Humorous Stories - Kids Fiction

Comic-book action meets picture-book adventure in this exciting and funny outing from beloved author Michael Rosen and illustrator Katharine McEwen. Tune in as a father reads his children a bedtime story about the exploits of two villains, Filth and Vacuum, and their wicked plan...

"Fresh, whimsical illustrations fairly float off the pages. . . . Rhyming text invites readers. . . . A fun choice for reinforcing the concept of fractions." -- School Library Journal Miss Bloom runs the Strawberry Inn, and she loves visitors. All through the...

The web of power looks smooth and peaceful -- until a new threat looms -- in the fifth tale from the Five Kingdoms. Prince Albion expects a unique occasion when he starts planning Cockenzie Rood Day to celebrate his kingdom -- and himself. What...

A little fiend who's too good for his own good befriends an angel who is too naughty--and together they concoct a clever plan. Daddy and Mommy Fiend want their little Filbert to be gruesome and ghastly, but he won't trample or terrify, roar or...

"Exactly the sort of grisly, gross, and hilarious stuff that kids will love " -- Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl Retired zombie rock star Vein now lives in the snowy mountains of Tibet, but returning his tongue proves surprisingly easy for Luke, Resus,...

The ninth crazy adventure in this comedy horror series for ghouls and girls may keep them up at night -- reading under the covers When Luke and Resus wake up to discover that Cleo has been kidnapped, the intrepid pair follow a perplexing trail...

A funny, fast, and noisy tale about finding friends where you least expect to is the perfect vehicle for reading aloud. Poor Pierre He lives all alone at the foot of a mountain, and his heart, how it longs for a friend. Perhaps if...

Dad lovers and dog lovers will both delight in this buoyantly illustrated, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the traits these two species share -- and why we adore them. Dad pretends to be human, but the kids know otherwise. Between first-thing-in-the morning scratching, fetching the paper,...

Humor, a surprise ending, and an unlikely friendship make Bear and Chicken fall into the ranks with Mo Willems and Dev Petty, and the soup recipe at the end will inspire young chefs to get into the kitchen and cook When Bear finds a...

Down Girl, a dog, protects her home from Here Kitty Kitty, the enemy feline next door, and attempts to train his master to understand canine ways.Author: Lucy A. NolanISBN-10: 0761458344ISBN-13: 9780761458340Publisher: Two LionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2011Pages: 53Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.20dAccelerated Reader:Reading...

Ten-Gallon Bart has been sheriff of Dog City for seventy dog years and plans to retire...until he hears that Billy the Kid is on the loose and headed for town. Billy is the roughest, toughest, gruffest goat in the country and eats everything in...

Two dogs named Down Girl and Sit go out west with their owners and meet barking squirrels (prairie dogs), ugly dogs (coyotes), and a gasoline-powered bull (a truck). Told from a canine point of view, this fourth book in the Down Girl and Sit...

It's a cold, snowy night, and a big, soft bear sleeps soundly in his cave. A small hare wanders by, and since his ears are so cold, he snuggles up in the bear's cozy den. Before long, a fox comes along with the same...

XYZ! When Joe and his dad rush out the door to run errands on a Saturday morning, Joe notices that his motormouth father forgot a crucial detail when he got dressed. But will Joe's dad listen? Of course not. As they drive all over...

In Big Berry, the subject is one that every child can relate to, the gimmes--and why the hero Bink should be happy with what she has. HAPPYLAND introduces three friends--Bink, Clyde, and Glub-Glub--in a series of delightful adventures that illustrate issues including sharing, gratitude,...

The Time Warp Trio discover that when they say the word Thursday (derived from the Viking god Thor, as in Thor's Day) over and over again too close to a certain magic book, they are transported back to 1000 A.D. Now repackaged. Illustrations.Author: Jon...

You think it's easy being a moose? Think again! Even though I'm big, I'm just a baby. I love my mother and my friends. Like Dudley, the beaver, who named me. And Snow, the little wolf, who loves to play tag. His family's another...

