ABQmom Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I'm looking for a funny book to read to my dc this summer. We've been reading lots of historical fiction and are ready for something light and fun. My dc that would be listening in are 12, 10, and 7. TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 We read this last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. It even takes place during the summer, so it's a perfect summer reading book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay. IMHO, there is no funnier read aloud. I've linked to a version with a single, extraneous racial ephithet removed. Dodo Press has a paperback edition, but there are so many typos in their books that I would recommend against it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers would probably be great for the ages of your kids. I read this last summer & found it very entertaining (including some laugh-out-loud moments). I'm planning to use it as a read-aloud for my kids in the upcoming year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda in NE Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm The Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber Dominic by William Steig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 "Tom Sawyer"--very dry humor, QUITE funny social commentary. "Ben And Me"--the premise of this book is that it is written by a mouse who was the brains behind all of Ben Franklin's achievements. Very funny. "Cheaper by the Dozen"--my 11 yo DD thinks that this is the funniest book she has ever read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne/Ankara Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Mrs. Piggle Wiggle! One of our all-time favorite read alouds for those ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 The Sisters Grimm series. We love these! I know it defeats the purpose of a readaloud, but if you can get the audiobooks, the narrator is AMAZING with the voices, and hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reya Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 How to Eat Fried Worms. Kids LOVE it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merylvdm Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I second Cheaper by the Dozen ... that was what I was going to say - the other one we all loved was The Great Turkey Walk. Meryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 All of my kids enjoyed Ben & Me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELaurie Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler or The Borrowers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paula j Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Little Britches By The Great Horn Spoon The Great Turkey Walk Cheaper By the Dozen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mrs Piggle Wiggle The BFG Wayside School Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Here's our list of funny, fun favorites (we have two boys): - The Book of Dragons (Nesbit) -- 7 short stories; very fun and creative - The Father Christmas Letters (Tolkien) - Farmer Giles of Ham(Tolkien) -- short story - The Ordinary Princess (Kaye) - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (Lord) - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Robinson) - Half Magic; Magic by the Lake, Knight's Castle; Time Garden (Eager) - Holes (Sachar) - The Whipping Boy (Fleischman) - McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm (Fleischman) - Just So Stories (Kipling) - By the Great Horn Spoon (Fleischman) - Trumpet of the Swan (White) - Ben and I (Lawson) - The Reluctant Dragon (Grahame) - Anne of Green Gables (Montgomery) - All Creatures Great and Small (Herriot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 My boys love: Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing The Twits James and the Giant Peach The Borrowers Peter and the Starcatchers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 My 12yo ds wanted some fun reading this year so I interspersed Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Pippi Longstockings, and Amelia Bedelia over the year. He also did a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting these 3 silly books. Last year when he wanted funny, he read Henry Huggins & Nate the Great. As you see, I'm not afraid to give him young books. Though I admit that I seldom read such things aloud. I'm just not funny :o) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 A very funny, very good book that my kids loved (5 & 8) was 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola. (Okay, my husband and I loved it as well) It's his autobiography and it's a chapter book, unlike his usual short story picture books. We listened to him narrating the audio book, but I'm sure it would be just as good as a read aloud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABQmom Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 What a great list this will make to choose from. Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate CA Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I'm looking for a funny book to read to my dc this summer. We've been reading lots of historical fiction and are ready for something light and fun. My dc that would be listening in are 12, 10, and 7. TIA. If you have no issues with magic or "wishes granted by a sand fairy" you would all enjoy E. Nesbit's books, Five Children and It and the sequel The Story of the Amulet. These are wonderful funny stories. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I think our favorite funny books have to be hands down, Hank the Cowdog...and on audio. Not a high reading level, but very, very entertaining. next would have to be The tale of Despereaux, and it was wonderful on audio, the narrator did these great accents...husband even loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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