Humorous Stories - Kids Fiction

Lyle Hertzog and his friends Marilla and Dave are the Qwikpick Adventure Society, three kids who seek out big adventures in their seemingly quiet hometown of Crickenburg.Tour a sewage plant? They've done it. Break into an abandoned research facility to spot a rat with...

Lyle Hertzog and his friends Marilla and Dave are the Qwikpick Adventure Society, three kids who seek out adventure in their seemingly quiet hometown of Crickenburg.On the hunt for their next big adventure--something to top the Fountain of Poop, if that's even possible--the kids...

When film-loving twins Joules and Kevin Rockman left their summer camp, they thought their days of fighting evil bunnies from outer space were over. Surely there won't be giant rabbits bent on world domination at their school, right? Wrong. Luckily, these bunnies aren't FLUFFS...

For use in schools and libraries only. A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, foil a witch's plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.Author: Roald DahlISBN-10: 1417786167ISBN-13: 9781417786169Publisher: Turtleback BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2007Pages: 208Format: HardcoverWeight:...

For use in schools and libraries only. Harold and George's time-traveling Purple Potty lands them in an alternate universe where everything seems delightful, but evil lurks just beneath the surface, and leads to a battle between Captain Underpants and his own evil twin.Author: Dav...

Calling all puppies The White House is looking for a pet When word spreads far and wide around the globe that the First Family is looking for a pet, animals of all sorts want the part: puppies from Egypt, India, and France; a Neapolitan...

In New Girl in Town, Liberty is settled in at the White House but off to a rough start at her new school. It's hard being the new girl, especially since she has to bring along a bodyguard. And do the other kids only...

Parents and children love to play "question" games: Would you eat spaghetti made with gummy worms? Would you wear your clothes backwards all day? Sometimes the answer is "yes" and sometimes it's "no"--but the fun is in the asking. Gifted writer and educator Esme...

Weezer is an ordinary puppy. He barks. He slobbers. He tinkles on the carpet. But then something happens that changes him - and the world may never be the same. Simple yet profound, funny yet serious, this touching story will remind even the skeptics...

Sophie Peterman is here to tell you the truth about babies. Babies are not sweet. Babies are not precious. Babies are not cute. Babies are... What, you thought she'd just give it away? Well, here's a hint: It's not pretty Author: Sarah WeeksISBN-10: 1416986863ISBN-13:...

Amelia embarks on her most epic adventure yet in this final addition to the Amelia Rules graphic novel series. From surviving her parents' divorce, to withstanding the terror of Joe McCarthy Elementary, to handling devastating crushes (not-so-)gracefully, Amelia Louise McBride has weathered her share...

Amelia McBride may be growing up, but she's feeling down. If there's one theme to her life, it's that nothing lasts: not her parents' marriage, not Aunt Tanner's support, not the clubhouse for the Gathering of Awesome Super Pals (G.A.S.P.), not even her new...

This colorful, young read-aloud about all things canine is doggone fun. Woof! Sit. Stay. Roll Over. But, dogs can do so much more than that! Sledding. Shedding. Inspecting. Protecting. Paddling laps. Dancing? Perhaps! Be it a working dog or a playing dog, man's best...

National treasures, criminal masterminds, and...secret agent librarians? Steve Brixton wants to be a crime-busting detective--just like his favorite crime-busting detectives, the Bailey Brothers. Turns out, though, that real life is nothing like the stories. When Steve borrows the wrong book from the library, he...

In Trading Faces, identical twin sisters Emma (the smart one) and Payton (the popular one) start seventh grade at a brand-new school and discover they've been assigned entirely different schedules--so when they get sick of their respective cliques, they secretly switch places. What ensues...

A badly spelled message in a bottle addressed to Uncle Pirate appears at Wilson's front door, and Mom starts baking bad news pie--this can't be good. Uncle Pirate's formerly mutinous crew is marooned on an island Though Uncle Pirate is loyal to his new...

