moonlight Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 we have just started read alouds and my boys are enjoying them. they've both decided that they want anything that is really funny. so what is your favorite read aloud that is laugh out loud funny. rolling on the floor funny would be even better! something that would appeal to a 5 and 9 year old would be icing on the cake!! but i'll take anything... they're loving mrs. piggle wiggle right now and we're whizzing through those books. thanks, seema Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Frog and Toad Amelia Bedelia Diary of a Wimpy kid is LOL funny, but most likely too old for your age group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily_Grace Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Pippi Longstocking The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Mr. Popper's Penguins The Great Brain (and others) Here Lies The Librarian Alice In Wonderland Winnie The Pooh Cheaper By The Dozen Matilda/The Witches/The BFG The Wayside School series (Sideways Stories, More Sideways Stories..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadsandLilysMom Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 The Adventures of Tumtum and Nutmeg and the sequels Sequels to the Wonderful Wizard of Oz My girls did not find WoZ particularly funny, but the sequels were full of hilarious characters and memorable moments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 My dh had a blast reading the Captain Underpants series to our kids when they were younger. Funny stuff. Amelia Bedelia always made us laugh as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooooom Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Hank the Cowdog James and the Giant Peach all the Dahl books are good) Paddington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenR Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Another vote for Pippi Longstocking. I think boys would find her just as entertaining as girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3peasinapod Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Pippi Longstocking Henry and Ribsy The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks: My 5yo is loving this, but I've edited on the fly, as there are words like stupid and dumb, which is forbidden ;) and also the boys deceive their parents (relatively benign, but still, I didn't like it), which snuck up on me. We discussed it, and I'm not even sure if the girls understood that the boys were being less-than-honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapasnaturalles Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 (edited) Peter Pan at 1! They thought it was hilarious. Still don't know why, but they enjoyed it from the beginning till the end. For the rest... there are lots of funny books. Alice in Wonderland cracked them up and the Spiderwick Chronicles made them laugh a lot. The 3rd book of Narnia too, that nephew was extremely funny. Pippi Longstocking is one of their favorites, together with Jip and Janneke (do you even have those books in English? They are Dutch by origin). We also have Wiplala, but I don't know if it's translated into English. Same thing with "Dolfje Weerwolfje". They made a movie of that last one, so maybe it's translated. The book we are reading right now is also really funny. It's called "Bliss", writted by Kathryn Littlewood. It's about a bakery where the parents use magic in their bread/cakes/donuts etc... the parents have to go away from home for a while, the kids have to stay and run the bakery. It's really funny. Edited May 23, 2012 by Tapasnaturalles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillehei Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 The Ramona and Henry Huggins books had us laughing pretty hard. The kids latest ROFL laughing is Life of Fred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five More Minutes Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 The Great Brain (and others) :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Funniest ever here was mr poppers penguins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 The last chapter of Homer Price always has me gasping for breath as I try to read it! 42 pounds of edible fungus! Wayside School stories are a hoot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie in CA Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 We loved many of Roal Dahl's books at that age. And I second Hank the Cowdog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsfamily Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Gooney Bird Greene, Hank the Cowdog, and Mrs. Pigglewiggle are some of our favorite funny reads. I love hearing my boys cackle when I read something funny :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 All the ones I can think of have already been mentioned: Pippi Longstocking, Gooney Bird Greene, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. Oh, Nurse Matilda and Mary Poppins are pretty funny. Half Magic made Ariel laugh, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuzor Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsmom Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Hank the Cow Dog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 A Whole Nother Story :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveBaby Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 The BFG by Roald Dahl is one of our family favorites for laugh out loud funny. It was the book that changed the way we all viewed reading aloud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 The Ramona and Henry Huggins books had us laughing pretty hard. The kids latest ROFL laughing is Life of Fred. We just listened to the Audible version of the Ramona series read by Stockard Channing, and yes, it was laugh out loud funny. We are still quoting it and saying, "remember when..