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Books to Tickle Your Funny-Bone

Younger Readers
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Allard, Harry.  Miss Nelson is Missing
Miss Nelson is missing, and mean Miss Viola Swamp shows up as the substitute teacher.  J/P/Allard

Blume, Judy.  Freckle Juice
How much would you spend for a top-secret recipe for freckles? J/Fiction/Blume

Brown, Marc.  Arthur Rocks with Binky (series)
Arthur and the gang rev up when the rock group BINKY comes to town in this great Arthur chapter book.J/Fiction/Arthur, J/Paperback/Arthur

Conford, Ellen.  Annabel the Actress: Starring in Just a Little Extra
Ten-year-old Annabel lands a role in a movie being filmed in her town.  J/Fiction/Conford

Kline, Suzy.  Horrible Harry in Room 2B (series)
Second grade is lots of fun waiting for the next horrible thing Harry will do.  J/Fiction/Kline, J/Paperback/K

Lester, Helen.  Three Cheers for Tacky
Tacky the penguin can never keep up with the other penguins, Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly and Perfect, but it sure is fun watching him try.  J/P/Lester

Parish, Peggy.  Amelia Bedelia (series)
Amelia Bedelia is a housekeeper who does exactly what she is told.  Find out what happens when she "dresses" the chicken, "draws" the drapes, and "puts out" the lights. J/Reader/Parish

Pilkey, Dav.  The Adventures of Captain Underpants (series)
George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is Captain Underpants, the superhero. J/Paperback/Captain Underpants

Sachar, Louis.  Marvin Redpost: Class President (series)
Marvin and his third-grade class have to impress the President of the United States even though they are all wearing clothes with holes in them! J/Fiction/Sachar, J/Paperback/S

Scieszka, Jon.  The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Get the real story on what happened that fateful day when three little pigs went missing, and the poor old wolf is the only one left to tell the story.  J/P/Scieszka

Stevenson, James.  Don't Make Me Laugh
If you feel like laughing, then don't read this book.  It's not allowed!  J/P/Stevenson

Stevenson, James.  Worse Than Willy!
Mary Ann and Louie decide that their new baby brother Willy is "no fun" and "not cute," until Grandpa tells them about his baby brother Wainey. J/P/Stevenson

Weeks, Sarah.  Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash
Mrs. McNosh hangs up much more than just her wash! J/P/Weeks

Wiseman, B. Morris Goes to School
A moose doesn't really belong in school, but when it's loveable Morris, you know things are never going to be quite the same. J/Reader/Wiseman

 

Intermediate Readers
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Fitzhugh, Louise.  Harriet the Spy
Harriet has been keeping a notebook since she was eight.  At age 11, even though she is an expert spy, events can still spin out of control. J/Fiction/Fitzhugh

Fleischman, Sid.  The Whipping Boy
Join a bratty prince and this very clever whipping boy in a series of side-splitting adventures.  J/Fiction/Fleischman, J/Paperback/F

Gauthier, Gail.  My Life Among the Aliens
Will is an ordinary kid with an ordinary family except that his mother's cooking is attracting aliens! J/Fiction/Gauthier, J/Paperback/G

Greenwald, Sheila.  Rosy Cole: She Walks in Beauty
Rosy wants to become "knock-out beautiful" just like her friend Christy. J/Fiction/Greenwald

Klise, Kate.  Regarding the Fountain
When the Dry Creek Middle School drinking fountain springs a leak, the memos, articles, letters, telegrams, and postcards start to fly!  J/Battle/Paperback/K

Lowry, Lois.  Anastasia Krupnick (series)
Laugh along with Anastasia Krupnick as she figures out what's good and what's bad about being a ten-year-old.  J/Fiction/Lowry, J/Paperback/L

Maguire, Gregory.  Seven Spiders Spinning
Seven Siberian snow spiders that were frozen during the Ice Age start to thaw and create havoc in a small town in Vermont. J/Fiction/Maguire

Manes, Stephen.  Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!
Milo takes a book out of the library that promises to make him perfect. J/Fiction/Manes, J/Paperback/M

McKay, Hilary.  The Exiles
The four Conroy sisters are outraged when they are sent to live for the summer with Big Grandma, and she forbids them to spend any time reading. J/Fiction/McKay, J/Paperback/M

Milne, A.A.  Winnie-the-Pooh
Join this loveable bear and his friends in some delightful adventures in the Hundred-Acre Wood. J/Fiction/Milne

Moore, Robin.  The Cherry Tree Buck and Other Stories
Short stories about a boy and his grandfather's unusual outdoor adventures. J/Fiction/Moore

Myers, Walter Dean.  Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid
Mop, one of the orphans at the Dominican Academy, joins the Elks baseball team hoping to be adopted by the coach. J/Fiction/Myers

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.  Agony of Alice
Alice is disappointed when she doesn't get the gorgeous teacher she wanted but instead finds herself in homely Mrs. Plotkin's class. J/Fiction/Naylor, J/Paperback/N

Pinkwater, Daniel.  Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Arthur picks up a 266-pound live chicken for Thanksgiving dinner. J/Fiction/Pinkwater, J/Paperback/P

Petersen, P.J.  I Hate Weddings
Dan has several surprises when he meets his new stepfamily and participates in his father's wedding. J/Fiction/Petersen

Snicket, Lemony.  The Bad Beginning (Series of Unfortunate Events)
If you like happy, cheerful stories, you will NOT like reading about the poor Baudelaire orphans as slimy Count Olaf keeps trying to steal their family fortune. J/Fiction/Snicket

Whybrow, Ian.  Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Little Wolf must learn how to be really, really bad!  J/Battle/Whybrow, J/Battle/Paperback/W

Joke & Riddle Books
You can find lots of joke and riddle books in the juvenile nonfiction section (call number J/793.735).

 

 

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