Night Elf Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 We laughed out loud with: Junie B. Jones (yes, I know some people hate them but we loved them) Amelia Bedelia A Year Down Yonder and Long Way to Chicago by Richard Peck All Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle stories Henry Huggins A couple of years ago, we tried the Hank the Cowdog books. They weren't funny at all! Oh we've read lots of books that we liked but we are specifically looking for really funny stories. Does anyone know of anything like the ones above that we liked? Unfortunately, we've outgrown Junie B. Jones and Amelia Bedlia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freerange Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 (edited) I don't know anything about the books you listed, so don't know if this is what you're looking for, but I love Terry Pratchet's Discworld series (can be read in any order) My favourite is Reaper Man. Edited March 28, 2010 by freerange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen500 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 My boys enjoyed Louis Sachar's Sideway Stories from Wayside School. ( I haven't read any of them myself, but my kids were always laughing when they read them.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 We laughed a lot at the Eddie Dickens trilogy, by Philip Ardagh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galtgrl Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 (edited) Hank the Cowdog always makes us laugh...and there are ALOT of Hank the Cowdog books!:D Oops, never mind, I completely missed that you already tried them! Edited March 28, 2010 by galtgrl misread OP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 We love "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" and "The Best School Year ever". We enjoyed "Mr. Poppin's Penguins" and the "Bunnicula" series. Yes, Bunnicula is supposedly a vampire bunny, but literally, this is all slapstick stuff, nothing scary - just harmless fun. Also, if you like outdoorsy, camp humor, then I can recommend some of the stories from several of Pat McManus's humor books. I selectively read outloud to the family....Anything about Crazy Eddie Muldoon is hilarious. There is also his dog "strange" and the old woodsman Rancid Crabtree. If you read ahead and scan, you'll be able to tell which ones are good for the kidlets and which ones aren't. Probably my favorite collection is "Real Ponies Don't Go Oink". Some of the stories from "The Tarantula in My Purse" were funny. Some weren't but the stories that weren't necessarily funny, were endearing. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 My son enjoyed Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputterduck Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 My boys enjoyed Louis Sachar's Sideway Stories from Wayside School. ( I haven't read any of them myself, but my kids were always laughing when they read them.) I *Loved* those as a kid!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Richard Peck has a couple others I've enjoyed recently: Here Lies the Librarian A Season of Gifts If you like quirky, Daniel Pinkwater's The Neddiad would fit the bill. Cinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jld Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Surviving the Applewhites, by Stephanie Tolan. My gosh. I had to put the book down several times while reading it to the kids because I was laughing so hard. Enjoy!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 (edited) Mary Poppins Matilda Nurse Matlida (Nanny mcFee was based on these) Pippy Longstlaking The Witches The Children of Noisy Village Edited March 29, 2010 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I don't know anything about the books you listed, so don't know if this is what you're looking for, but I love Terry Pratchet's Discworld series (can be read in any order) My favourite is Reaper Man. Terry Pratchett is awesome. We're reading his Tiffany Aching series (for young adults) -- The Wee Free Men; A Hat Full of Sky; and Wintersmith. Excellent (and very, very funny) books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 We are in a Yiddish story mode lately. Many of them are blisteringly funny. Especially the stories about the fools from Chelm. A few favorites by Isaac Bashevis Singer: When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories The Fools of Chelm and Their History Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Pippi Longstocking is a great one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 We laughed out loud with: Junie B. Jones (yes, I know some people hate them but we loved them) Amelia Bedelia A Year Down Yonder and Long Way to Chicago by Richard Peck All Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle stories Henry Huggins A couple of years ago, we tried the Hank the Cowdog books. They weren't funny at all! Oh we've read lots of books that we liked but we are specifically looking for really funny stories. Does anyone know of anything like the ones above that we liked? Unfortunately, we've outgrown Junie B. Jones and Amelia Bedlia. They might be too "young" for your dc but I LOVE Frog and Toad. They just cracked me up when I read them to dd. I second the Diary of a wimpy kid books too. They're pretty funny. I also love reading Winnie the Pooh. The whole thing with the "backson" cracks me up. :) Of course there are always joke books and mad libs too for some lol family time. :) Enjoy. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 (edited) Laugh-out-loud family favorites here: - By the Great Horn Spoon (Fleischman) - The Whipping Boy (Fleischman) - McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm (Fleischman) - Trumpet of the Swan (White) - Christmas Every Day (Howells) - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (Lord) - Pippi in the South Seas (Astrid) - Ben and I (Lawson) - The Rescuers, Miss Bianca, Miss Bianca in the Orient (Sharpe) - The Ordinary Princess (Kaye) - "The First Letter" -- short story out of Just So Stories (Kipling) - Half Magic; Magic by the Lake, Knight's Castle; Time Garden; Seven Day Magic (Eager) - Five Children and It; The Phoenix and the Carpet; The Book of Dragons (Nesbit) - The Reluctant Dragon (Grahame) - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (chapter of the Mad Hatter tea party) (Carroll) enjoyed with pre-teens/teens: - All Creatures Great and Small (Herriot) - My Family and Other Animals (Durrell) - Life With Jeeves (Wodehouse) - No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series (Smith) - Heron Carvic's 5 mystery novels: Miss Seeton Draws the Line; Picture Miss Seeton; Witch Miss Seeton; Miss Seeton Sings; Odds on Miss Seeton (other authors have since continued the series but the newer authors are NOT funny) - O. Henry short stories: "Harlem Tragedy"; "Ransom of Red Chief" - James Thurber short story: "The Catbird Seat" Edited March 29, 2010 by Lori D. added info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Forgot one! An all-time favorite we laughed all the way through: Farmer Giles of Ham, a long short-story or short novella by J.R.R. Tolkien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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