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsfamily Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Hank the Cow Dog! The author has a lot of the books on CD and he is so funny! We check some out from the library before road trips. We often think that our dog would be just like Hank if we owned a ranch. Hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Anything by Sid Fleischman--our favorite is Chancy and The Grand Rascal. We also like The Twits (and nearly everything else) by Roald Dahl. Wayside School, as others mentioned--it has lots of word play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 We love most of what's been already mentioned. One that is less well known, but funny and a true story, Owls in the Family, by Farley Mowat. We love this, even my husband and I! http://www.amazon.com/Owls-Family-Farley-Mowat/dp/0440413613/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337783516&sr=1-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Cheaper by the Dozen and Bells on Their Toes by the Gilbreaths. Truly funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Thor's Wedding Day By Thaiallfi the Goat Boy (Bruce Coville) From the moment I heard my master, Thor, bellowing that his hammer was missing, I knew we were in trouble. I just didn't know how much. I certainly didn't expect I would end up in a dress, pretending to be his serving girl! As if that wasn't bad enough, I had to deal with two cranky goats, a love-crazed giant, and an enormous rat named Skalpa.. Oh, and did I mention the dwarves? And Loki the god of mischief? Let me tell you, it was enough to make a goatboy wish he was back in Asgard, shoveling dung. But don't take my word for it. You can hear the whole, horrible story for yourself. I just ask one thing. Please don't laught too much. It's all still pretty embarrassing Sincerely, Thialfi (Thor's Goatboy) ... and you get to see Thor have to wear a wedding dress and pretend to be a pretty maiden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lots of boys Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I wanted to second the Ramona series. My boys favourite was Ramona and Beezus - they laughed out loud many times while we read. We are now on Ramona Quimby age 8 and it is still funny (they love when she cracked a raw egg on her head) but not as funny as Ramona and Beezus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Not chapter books but my ds's love anything by Jon Scieszka... Stinky Cheese Man, Math Curse, Science Verse. Anything by Bill Peet is usually hilarious. Comics from Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes. Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky. My kids also have recently come to adore the Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Cheaper by the Dozen and Bells on Their Toes by the Gilbreaths. Truly funny! Thanks for this! I'd never known there was a book for Cheaper by the Dozen. I'll get that, and then we'll watch the movie later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 (edited) Mowat's Owls in the Family for younger, The Dog Who Wouldn't Be for 10/11+ (the latter is written for adults; parents wishing to avoid all mentions of anything would do well to skip it; I read it to my then 9yo and she's still at least outwardly fine :tongue_smilie:) The Magic Pudding (this is a nice edition, with a single racial epithet removed with an explanation in the introduction) The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Wrede - your 5yo may not be quite ready, but it won't take long; these are sometimes marketed as YA, but there's no remotely questionable content The Land of Green Ginger by Noel Langley The Great Piratical Rumbustification and The Pirates' Mixed-Up Voyage by Mahy Open Me... I'm a Dog (picture book, but wonderful) Astrid Lindgren's Lotta and Karlson/Karlsson books (Lindgren is more than just Pippi :001_smile:) The Thirteen Clocks and The Wonderful O by Thurber Bunnicula and other books by Howe There Be Monsters by Alan Snow (works best if you can do voices) Mrs. Pepperpot stories Daniel Pinkwater ETA: The BFG Edited May 23, 2012 by nmoira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingHope Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster especially read by David Hyde Pierce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Cautionary Tales by Hillare Belloc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlight Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 thanks for some really great book ideas...can't decide what book to do next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr is hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Although very simple, my children enjoy the humor in the Mr. Putter and Tabby series. We also like the Castleberry Farm series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Thor's Wedding Day By Thaiallfi the Goat Boy (Bruce Coville our library has it. Thanks! I don't know how funny it is, but Eight Days of Luke by Dianna Wynne Jones is fun (Luke is Loki) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 There's just something so delightful listening to how different people taste like - so BFG; or how stupidly wicked 2 people can be, so The Twits; or having on hand a checklist of witch traits, so The Witches; and lastly, how some parents can be so absurdedly unaware, Matilda. Dd is not sensitive, so listening to these stories at 5 was not a problem, but his books can be controversial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Judge Benjamin, Superdog and sequels by Judith McInerney! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest samsonkc Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 My girls love Dewey the Library Cat. A true story about a library cat in Spencer, Iowa. We have it on mp3 and my 4 yo sneaks it away to listen again on her own. The cat dies of old age at the end but that is how it really happens... My girls had a blast looking the cat up on the Internet and seeing pictures described in the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily_Grace Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Oh, one more! Ida Early Comes Over The Mountain. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 My girls love Dewey the Library Cat. A true story about a library cat in Spencer, Iowa. We have it on mp3 and my 4 yo sneaks it away to listen again on her own. The cat dies of old age at the end but that is how it really happens... My girls had a blast looking the cat up on the Internet and seeing pictures described in the story. Do you children listen to the chapter book version? Youngest really liked the picture book version but from what I remember of the chapter book version is it would take lots of on the fly editing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hisglory Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I second Winnie the Pooh. My kids and I had tears in our eyes we would be laughing so hard and we were always quoting it to my husband when he would come home. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lymeade Mom Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 We read Sonlight books and Lamplighter books for read alouds. Though the Sonlight books are much more popular around here. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rene Austen Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 They are readers rather than read-alouds, but The Minnie and Moo stories by Denys Cazet are truly hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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