mathmarm Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) We've been cooped up waaaaay too long. We need a list of funny books. they can be picture books, or chapter books just need funny books. Please, no gross humor. Edited May 24, 2020 by mathmarm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) A few of these may be younger than you're looking for. series Wayside series (Sachar) 13-Story Treehouse series (Griffiths) Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series (MacDonald) McBroom series (Fleishman) Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Angleberger) -- and others by him Kung Pow Chicken series (Marko) Dragon Breath series (Vernon) Hamster Princess series (Vernon) The Princess in Black series (Hale) Hank the Cowdog series Bunnicula series (Howe) Time Warp Trio series -- the occasional "passing gas" humor, but most of the humor is good clean funnyindividual titles Fortunately, the Milk (Gaiman) Henry Huggins; Henry and Ribsy (Cleary) By The Great Horn Spoon (Fleischman) The Whipping Boy (Fleischman) The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Robinson) Trumpet of the Swan (White) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Kinney)picture books Doug Cushman "Mystery of..." series: King Karfu; Monkey's Maze; Sandwich Clubbonus ideas: Calvin & Hobbes cartoon collections Edward Eager magic books (Half Magic; Magic by the Lake; Knight's Castle; The Time Garden; Seven Day Magic) -- we all adored the humor in these, but they are at a 5th-6th grade level, so maybe just above your child's comfortable solo reading level -- but great for reading aloud. Edited May 24, 2020 by Lori D. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmarm Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Thanks for the suggestions--keep 'em coming. I removed the grade level, because I think it'll be more beneficial to have funny books regardless of their level/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizaG Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Picture books: Me First (by Helen Lester) Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Chapter books: The Peterkin Papers Three Men in a Boat Poetry: Cautionary Tales for Children (by Hilaire Belloc) Poems by Ogden Nash Edward Lear’s Nonsense Works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I don't know how old your youngest are, but my dd and I laughed many times when we read this one out loud together when she was around 7: https://www.amazon.com/Gretchens-hill-Jeannette-Eyerly/dp/B0007E1QSY This is just so you can see the cover 🙂: https://www.abebooks.com/signed/Gretchens-Hill-Eyerly-Jeannette-J.B-Lippincott/22397857990/bd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarter Note Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Homer Price by Robert McCloskey The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Half Magic and all the sequels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 On 5/24/2020 at 9:13 AM, OKBud said: All Creatures Great and Small is hilarious. There is some grossness, but that's by dint of dealing with farm animals, not because of base potty humor. This is what I was going to say too! We had just started it when quarantine started and my D'S came home from college and he and I enjoyed it just as much as adults as the high schoolers and younger kids did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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