This hilarious rhyming book by Kes Gray and illustrated by Garry Parsons is a brilliantly silly one to share, especially at bedtime in the run up to Christmas. This book will definitely make children laugh at Bella's outrageous antics - Joy Court, Reading Zone You may also be interested in. One day a strange parcel arrives at Bella and George's door containing a lovely human baby named Zagazoo.

WINNER OF THE ROALD DAHL FUNNY PRIZE 2012″Today I woke up and Bob was crawling around MY ROOM, licking MY JEWELLERY, so I shouted GET OUT OF MY ROOM! The trouble with Bella, the main character in My Big Shouting Day is that she is, as Jess and Thomas say, just too shouty. Bella is having one of those days - her biscuit is broken, she has a hurting foot and ballet is TOOOO itchy for words. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The message seems to be that we all have our off days, but that's OK, because tomorrow it will all be better.After graduating, she worked at an assortment of jobs, including being an classroom assistant in a primary school, while sending out manuscripts for picture books. Other than that it’s just a brilliant story, with an opportunity to use different volumes of your own!

My children don't empathise with Bella not because they haven't had tantrums – believe me, they have – but because it's all just a little too realistic, without any humour thrown in for good measure. Displaying the full force of toddler hormones, she refuses to eat her breakfast egg, throws off her shoes, yells in the supermarket, and lies down in the pavement, refusing to move. She was engrossed in the story and there were lots of opportunities to further discussion and relate to her own experiences. Great for teaching little ones that if they're having a tricky day, it will pass, and mummy will be there for them for a cuddle when they're ready. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.My daughters love it - little do they know that they can be equally as ridiculous, unreasonable and shouty on occasion! I work part time in a local primary school as a Teaching Assistant where I whisper stuff like 'I never had to know about fronted adverbials' to small children. It has become iconic for us, and so helpful for helping toddlers/pre-schoolers and those that encounter them, understand that we all have ‘big shouting days’ sometimes, and that’s ok.