Freddy Lupin is about to undergo his first transwolftation. It's a rite of passage for every werewolf. For Freddy, however, it's going to be the most embarrassing night of his life. Because Freddy is not going to turn into a wolf. He's going to...

Felicity has racked up quite a list of matchmaking fumbles, but right now she's beaming with joy. Not only has she learned that her longtime crush, Derek, is also a cupid, but he is now officially her boyfriend But Felicity is terrified when she...

There's nothing like a pair of sparkly, shiny, and pretty la-di-da shoes to bring out the Big Cheese in a girl. But Louise's mother doesn't quite see it that way. Instead Louise has to wear the dull and drab brown tie shoes she has...

Felicity's no ordinary teen matchmaker...she's a cupid Felicity Walker believes in true love. That's why she applies for a gig at the matchmaking company Cupid's Hollow. But when Felicity gets the job, she learns that she isn't just a matchmaker...she's a cupid (There's more...

Let's face it. Every girl has a little big cheese in her. Louise Cheese is no different. Night and day, Louise dreams of the limelight, lots of fuss, the red carpet, and more than anything to be the one and only "Big Cheese." Finally,...

Pongwiffy has it all...a hovel of her own, a sometime-friend named Sharkadder, and an odor only a witch could love. Everything is almost perfect -- until a gaggle of Goblins move in next door. Heavens above, they're enough to wake the dead. It's time...

While poking around their neighborhood, mystery-solving, swamp monster-fighting middle-graders Arlie and Ty fi nd a buried coffee can fi lled with the bones of a hamster and the handwritten curse (on glittery unicorn notepaper) from his home-schooled owner, Mandy: "Here lies Cuddles McGee. A...

DESSERT VS. ANNOYING SIBLINGS WHO'S GOING TO WIN? Dessert and her lunch-table buddies have been exposed to a highly contagious disease--The Annoying Sibling Disease. And while it seems like just yesterday that Dessert reigned supreme over Charlie and the Beasties (aka her brothers) now...

Her big sister bosses her around; her mom makes her dog-sit Mr. Boots, the family's well-dressed Chihuahua; and she's convinced a strange and squishy swamp creature that lives down at the lake is eating high school kids. When no one believes her, Arlie and...

Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack is now available as a board book that includes a typewriter keyboard soundpad. While reading the book, kids can press the appropriate letters to discover various sounds as Farmer Brown's mischievous tenants lead them through the alphabet. From "ducks dashing" to...

Dig yourself into another hilarious Trucktown tale with this chunky board book Payloader Pete digs and digs until, he digs himself into a giant hole. Will Pete's friends be able to help him out?Author: Lara BergenISBN-10: 1416941908ISBN-13: 9781416941903Publisher: Little SimonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/23/2010Pages: 12Format: Board...

Monster Truck Max is about to stack barrels to the MAX at the Monster Truck Rally, but Tow Truck Ted is the only one that shows up. Kids can steer Ted in the right direction to help find the rest of the Trucktown crew....

Rita, Dan, Max and Ted are on the move in Trucktown Kids will have hands-on fun with a movable part on each spread Swing Wrecker Rosie's wrecking ball, spin Monster Truck Max's wheel, dump gravel from Dump Truck Dan's bed, and move Tow Truck...

When this fun flatbed hits the ground, he works and zooms and plays around... Who's that truck? Readers will delight in trying to solve the riddles in order to guess which Trucktown character is which Includes foam and foil on the front cover for...

Catfish Kate and her all-girl band liven up the bayou with their rockin' tunes, but the Skunktail Boys are demanding a little peace and quiet. The boys want to read. The girls want to play. And the swamp's not big enough for the both...

"Eleven is much more intrepid than only ten." On the eve of her eleventh birthday, Lucky wants to let loose and become intrepid; she's ready for life to change. But Hard Pan (population 43) drones on like it always has: Lincoln all tied up...

