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Funny Books

Picture Books (Preschool - Grade 2)



Barnett, Mac     
Billy Twitters and his big blue whale problem
When Billy Twitters' mother follows through on her threat to buy him a blue whale if he refuses to obey, he finds himself the owner of an enormous pet that he must take with him everywhere, which does not make him popular at school.


Bryan, Sean     
A boy and his bunny
One morning, a boy wakes up with a rabbit on his head and, although his mother is skeptical, he soon discovers that he can be fed, ride a bobsled, and even look cool with a rabbit on his head.


Child, Lauren     
I am not sleepy and I will not go to bed
Charlie helps Lola get ready for bed, despite the tigers, whales, and other animals that serve as obstacles.


Frazee, Marla     
A couple of boys have the best week ever
Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's grandparents during summer vacation.


Johnson, Paul Brett     
Little Bunny Foo Foo : told and sung by the Good Fairy
In an adaptation of the children's song, the good fairy tells of her efforts to make the naughty bunny behave and what happens when these efforts fail.


Lloyd, Sam     
Mr. Pusskins : a love story
Grumpy Mr. Pusskins hates doing ordinary cat things such as playing with his owner Emily but a night out on the streets in search of adventure makes him reconsider the advantages of a loving home.


Scieszka, Jon     
The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales
Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.


Shannon, David     
Duck on a bike
A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too.


Sherry, Kevin     
I'm the biggest thing in the ocean
A giant squid brags about being bigger than everything else in the ocean--almost.


Tankard, Jeremy     
Grumpy Bird
Feeling too grumpy to fly, Bird begins to walk and finds that his mood changes as other animals join him.


Thomas, Jan     
What will Fat Cat sit on?
A group of animals is terrified at the prospect of being sat upon by the imposing Fat Cat, until the mouse comes up with a solution that satisfies everyone.


Watt, Mélanie     
Scaredy Squirrel
Meet Scaredy Squirrel, a squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there." But then, something unexpected happens that may just change his outlook.


Willems, Mo     
Naked mole rat gets dressed
Wilbur, a naked mole rat who likes to wear clothes, is forced to go before the wise community elder, who surprises the other naked mole rats with his prounouncement.

Grades 3-5



Blume, Judy     
Fudge-a-mania
Pete describes the family vacation in Maine with the Tubmans, highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge.


Clements, Andrew     
No talking
The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.


Feig, Paul     
Ignatius MacFarland : frequenaut!
Bullied in school and called "Piggy MacFartland," twelve-year-old Iggy longs to travel to another planet and live among extraterrestrials, until an explosion transports him to a scary alternate reality.


Gifford, Peggy Elizabeth     
Moxy Maxwell does not love Stuart Little
With summer coming to an end, about-to-be-fourth-grader Moxy Maxwell does a hundred different things to avoid reading her assigned summer reading book.


Jenkins, Emily     
Toys go out : being the adventures of a knowledgeable Stingray, a toughy little Buffalo, and someone called Plastic
Six stories relate the adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys.


Krosoczka, Jarrett     
Lunch lady and the cyborg substitute
The school lunch lady is a secret crime fighter who uncovers an evil plot to replace all the popular teachers with robots.


Look, Lenore     
Alvin Ho : allergic to camping, hiking, and other natural disasters
When Alvin's father takes him camping to instill a love of nature, like that of their home-town hero Henry David Thoreau, Alvin makes a new friend and learns that he can be brave despite his fear of everything.


Pennypacker, Sara     
The talented Clementine
Eight-year-old Clementine, convinced that she has no talents, tries to find a way to avoid participating in the class talent show.


Reiche, Dietlof     
Freddy in peril : book two in the golden hamster saga
A cat, two guinea pigs, and a colony of brave sewer rats band together in order to save Freddy, a golden hamster, from an evil scientist who's discovered that Freddy can read and write, and plans to hamster-nap him in order to dissect his brain.

 November 2009

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