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The Funniest Joke Book Ever

A Poo on a Pogo Stick

What’s brown, goes ‘boing’ and knocks on your bedroom window at night? 
A poo on a pogo stick! 
 
How do you make a cat stand still? 
Press paws! 
 
What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? 
A carrot! 
 
Laugh out loud with this hilarious collection of the funniest jokes ever from the winner of the Funniest Joke Award, the very silly comedian, Olaf Falafel.

Olaf Falafel is an author, illustrator and a stand-up comedian (which is pretty similar to a stand-up chameleon except he doesn't change colour to blend in with the background). He's the winner of The Funniest Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe and has created and performed several stupidly named comedy shows including Olaf Falafel and the Cheese Of Truth. As well as trying to make people laugh on stage, Olaf draws a lot and tries to come up with funny ideas for kids books. He also has an Art Club on Youtube full of real drawing tips and facts about famous artists. In 2019 Olaf visited 100 schools in 100 days - and then put his feet up and had a cup of tea.

What’s brown, goes ‘boing’ and knocks on your bedroom window at night? 
A poo on a pogo stick! 
 
How do you make a cat stand still? 
Press paws! 
 
What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? 
A carrot! 
 
Laugh out loud with this hilarious collection of the funniest jokes ever from the winner of the Funniest Joke Award, the very silly comedian, Olaf Falafel.

Trixie Pickle Art Avenger: Toxic Takedown

Winner of the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards 2025 (6-8 category) 
 
'This is a GREAT book! Funny, charming, original, secretly educational.' Adam Kay 
 
'Funny, arty and just a little bit naughty, the Art Avenger is amazing!' Matt Lucas 
 
'Very funny . . . I learned tons about art and laughed A LOT' Joe Lycett 
 
 
A laugh-out-loud illustrated adventure featuring Trixie Pickle, the Banksy of her school. 
 
A weird sickness bug has been spreading through Wormwood Town and everyone is wondering if there's something in the water. Trixie Pickle Art Avenger uses the power of art to investigate - can she get to the bottom of the mystery around the town reservoir? 
 
She's got a lot on her plate - being bored to sleep by Money Week at school, making comics with her best friend Beeks and finding a way to bring down the local mean girls - but with artistic inspiration from Botticelli, Damien Hirst and Kehinde Wiley, the Art Avenger is sure to win the day. 
 
Highly illustrated throughout by Olaf and with fact files of hilarious and irreverent details about real artists such as Yayoi Kusama and Hokusai, Trixie Pickle is perfect for fans of Konnie Huq, Sam Copeland and Liz Pichon.

A laugh-out-loud illustrated adventure featuring Trixie Pickle, the Banksy of her school. 
 
A weird sickness bug has been spreading through Wormwood Town and everyone is wondering if there's something in the water. Trixie Pickle Art Avenger uses the power of art to investigate - can she get to the bottom of the mystery around the town reservoir? 
 
She's got a lot on her plate - being bored to sleep by Money Week at school, making comics with her best friend Beeks and finding a way to bring down the local mean girls - but with artistic inspiration from Botticelli, Damien Hirst and Kehinde Wiley, the Art Avenger is sure to win the day. 
 
Highly illustrated throughout by Olaf and with fact files of hilarious and irreverent details about real artists such as Yayoi Kusama and Hokusai, Trixie Pickle is perfect for fans of Konnie Huq, Sam Copeland and Liz Pichon. 
 
Praise for Trixie Pickle Art Avenger: 
 
'This is a GREAT book! Funny, charming, original, secretly educational.' Adam Kay 
 
'Funny, arty and just a little bit naughty, the Art Avenger is amazing!' Matt Lucas 
 
'Very funny . . . I learned tons about art and laughed A LOT.' Joe Lycett

Trixie Pickle Art Avenger

This is a GREAT book! Funny, charming, original, secretly educational.

Olaf Falafel is  an author, illustrator and a stand-up comedian (which is pretty similar to a stand-up chameleon except he doesn't change colour to blend in with the background). He's the winner of The Funniest Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe and has created and performed several stupidly named comedy shows including Olaf Falafel and the Cheese Of Truth.  As well as trying to make people laugh on stage, Olaf draws a lot and tries to come up with funny ideas for kids books. He also has an Art Club on Youtube full of real drawing tips and facts about famous artists. In 2019 Olaf visited 100 schools in 100 days - and then put his feet up and had a cup of tea.

'Funny, arty and just a little bit naughty, the Art Avenger is amazing!' Matt Lucas 
 
'Very funny . . . I learned tons about art and laughed A LOT.' Joe Lycett 
 
A laugh-out-loud illustrated adventure featuring Trixie Pickle, the Banksy of her school. 
 
