Humorous Stories - Kids Fiction

In this funny, action-packed middle grade novel from the author of the American Girl Luciana books, Alison gets invited to be on her dad's reality show, Survivor Guy, and faces important realities about her family, self-reliance, and learning to work together with friends. 12-year-old...

Never underestimate the power of the bean. Tucker MacBean has been drawing comic books almost as long as he's been reading them. When his favorite comic has a contest for kids, he hopes he has finally found a way to fix his family--all he...

Every kind of bird and beast has to sleep, from the monkeys in the jungle to the whales in the ocean to the ants under the ground. But not Fred. His to-do list is far too long! Armed with plenty of imagination, this determined...

"A roaring good time."--School Library Journal You see, the jackalope didn't start out with horns. First he was a plain old hare. You know, a jackrabbit. The horns came later, along with a corny fairy godrabbit and a cranky coyote. And the trouble those...

"Only boring people get bored...Interesting people can always find something to be interested in."That's what Tom Trelawney's father says, anyway. Tom shouldn't have been interested in playing with matches but he was...bored. Now the shed is in ashes and strange Uncle Harvey is the...

Superhero Jo Schmo has a problem: There aren't any crimes to fight in San Francisco So she and her doggie sidekick, Raymond, build a time machine and head back to the gold rush days to track down the notorious burping outlaw Wyatt Burp. Meanwhile,...

A delightful comedy of errors, Mother, Mother, I Want Another has been heartwarmingly re-illustrated by acclaimed artist Jon Goodell! Just as Mrs. Mouse kisses baby mouse goodnight, he cries, "Mother, Mother, I want another!" His concerned mama rushes off to invite other mothers--Mrs. Duck,...

When a brother and sister run out of tape while trying to wrap their dad's birthday present, they use various other sticky substances to make the paper stick.Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each...

Teddy is a little fluffy dog who has lots of adventures. He is very cute, and everyone thinks he is so sweet, but sometimes he can be very naughty. And that's just what happened one day when he went to stay with Grandma.Author: Elizabeth...

A boy in a fly's body. A toad waiting to be kissed. Horses that know Morse code and aliens who hijack children's bodies. Has everyone gone completely bonkers? These hilarious stories by award-winning author, Tom E. Moffatt, transport you to a world where mind-swapping...

It's movie night in the park Tiny and Eliot love summer. They play ball, swim, and go see a movie in the park. But when a cat appears onscreen during the film, Tiny doesn't know it isn't real. He barks and runs around, making...

I scream, you scream, we all scream--for the super burp George is determined to find a cure for his bothersome burps, so he returns to the place where it all began--Ernie's Ice Cream Emporium--to find a secret ingredient. But when a competing ice cream...

There are no time-outs when the super burp takes control George knows that his basketball team, the Fighting Ferrets, is really good. So when Louie proposes a bet for their upcoming game, George accepts the challenge: the person on the losing team has to...

It's baseball season, and Katie and her friends are busy rooting for their favorite team, the Cherrydale Porcupines. Katie loves the team, but can't understand why her friends are so obsessed with the team's star shortstop, Mike Reed; she prefers the old shortstop who...

Rotten Tooth has finally decided it's time to teach the pirate kids some real pirating skills They are overjoyed--until he begins by showing them how to tie and untie different knots. BOR-ING But one night while the kids are below deck practicing their knots,...

Zack is nervous about the fifth-grade Halloween dance. He doesn't know how to dance and he doesn't have a date When Zack meets Prudence, a beautiful girl who speaks with a funny accent and dresses in old-fashioned clothing, he's smitten. He thinks he's found...

Mummies are cool, but they're creepy, too Zack has faced aliens, vampires, time-travelers, ghosts, and Bigfoot--now find out what happens when he meets teenage mummy Ikhnaton (Icky for short).Author: Dan GreenburgISBN-10: 0448426331ISBN-13: 9780448426334Publisher: Grosset & DunlapLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2002Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.12lbsSize: 7.76h x 5.06w...

