CÁCA Don Rí by Ailbhe Nic Giolla Bhrighde (Futa Fata; €9.95 HB).

The Happy Book by Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Caroline Uff (Bloomsbury; €7.10) is ingenious in its simplicity, using just two words on each page.

Comic Tim Vine was crowned king of the one-liners today after one of his gags was named the best joke of the Edinburgh Fringe.