Trixie loves art and hates bullies - and so decides to become an Art Avenger, righting wrongs at her school through art. 
 
She uses Picasso, Pollock and Ofili to teach bullies a lesson, get out of lessons and help those in need, like an arty Robin Hood. 
 
Highly illustrated throughout by Olaf and with fact files of hilarious and irreverent details about real artists, Trixie Pickle is perfect for fans of Konnie Huq, Sam Copeland and Liz Pichon.

The Far-Out Five: Portal Loo Panic

The Far-Out Five! 
A madcap team of adventurers, lost far from home without the magical wand that could change them back into a normal group of kids and one grumpy amateur magician... 
 
Spewnicorn, a punk unicorn who vomits rainbows 
Wally, a pompous and cowardly koala 
Tubbs, a walking bathtub 
Bloof, a blue-footed booby and 
Glossy Jeff, a really chilled-out seal 
 
Together they must sail the oceans and face bizarre creatures, weird islands and mysterious tasks on their quest to find Wally’s missing wand and get back home. 
 
Now they face an island with a lot of Portal Loos – mobile toilets that are gateways to different interconnected dimensions – obviously! With a rampaging evil impala on the loose, they must hop from world to world with only the navigational whelks to help them find the way our of this multi-dimensional whirlwind. Will they ever escape? Will Wally ever manage to have a wee? 
 
The hilarious graphic novel series from stand-up comedian and artist Olaf Falafel. 
 
Read more about the Far-Out Five in SNOT JELLY ISLAND.

The Far-Out Five! 
A madcap team of adventurers, lost far from home without the magical wand that could change them back into a normal group of kids and one grumpy amateur magician... 
 
Spewnicorn, a punk unicorn who vomits rainbows 
Wally, a pompous and cowardly koala 
Tubbs, a walking bathtub 
Bloof, a blue-footed booby and 
Glossy Jeff, a really chilled-out seal 
 
Together they must sail the oceans and face bizarre creatures, weird islands and mysterious tasks on their quest to find Wally’s missing wand and get back home. 
 
Now they face an island with a lot of Portal Loos – mobile toilets that are gateways to different interconnected dimensions – obviously! With a rampaging evil impala on the loose, they must hop from world to world with only the navigational whelks to help them find the way our of this multi-dimensional whirlwind. Will they ever escape? Will Wally ever manage to have a wee? 
 
The hilarious graphic novel series from stand-up comedian and artist Olaf Falafel. 
 
Read more about the Far-Out Five in SNOT JELLY ISLAND.

Olaf Falafel

'A laugh-out-loud adventure . . . brilliantly bonkers'

Laughter is set to ring out from first page to last

filled with riotous humour and utterly bonkers characters that will have children laughing out loud

a magical adventure unlike anything you've seen before

Fast paced and packed with brilliant jokes

The Far-Out Five, Jelly Snot Island, is a wonderful Graphic Novel....The fantastic illustrations bring the story to life.

Author-illustrator Olaf Falafel’s graphic novel is filled with riotous humour and utterly bonkers characters that will have children laughing out loud.

Our world got flipped, turned upside down, when the funfair came to town… 
 
One funfair, a group of kids and one grumpy amateur magician... plus one magical mega tornado equals The Far-Out Five! Stewart, Sophie, Zainab and Jeffrey - and the Great Waldini - are magically transformed into strange creatures and whisked far away from home – and the wand that could change them back is LOST! 
 
This madcap team of adventurers includes Spewnicorn, a punk unicorn who vomits rainbows; Wally, a pompous and cowardly koala; Tubbs, a walking bathtub; Bloof, a blue-footed booby; and Glossy Jeff, a really chilled-out seal. 
 
Sailing across the ocean in Tubbs the bathtub, the Far-Out Five have to face bizarre creatures, weird landscapes and mysterious tasks on their quest as they try to find Wally’s missing wand and get back home. Can they escape the wobbly statues of Snot Jelly Island?

Olaf Falafel

Praise for The Far-Out Five: Snot Jelly Island

'A laugh-out-loud adventure . . . brilliantly bonkers'

Laughter is set to ring out from first page to last

filled with riotous humour and utterly bonkers characters that will have children laughing out loud

'A laugh-out-loud adventure . . . brilliantly bonkers'

Laughter is set to ring out from first page to last

filled with riotous humour and utterly bonkers characters that will have children laughing out loud

'A laugh-out-loud adventure . . . brilliantly bonkers'

Laughter is set to ring out from first page to last

filled with riotous humour and utterly bonkers characters that will have children laughing out loud

Books by Olaf Falafel

Series by Olaf Falafel

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