It seems like a regular field trip to a natural history museum--until Zack gets locked inside for the night and discovers what really goes on in those display cases when no one is watching. A tribe of curious Neanderthals, rampaging woolly mammoths, prehistoric food...

I went to visit my Grandma Leah in Chicago, and we went to a White Sox game. Doesn't sound like such a big deal, right? Well, here's the thing--Grandma played in the gameAuthor: Dan GreenburgISBN-10: 0448425505ISBN-13: 9780448425504Publisher: Grosset & DunlapLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2001Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Zack used to be in control of hisown body. But that was before someone else--someone who's been dead almost one hundred years--took over. She's bossy, she's British, she's a queen--and she and Zack are not amusedAuthor: Dan GreenburgISBN-10: 0448421763ISBN-13: 9780448421766Publisher: Grosset & DunlapLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Strange things just won't stop happening to Zack One more out-of-this-world adventures join this funny series about a 10 year old who's prone to paranormal problems. Zack enters a horror film fan contest, and he and his best friend win an evening with Mella...

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?Author: Dan Greenburg, Jack E. DavisISBN-10: 0448420414ISBN-13: 9780448420417Publisher:...

Forget about the Y2K problem Zack's up to his ears in dragons and wizards when a computer glitch sends him hurtling back in time to the year 999--and a peculiar boys' school known as Dragon Slayers' AcademyAuthor: Dan GreenburgISBN-10: 0448420341ISBN-13: 9780448420349Publisher: Grosset & DunlapLanguage:...

A trip to New York City to celebrate her 89th birthday--and participate in a Rockettes reunion at Radio City Music Hall--leaves Zack's Grandma Leah feeling younger than springtime. And she's looking that way too, since a strange trip through an airport metal detector turned...

Uh-oh Thanks to a heaping helping of a new dietetic sugar substitute, Zack shrinks down to the size of a bug. It's not all that bad--until he discovers an army of ants who are building an ant pyramid for their despotic pharaoh-queenAuthor: Dan GreenburgISBN-10:...

Late one night when Zack hears strains of Heartbreak Hotel coming from the fridge, he discovers the possibility that Elvis lives on...as a turnip Talk about getting back to musical rootsAuthor: Dan GreenburgISBN-10: 0448417499ISBN-13: 9780448417493Publisher: Grosset & DunlapLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/09/1998Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.10lbsSize: 7.60h...

A hypnotist's show turns out to be way more than Zack bargains for when he is pulled out of the audience, put into a trance, and his body is "taken over" by the spirit of someone from the past. And that's only the beginning,...

"My clone looks like me.My clone talks like me.He helps me with my homeworkand takes care of my bullies.And he could be the answerto all my problems.Or he could be my biggest one yet!Author: Dan GreenburgISBN-10: 0448415607ISBN-13: 9780448415604Publisher: Grosset & DunlapLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/04/1997Pages: 64Format:...

Hawaii. Dream vacation. Same thing, right? Wrong No sooner do Zack and his dad arrive at their hotel does strange things start happening to Zack. First he gets bonked on the head by a falling coconut, then the T. V. blows up, then he...

After months of hoarding his allowance, Zack is on his way to buy a prized baseball card. But when he gets to the store, the owner tells him that someone else has just bought it. Who, you may ask, has beaten Zack out of...

When Zack's friend Spencer brings a 60's-style hippie book on astral travel to a sleepover, Zack learns the ins and outs of out-of-body travel in a snap. Getting out of their bodies seems awfully easy for the boys. The problem is, how do they...

With desperate poachers on their trail, Sammy and her fellow campers have just been added to the endangered species list. "Think a combination of Carl Hiaasen's Flush and Janet Evanovich's "Stephanie Plum" and you'll be right on target" --School Library Journal This is not...

"The hottest sleuth to appear in children's books since Nancy Drew" (The Boston Globe) is back Don't miss the eighth book in the series that's been described as "a combination of Carl Hiaasen's Flush and Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books" (School Library Journal) and...

