Children & Young Adults Fiction - Humorous Stories

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Hi! Fly Guy (Theodor Seuss Geisel Hon...

Tedd Arnold

Boy and fly meet and so begins a beautiful friendship. Er, and so begins a very funny friendship. Using hyperbole, puns, slapstick, and silly drawings, bestselling authorllustrator Tedd Arnold creates an easy reader that is full of fu...

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Published: Jul 2006

Ellen Tebbits

Beverly Cleary

Ellen was eight years old and wore bands on her teeth. Her best friend had just moved away and she missed her. Still, as she walked to the Spofford School of the Dance one Saturday, she was almost glad she had no best friend. Best fri...

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Published: Jul 1990

Henry and the Paper Route (Henry Hug...

Beverly Cleary

Henry Huggins can't wait until he turns eleven years old, so he can have a paper route like his friend Scooter McCarthy. Henry wants to prove to the route manager that he is responsible enough to handle the job right now. First he thi...

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Published: Mar 1990

Henry Huggins

Beverly Cleary

Henry Huggins feels that nothing very interesting ever happens to him. But from the moment a stray dog in the drugstore begs for a taste of his ice-cream cone and downs it in one gulp, everything is different. Henry names the dog Ribs...

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Published: Mar 1990

Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Betty MacDonald

The incomparable Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves children good or bad and never scolds but has positive cures for Answer-Backers, Never-Want-to-Go-to-Bedders, and other boys and girls with strange habits.'[Now] in paperback . . . for a new g...

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Published: Aug 1985

Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day (...

Barbara Park

Afternoon kindergarten is having a field day, and Junie B. Jones is team captain! Only, here's the problem. Room Eight keeps on winning too many events. And so how will Room Nine ever become the kindergarten champions? As Captain Fiel...

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Published: Jan 2001

Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Won...

Barbara Park

Yikes . . . It's a looth tooth!One of Junie B. Jones's top front teeth is loose! Only Junie B. is not that thrilled about this development. Because what if she looks like toothless Uncle Lou? And even worse . . . what's all this tooth...

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Published: Aug 2003

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey

Captain Underpants, the former school principal turned crime-fighting, wedgie-dodging superhero, uses his wacky talents to outwit the evil Dr. Diaper. By the author of the Dumb Bunnies series. Simultaneous.

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Published: Sep 1997

Curious George Goes to an Ice Cream S...

Margret Rey

There are so many colorful, delicious flavors of ice cream in Mr. Herb's store. Which should George try? Why not a scoop of everything? It doesn't take long for a mischievous monkey to make a mountain of a mess, but Curious George man...

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Published: Oct 1989

Monster Blood (Classic Goosebumps)

R. L. Stine

Something scary is happening in GOOSEBUMPS HORRORLAND, the all-new, all-terrifying series by R. L. Stine. Just how scary? You'll never know unless you crack open this classic prequel! Evan visits an eerie old toy store and buys a dus...

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Published: Jul 2008

101 Ways to Bug Your Parents

Lee Wardlaw

Steve 'Sneeze' Wyatt was born to invent things, and his latest gadget— the Nice Alarm, which wakes you up with a gentle tap on the shoulder—promises to make him rich and famous! All Sneeze needs to do is attend the Invention Co...

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Published: May 2005

Arabel's Raven (Arabel and Mortimer)

Joan Aiken

Young Arabel's life is changed forever when her father, a taxi driver, brings home an injured bird he finds in the street. This wacky raven eats everything in sight, answers the telephone by squawking 'Nevermore!' and causes chaos wh...

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Published: Sep 2007

Arthur's Halloween: An Arthur Adventu...

Marc Tolon Brown

Arthur finds everything about Halloween scary, including his little sister's costume, his morning snack, and the big house on the corner.

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Published: Sep 1983

Arthur's Thanksgiving (Arthur Adventu...

Marc Tolon Brown

Arthur finds his role as director of the Thanksgiving play a difficult one, especially since no one will agree to play the turkey.

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Published: Sep 1984

Five Little Monkeys Wash the Car

Eileen Christelow

The five little monkeys and Mama are eager to get a new car. The five little monkeys clean and paint their old car until it sparkles like new. But who will buy it? Perhaps those clever monkeys can convince their cranky crocodile neigh...

