Funny at ten is a proper sense of humour — deadpan narrators, schemes that go magnificently wrong, jokes that land sideways when you least expect them. Our shelf is built for readers who've graduated from slapstick and now want wit with their chaos. Each one hand-picked by Hannah, a former English teacher.
11 funny books for 10-year-olds
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