"The most winning junior detective ever in teen lit. (Take that, Nancy Drew!)" --Midwest Children's Book Review Sammy's softball team is in contention for the Junior Slugger's Cup, and all she wants to do is hunker down behind the home plate and catch strikes....

Play ball That's what the sixth-grade Buckman Badgers baseball team plans on doing. Eddie Malloy and Jake Hatford hope to lead their team to the championship game the last Saturday in May. But due to a mix-up, Mrs. Hatford has to run a yard...

Donuts, donuts, a mountain of donuts. Molly Duff rubs her stomach. She'd like to eat them, but the Pee Wee Scouts are going to sell them. Door to door. To earn badges and help pay for a weekend at camp. Mrs. Peters, their troop...

Molly Duff watches the clock on the classroom wall--tick, tick, tick. Nearly three o'clock. Time for Pee Wee Scouts Troop 23 runs out of the classroom and down the stairs--clop, clop, clop. Tuesday is their meeting day. Molly can't wait. Today Mrs. Peters, their...

Steven and his best friend Russell are back When Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, jumps into a mural to chase a demonic-looking gnome and disappears, the Flint Future Detectives are on the case. With the secret password (Bow-wow-wow yippee yo yippee yay ) Steven, Richelle,...

The perfect summer vacation read for tweens A middle-school girl finds out that being a teenager isn't all it's cracked up to be in this realistic read about friendship with plenty of LOL moments--and a magical twist Seventh grader Addie Bell can't wait to...

The hilarious first book in a middle-grade fantasy trilogy about the magical rivers that run through the sewers of London and shape history in ways you'd never learn in school. Magic is real. History is a big, fat lie. Hyacinth Hayward's mother has just...

A charming circular story where the tiniest animal just might be the most powerful. When the Elephant walks, he scares the Bear. When the Bear runs away, he scares the Crocodile. When the Crocodile swims for his life, he scares the Wild Hog ....

For the 90th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh, a sequel featuring new stories and a new character from the Hundred Acre Wood. Now a New York Times Bestseller. The Trustees of the Pooh Properties have commissioned four authors to write in the timeless style of A.A....

This hilarious tale of a friendship forged by books is the perfect picture book for fans of IT'S A BOOK and OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA! A great read-aloud for storytime. Everyone needs a little attention from time to time. Just ask our gorilla who...

Beloved author-illustrator Tomie dePaola's take on traditional "Jack tales"--in which a young hero ventures out to seek his fortune and gains it through luck or pluck--is perfect for preschoolers. His hero's reward is a wealth of animal friends who increase in number--and volume--as the...

Girls who are fans of Judy Moody, Matilda and Clementine will love Alice-Miranda, the precocious and endearing heroine whose adventures continue in book #2 of the Alice-Miranda series. Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennington-Jones has survived her first semester at boarding school. Now she's headed home for break--and...

WILD ANIMALS DON'T SCARE Little Sister. And to show how much she likes them, she's going to hug them all, from Ape to Zebra, whether they like it or not A newt, an octopus, a porcupine . . . it's a slimy, slippery, prickly...

For history lovers and journal fans comes a "hilarious and heartbreaking . . . 99-100% fantastic" (A Fuse #8 Production, School Library Journal) story about a boy on a mission to find his long-lost father in the logging camps of Michigan. There are many...

Fifth grader Kate (the Great) is back in business. Specifically the food-drive business, as she, Brooke, and (odd) Nora try to win the Junior Guides competition. But lately their trio has felt imbalanced, with Kate on the outside. It doesn't help that the American...

Family fun takes center stage in three-time Newbery Honor winner Gary Paulsen's hilarious novel for middle-school boys. Kevin Spencer is the glue that holds his family together. When his wacky relatives decide to have a double wedding in the backyard, Kevin takes charge. Planning...

A creepy Victorian house, secretive aunties, and a great escape combine in this debut that is part Mysterious Benedict Society, part Roald Dahl, and all quirky, smart, hilarious storytelling. Join the League. . . . Anastasia is a completely average almost-eleven-year-old. That is, UNTIL...