubbish...
AuthorJenny Wagner
ISBN0140503064

Note: I didn't read this; I saw it on "Sammy's Story Shop."

This story is appalling! Rose, an old woman, and John Brown, her dog, live together happily, until one day the Midnight Cat begins lurking around the house. Rose likes the cat and makes overtures towards it, but John Brown feels threatened...
AuthorJohn Burningham
On a day trip to the seaside, Mom and Dad settle down in their deck chairs to snooze the day away, while for Shirley, it’s a chance to set sail for uncharted seas. "Come away from the water, Shirley," caution her parents. But Shirley has already set out on an adventure, where she encounters danger, pirates,...
AuthorMitsumasa Anno
ISBN0698114337
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner

Join Anno, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, on a spectacular tour of Europe!

A pictorial journey through the traditional countryside, farms, and towns of northern Europe takes readers past familiar storybook characters, visual...
AuthorHumphrey Carpenter
ISBN0140316779
As a rule, magic carpets don't turn up in schools, but this is exactly what happens when Class Three’s new teacher flies in through the classroom window and lands on the floor with a bump.

Mr Majeika can behave just like any ordinary teacher if he wants to, but something has to be done about Hamish...
AuthorJanet Ahlberg
ISBN0140503013
Janet and Allan Ahlberg's hilarious picture book, Burglar Bill.
Burglar Bill is an entertaining picture book by the iconic British husband and wife picture book team Janet and Allan Ahlberg, creators of Peepo! Perfect as a bedtime story and for children learning to read!

Who's that creeping...
AuthorEdward Lear
ISBN0679417982
Misery loves drollery!

So seems to have said the Victorian gent Edward Lear, who was plagued by major illnesses all of his life...

Grand mal epilepsy, asthma, near-blindness, and severe depression were his poor lot in life (though it didn't stop him from pursuing a respectable career...
AuthorOle Lund Kirkegaard
ISBN8700178012
Ole Lund Kirkegaard, 1940-1979, dansk forfatter af børnebøger, som han selv har illustreret.
Hans personer, bl.a. i debutromanen Lille Virgil (1967), er ofte opfindsomme, legende børn, som sammen med skæve eksistenser og folkepensionister står i et modsætningsforhold til samfundets...
AuthorMaría Elena Walsh
ISBN9505116292
Recuerdo que estaba fascinado con la idea de que había un pueblo llamado "Ituzaingó". Abstenerse de corregirme "pueblo" con "ciudad", por favor. No me tiren cuántas personas viven en Ituzaingó. En el libro era un pueblo con pinta a pueblo y rol de pueblo. Quizás creció desde que Walsh lo escribió,...
AuthorYoko Sano
ISBN4061272748
If you were concerned about The Big Ugly Monster and the Little Stone Rabbit , you'll be even more worried by this book. I must admit that I haven't yet tried reading it to a two year old, but here's my artist's impression of how it might play out:

ME: So what are we going to read tonight? How about...
AuthorGloria E. Anzaldúa
ISBN0892391308
Friends from the Other Side, by Gloria Anzaldua, illustrated by Consuelo Mendez

Prietita is a young Mexican-American girl living in South Texas, near the Rio-Grande river which is the U.S.-Mexican border. One day, she meets a boy named Joaquin, who meets her clad in a long sleeve shirt (unusual...
AuthorPeyo
ISBN9794060143
Qui ne connaît les Schtroumpfs ? Ces gentils lutins bleus à gros bonnet blanc se ressemblent tous, même s'ils ont chacun leur caractère, et parlent une curieuse langue dans laquelle la plupart des mots sont remplacés par schtroumpf ou schtroumpfer. Sous l'autorité débonnaire du grand Schtroumpf,...
AuthorPeter Harris
ISBN0439799597
A perfectly pitched, irresistibly charming read-aloud picture book for the youngest pirate enthusiasts!

"Down, down, down the dark, dark street they came. Up, up, up the dark, dark house they climbed. Stealthy as shadows, quiet as mice. Only the moon was watching when they arrived. Only...
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