It's Thanksgiving, but the kids at Ella Mentry School aren't feeling very thankful. That's because Dr. Carbles is grumpier than ever, and he wants to fire Mr. Klutz Will A.J. and his friends be able to save their principal's job?Author: Dan GutmanISBN-10: 0738382639ISBN-13: 9780738382630Publisher:...

Sebastian Mechenmoser's Pug Man 's 3 Wishes is a hilarious remedy for a bad day Grumpy Mr. Pug is having a terrible day. But when he's offered 3 wishes by an overly eager fairy, what he wishes for is very surprising and will leave...

Everybody's favorite owl--now available in a sturdy board book format! Who is that in the forest, howling and howling? A wolf? No. It's a little owl. Everyone in the neighborhood--from hedgehog to crow to squirrel to mole to stag beetle--tries to comfort the little...

Robot has lost his arm -- can you help him find a new one? Step into a charming mechanical world invented by a striking new picture book artist. One morning, a robot wakes up to find he is missing an arm. He and his...

What do you do when you're missing a shoe? When you're caught in the rain? Or when your ice cream melts? Solutions for Cold Feet is a sweet and gently humorous look at practical and creative answers for all the little daily problems in...

Pairing the popularity of the Really Woolly(R) brand with the popular theme of bedtime, Really Woolly Good Night, God is an adorable padded board book that will help your children go to sleep thinking about how great God is and how much He loves...

Third grade isn't looking too good for Herbie Jones. Not only is he stuck being in Apples, the lowest reading group in class, but he has to get a birthday present for annoying Annabelle and be good for the entire field trip to the...

Day after day, brand new ducks roll off a giant assembly line operated by alligators at the Colossal Duck Factory. They are loaded into trucks and taken to Ducktown, where they are fattened up in preparation for their final destination--into the stomachs of alligators....

Vibrant funny pictures, simple lessons, simply fun. After the farm is sold, the scattered animals of the Blue Barn go on to live the next stage of their lives, wonderfully unaware of their expected place in society. These farm animals go on ridiculous adventures...

The wind is howling and snow is swirling. Knees are knocking and teeth are chattering. Everyone in the room has frosted hair. Is this the North Pole? Not exactly. It's just the school Christmas Program starring the girl with the famous spinning braids.Twirly Shirley...

"Philbert LaRue had a Hole in his Shoe" is a Seussical, lyrical, rhymingly-rhythmical comedy of errors that begins with a hole in a shoe and ends when a wiser Philbert learns a valuable lesson. A Dr. Seuss-like, rhyming tale about the dangers of procrastination,...

Meet Rue follows a mischievous orange tabby cat through an everyday adventure from his Meowma's deck overlooking a big city. He finds that his friends are trustworthy in his time of greatest need and learns that faith is an important facet of life. Author:...

When Santa gets knocked out by a toy train, there's no telling what will become of Christmas. But when Easter Bunny shows up to help, faster than you can say "jack rabbit," Christmas is sure to carry on like normal...or will it? Join the...

I'm at the end of my rope Like getting shipwrecked and surviving a hurricane weren't bad enough Now I've got to support my sort of boyfriend's plan to get off this island, even though I think his idea's kinda lame. But with everything going...

This inspirational picture book is based on the true story of Shoeless Joe Jackson and his bat, two of the greatest players in baseball history. Some say Shoeless Joe Jackson was the greatest hitter ever. But Shoeless Joe had a partner: his bat, Black...

Ooooooooooo, Eloise absolutely loves Christmas Lift the flaps on every scene and watch Eloise as she visits a store and zooms through the toy department, gets spritzed with perfume, carols through the streets, trims everything in her Plaza Hotel suite, and much more Now...

