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Humorous Stories
The following are suggestions of humorous stories. Clicking on a book title will take you to the library catalog, where you can request the book or learn more information about it. Want even more reading suggestions? Ask a librarian.
| Location | Title/Author | Grade | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| J / Avi | Never mind! A Twin Novel Avi | 5 - 7 | New York City twins Meg and Edward have nothing in common, so they are just as shocked as everyone else when Meg's hopes for popularity and Edward's mischievous schemes coincidentally collide in a hilarious showdown. |
| J / Bar | Ivy and Bean Barrows, Annie | 2 - 4 | When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected. |
| J / Doy | The Giggler Treatment Doyle, Roddy | 2 - 4 | A talking dog, the Mack children and the small elf-like Gigglers themselves must try to stop the prank that the Gigglers have mistakenly set in motion to punish Mr. Mack for being mean to his children. |
| J / Gil | Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub Gilson, Jamie | 4 - 6 | The boys and girls in the fourth grade devise a contest to "sink" their substitute teacher by making her cry. |
| J / Jon | Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat Jonell, Lynne | 4 - 6 | When Emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can change people in frightening ways, she and some new friends must try everything possible to return things to normal. |
| J / Kin | Diary of a Wimpy Kid Kinney, Jeff | 4 - 8 | Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship. Series: Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
| J & Pbk / Kli | Regarding the Fountain Klise, Kate | 4 - 7 | When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results. Series: Regarding the... |
| J & Pbk / Kor | No More Dead Dogs Korman, Gordon | 4 - 7 | Football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well. |
| J / Mer | The Pushcart War Merrill, Jean | 5 - 7 | The pushcart peddlers declare a war with the truck drivers who run down anything that gets in their way. |
| J / Moo | It's a Weird, Weird School Mooser, Stephen | 4 - 6 | When thirteen-year-old Carrie uses a legal technicality to seize control of the school board and makes her best friend Jamie principal of their junior high school, things rapidly get out of control. |
| J / Nay | The Boys Start the War Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 4 - 6 | Disgusted that a family with three girls moves into the house across the river, nine-year-old Wally and his three brothers declare a practical joke war on the girls. Series: Hatfords and Malloys |
| J / Nol | Down Girl and Sit Nolan, Lucy | 2 - 4 | Recounts the adventures of a rambunctious dog who thinks her name is Down Girl and her next door neighbor, Sit, as they try to keep the world safe from dangerous squirrels, the paper boy, and a frightening creature named Here Kitty Kitty. |
| J & Pbk / Par | Skinnybones Park, Barbara | 3 - 5 | Alex's active sense of humor helps him get along with the school braggart, make the most of his athletic talents, and simply get by in a hectic world. |
| J & Pbk / Pau | Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day Paulsen, Gary | 4 - 6 | When supremely organized seventh-grader, Molly McGinty, loses the notebook she relies on to keep her life in order she spends the day in chaos. |
| J / Pec | Here Lies the Librarian Peck, Richard | 5 - 8 | Fourteen-year-old Eleanor "Peewee" McGrath, a tomboy and automobile enthusiast, discovers new possibilities for her future after the 1914 arrival in her small Indiana town of four young librarians. |
| J & Pbk / Pil | The Adventures of Captain Underpants Pilkey, Dav | 2 - 6 | When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen. Series: Captain Underpants |
| J / Pin | Fat Men From Space Pinkwater, Daniel Maus | 5 - 7 | Through his radio tooth, William learns of an invasion by spacemen who are taking all of Earth's supply of junk food. |
| J & Pbk / Rob | The Best School Year Ever Robinson, Barbara | 4 - 7 | The six horrible Herdmans, the worst kids in the history of the world, cause mayhem throughout the school year. |
| J / Tul | Weird Stuff Tulloch, Richard | 5 - 8 | Brian Hobble isn't much of a writer, but when he borrows a pen from Nathan Lumsdyke during his favorite author's school visit, he can't stop writing flowery embarrassing love stories. |
| J / Wee | Oggie Cooder Weeks, Sarah | 3 - 6 | Oggie Cooder goes from being shunned to everyone's best friend when his uncanny ability to chew slices of cheese into the shapes of states wins him a slot on a popular television talent show. |