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Published: Aug 2004

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

Alice Dalgliesh

'There are no bears on Hemlock Mountain, No bears, no bears at all...' Or so young Jonathan is told by the grown-ups as he sets out alone over Hemlock Mountain. But as Jonathan discovers on that cold winter night, grown-ups don't alw...

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Published: Oct 1992

The Gruffalo's Child

Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler team up again to create this funny and adorable sequel to The Gruffalo. One night, the Gruffalo's child wanders into the woods to search for the Big Bad Mouse. But instead, she comes upon a small ...

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Published: Mar 2007

Top Secret

John Reynolds Gardiner

Despite the disapproval of his parents and his formidable science teacher, nine-year-old Allen determines to do his science project on human photosynthesis.

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Published: Oct 1995

Amelia Bedelia's Family Album (An I C...

Peggy Parish

All in the Family Who could be more zany than Amelia Bedelia, everyone's favorite literal-minded housekeeper? Her family, of course! Meet the wacky members of this very original and entertaining family!

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Published: Mar 2003

Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpa...

Cynthia Rylant

Henry (and of course Mudge) loves to visit Great Grandpa Bill. He lives in a house with a lot of other granpas who like to play with a little boy and his dog. But when Henry discovers a swimming pond near the granpas' house, he finds ...

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Published: Apr 2006

Kidnapped At Birth? (Marvin Redpost 1...

Louis Sachar

Illus. in black-and-white. Marvin Redpost has finally figured out why he doesn't look like anyone in his family. He's not really Marvin Redpost--he's Robert, the lost prince of Shampoon! 'The story is wonderfully logical and absurd, w...

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Published: Jul 1992

Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush?

Jerry Spinelli

The sibling rivalry between twelve-year-old Megin and her older brother Greg intensifies after she ruins his science project and he retaliates by throwing her favorite hockey stick into the pond.

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Published: Apr 2000

Shredderman: Meet the Gecko

Wendelin Van Draanen

Nolan Byrd single-handedly saved his school from the bullydom of Alvin "Bubba" Bixby. He posted proof of Bubba's exploits on the Web at Shredderman.com. Now Shredderman is the school hero! But since Shredderman's identity is...

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Published: Sep 2006

Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last S...

Judith Viorst

Last Sunday, Alexander's grandparents gave him a dollar -- and he was rich. There were so many things that he could do with all of that money! He could buy as much gum as he wanted, or even a walkie-talkie, if he saved enough. But som...

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Published: Aug 1987

Curious George in the Big City

Martha Weston

While holiday shopping with the man with the yellow hat, George is accidentally swept away on a tour of the big city. Though he has fun seeing the tourist sites and all the sparkling decorations, what he enjoys most is being back toge...

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Published: Aug 2001

Silly Sally (Red wagon books)

Audrey Wood

Dance a jig with a silly pig. Play leapfrog with a silly dog. And that's just the beginning of all the fun! Come along and join Silly Sally and her outrageous friends as they parade into town in a most unusual way.

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Published: Mar 1999

Cooking With the Cat (The Cat in the ...

Bonnie Worth

Look! Look! The Cat wants to cook!Told with simple rhymes and rhythms, this jaunty illustrated tale gives very young readers a taste of the Cat in the Hat's flamboyant cooking skills as he slaps on a Chef's hat and whips up purple cup...

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Published: Oct 2003

Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox (Hello Reade...

Grace Maccarone

Bouncy rhymes makes this lively story about coping with chicken pox one that children will love to read long after their itches are gone. Full color.

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Published: May 1992

The Berenstain Bears Clean House (I C...

Stan Berenstain

It's time for spring cleaning and the Bear family decides to have a yard sale. Mama Bear goes through the house gathering up all sorts of tattered things – but each tattered thing seems to be someone's favourite tattered thing! Perh...

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Published: Jan 2005

Zack Files 19: The Boy Who Cried Bigf...

Dan Greenburg

Zack's first trip to sleep-away camp gets a little hairy when legends of a mysterious creature lurking in the woods turn out to be more than just campfire tales. Is it the missing link? Yeti? Sasquatch? Bigfoot?!

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Published: May 2000
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