Peter's looking for the perfect pumpkin. Come join the search and see what he does when he finds a pumpkin that's just rightAuthor: Mary SerfozoISBN-10: 068987135XISBN-13: 9780689871351Publisher: Aladdin PaperbacksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2004Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 10.02h x 9.02w x 0.14dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2Point Value: 0.5Interest...

Skulduggery is afoot Welcome to Ratbridge. But beware -- for there is skulduggery afoot. Young Arthur has fallen foul of the appalling outlaw, Snatcher, and is trapped alone in the town with every way home sealed. Meanwhile Snatcher and his men are working tirelessly...

Amelia is back to share the most unforgettable embarrassing field trip where her weird, annoying, and horrible big sister, Cleo, is the chaperone What could be worse? When Mrs. O'Neill announces the 6th Grade Field Trip to the Nature Preserve, Amelia thinks middle school...

Ernie is a twelve-year-old tycoon, always on the lookout for a fast buck. This time he stumbles onto a money-making bonanza: pet funerals. He hires Dusty to decorate the burial boxes and Tony to dig the holes, but his prize find is Swimming Pool,...

The grinning, glowing fun is now available in a Classic Board Book(TM) edition! Young readers can join Peter as he searches for a perfect pumpkin! The grinning, glowing fun is now available in a Classic Board Book(TM) edition! Young readers can join Peter as...

Rrrring Rrrring While Mama has a quick chat with Uncle Fred, Rose is supposed to be getting ready for bed. And she tries. She really does. But downstairs someone's yoo-hooing, and the doorbell keeps ringing. Soon the house is full of wild guests and...

There are strange goings-on once again in Middleburg. Someone has put up posters warning townspeople that the dreaded Indiana Aztec bat has been sighted in the area. What's more, the town is in an uproar over the bells recently placed in the church belfry...

Fitch & Chip I am always the lone wolf, Fitch tells his friend Chip on Hero Day at school. Chip and all the other kids are dressed as Hyper Hog from TV. But it is not what a wolf wears that makes him a...

Always Albert hopes for rain. On rainy days Mrs. Crabtree takes him with her for taxi rides. So much better than walks. One day -- brilliantly sunny, for a surprise -- Albert hops a taxi alone. More than one taxi, actually. You will never...

Who is missing from Mrs. Tuttle's kindergarten class? Will he fit in as well as the other 25?Author: Peter CatalanottoISBN-10: 0689845820ISBN-13: 9780689845826Publisher: Atheneum BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2002Pages: 32Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 10.34h x 9.56w x 0.47dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 86313...

One wacky building. One amazing summer. According to her mother, Iris is supposed to spend the summer safely indoors, keeping the apartment clean and learning to type. But when Iris follows a cat out onto the fire escape one day, she ends up meeting...

What can you do with a shoe? You can put it on your ear or wear it on your head or butter it like bread or use apple jam instead! What can you do with a hat? You can fill it up with pickles...

Moo dreams of becoming a sailor. Little does she know, when she sets off toward the sea, that the first crew she joins will be composed of cats. Or that she herself will be hailed by a shipload of pirate steers as their captain...

Meet Joe Bunch. Lovable misfit and celebrity wannabe from Paintbrush Falls, New York. Like his longtime best friends Addie, Skeezie, and Bobby, Joe's been called names all his life. So when he's given the assignment to write his alphabiography -- the story of his...

Dear possible reader of this book, I want to be a writer, just like my uncle Harold, who wrote a bunch of books about our friend Bunnicula. So I wrote this story. And boy Did I ever get into trouble My friend Delilah stopped...

Rufus doesn't like school at first. He loves being a wolf and doing wolf stuff -- like running through the woods or howling at the moon. But Rufus, like all wolves, must go to school to learn real wolf work, like wearing clever disguises...

Break a crazy curse with the Werewolf Club in this hilariously fun adventure Everyone knows people turn into werewolves if they are bitten by a werewolf, but did you know you can turn into a werewolf by: 1.Thinking about werewolves 2.Reading a book like...