Laugh Out Loud!
Go Bananas This Summer!
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Picture
Books
Look for these books in
the picture book bins, under the first letter of the author's
last name.
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Anderson, Derek. Gladys Goes Out to Lunch.
Gladys the gorilla is tired of eating nothing but bananas, until the day she smells something wonderful that lures her from the zoo in search of a new treat. Includes a recipe for banana bread. |
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Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows
That Type. When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. |
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Johnson, Paul Brett. On Top of Spaghetti.
In an adaptation of the original parody, the hound Yodeler Jones tells what happened when his beloved meatball escaped from a plateful of spaghetti and ended up under a bush outside his restaurant. |
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Lester, Helen. Tacky the Penguin. Tacky the penguin does not fit in with his sleek and graceful companions but his odd behavior comes in handy when hunters come with maps and traps. |
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Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the 3
Little Pigs. The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs. |
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Willems, Mo. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive
the Bus! A funny pigeon tries everything to get you to let him drive the bus while the bus driver is away. |
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Fiction
for Kids
Look for these books on
the Juvenile Fiction shelves or paperback racks, arranged alphabetically
by the author's last name.
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Ardagh, Philip. A House Called Awful End.
(The Eddie Dickens Trilogy, Book 1). When 11-year-old Eddie Dickens's ill parents become "a bit crinkly round the edges," he is taken by his great-uncle and great-aunt, and embarks on adventures that involve strolling actors, St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans, and a carnival float shaped like a giant cow. |
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Brown, Jeff. Invisible Stanley. Following a thunderstorm, the Lambchop family is surprised to discover that Stanley has become invisible. |
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Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My
Shirts. A 12-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister. |
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Erickson, John. The Original Adventures
of Hank the Cowdog. Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes. |
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Klise, Kate. Regarding the Bathrooms: A
Privy to the Past. A middle school principal's bathroom renovation project leads to the discovery of stolen Roman antiquities. |
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Strasser, Todd. Don't get Caught in the
Teachers' Lounge. Wilson, Dusty and Kyle sneak into the teachers' lounge for sodas, with unexpected consequences. |
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Winkler, Henry. Niagara Falls, Or Does
It? (Hank Zipzer, #1.) 4th-graders Hank, Ashley, and Frankie are preparing for a magic show at the Rock 'N Bowl when Hank's creative alternative to an English essay lands him in detention and grounded the week of the show. |
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Laugh Out Loud Nonfiction
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Artell, Mike. Laugh Your Head Off: Great
Jokes and Giggles. This whole book is nothing but jokes and things to make you giggle. (j808.7 Artell) |
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Prelutsky, Jack. The New Kid on the Block.
Humorous poems about such strange creatures and people as Baloney Belly Billy and the Gloopy Gloopers. (j811.54 Prelutsky) |
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Silverstein, Shel. Falling Up. Poems, including tMy Nose Garden, Little Hoarse, Strange Restaurant, Sharing, Noise Day, and many more. (j811 Silverstein) |
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Wisniewski, David. The Secret Knowledge
of Grown-ups. The "real" reasons why adults tell children to do things, such as "Eat your vegetables," "Comb your hair," and "Don't blow bubbles in your milk." (j818.54 Wisniewski) |
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