Alfie takes a horrible pleasure in other people's misfortune. He loves it when someone trips over, puts salt not sugar in their coffee or has some unfortunate accident. But an outing to the circus turns into quite an eventful outing for Alfie when he finds that he too can be the butt of the joke.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Adrian Johnson is the author and illustrator of many wonderful books for children, including What! Cried Granny. He lives in England.