Ben wants a Mongolian Fighting Fish more than anything. But when he goes to Mr. Dodds's Pet Emporium with his hard-earned savings, he buys a cat instead. He doesn't have a choice, really. The cat insists. Iggy (as the tabby likes to be called)...

Life is fabulous for Jonathan Parish. He's seventeen, out and proud, and ready to party through senior year with his posse of best girlfriends. But the year starts off with the wrong kind of bang when Jonathan -- in an inebriated lapse of judgment...

School's out, but the drama never stops at the superposh Orion Academy. Hartley Blackstone -- the famous director, producer, choreographer, and genuine Broadway icon -- has chosen Orion to hold auditions for one lucky guy and girl to attend his summer theater program in...

Every performance needs a little scandal and . . . DRAMA! Spawned from Hollywood's A-list glitterati, nearly every student at the exclusive Orion Academy is a singer, dancer, model, or actor -- with the ego to match. So how do you fit so many...

Suffering sugarplums It's Christmas Eve--and Santa's sick His spunky daughter, Jeannette, takes on the task of delivering all the presents, but when rebellious reindeer leave her stranded halfway through the night, Jeannette has to get creative. Luckily, it isn't long before the feisty Miss...

Some children are simply too naughty for Mother Goose to handle. Luckily her sister Spinster Goose knows just how to deal with these uncouth urchins. Her school is home to some world-class troublemakers: they bite and pinch, they talk back and fight--they eat chalk...

The Monroe house is going mad with excitement. Pete has just won a contest, and the prize is a school visit from none other than M. T. Graves, Pete's idol and the bestselling author of the FleshCrawlers series. He's even going to stay with...

Skelly, a little skeleton girl, finds a bone one day. Who could it belong to? As Skelly searches for the bone's owner, she questions everyone from her skeletal goldfish, to her man-eating plants, to the monster who lives beneath the stairs. Finally, Skelly locates...

Amelia stands up for her herself--and against the class bully--in this series favorite. Amelia is not about to let the class bully get the best of her--that's just not Amelia's way But Amelia can't help feeling defenseless against mean-girl Hilary, who seems to have...

A spoiled party girl's sweet sixteen gets hijacked by a magical visitor who takes her on a journey through the past and the choices that made her the person she is in this poignant novel from New York Times bestselling author Kate Brian perfect...

What do you do if you're buried in an avalanche? - Roxie Warbler knows what to do in all kinds of situations. And she's learned it all from her favorite book: Lord Thistlebottom's Book of Pitfalls and How to Survive Them. But there's one...

Newly appointed Little League team manager, Ernie, fears it's the end of the Central Comets when Swimming Pool's mom gives her an ultimatum: Go to charm school, or no more Little League. Swimming Pool, the tomboy -- in charm school? That's a stretch. And...

Since Sir Walter, the Earl of Karother, is never invited to play in the town band, he assumes that none of his subjects like him. And the townsfolk, never seeing Sir Walter, assume that he doesn't care about them. Then one day, a horrible...

Chee Chee the vervet monkey has been a delight to children all over the world since he first appeared in 2007 in the Caribbean Adventure Series. Here you will find five stories of his adventures and mischief in his unending quest for his paradise...

WiFi Kicked the Bucket is about a bunny family who looks forward to over-using and abusing the Internet while on summer vacation. They love to use Snapchat, play online video games, use Instagram, Facebook, as well as other social media networks. Watching funny YouTube...

In this story letter T has an idea to plant his Popsicle stick believing it will grow into a Popsicle tree. Every day he goes to Syllable Stream to fill his pail and water his Popsicle stick. The whole town wonders what it will...

Oh Gosh! You've returned now you need to ESCAPE!!!Don't you?I can help ... but you'll need to learn how when you read ... Escape from The Children's Horrible House!In this third book of The Children's Horrible House series, Holly Spinatsch and Coriander Oats have...

As a child, did you ever think all of your friends had forgotten about you? Did it ever feel like your friends were deliberately avoiding you or were out doing something totally awesome without you? This is exactly where Birdie finds himself one day...