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Tag: funny books

December 20, 2024 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Older Funny Books for Kids

On today's list you'll discover a wild mix of nonfiction, poetry, comics, novels, and more. Just sit back and enjoy the array!

October 5, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger

Why, hello, funniest graphic novel of 2024 for kids!

April 13, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: Slugfest by Gordon Korman

Thanks to Slugfest, Korman has penned a book so enticing, so fun, so downright enjoyable, and so unapologetically sportsy, that it is impossible to resist. The book, quite frankly, that we’ve all been waiting for.

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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Funny Books for Older Kids

December 19, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Some of these books you will know, but I guarantee that there will be at least one on this list that is new to you. Humor me. You're gonna love 'em.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Funny Picture Books

December 6, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Today we celebrate the picture books that take a chance and try to be funny. Humor may be subjective, but these are pretty darn good!

Review of the Day: My Head Has a Bellyache by Chris Harris, ill. Andrea Tsurumi

August 15, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Folks, I see the challenge before me and I raise you one Chris Harris and one Andrea Tsurumi. A literary power duo the like of which the world of literature for kids has never seen.

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Review of the Day: Mexikid by Pedro Martín

July 26, 2023 by Betsy Bird

In this book be prepared for laughs, music, snot, baby coffins, live amputations, feats of strength, bad haircuts, and (of course) family, family, family.

Review of the Day: The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day, ill. Brett Helquist

July 3, 2023 by Betsy Bird

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global CelebrityBy Nicholas DayIllustrated by Brett HelquistRandom House Studio (and imprint of Random House Children’s Books)$22.99ISBN: 9780593643846Ages 9-12On shelves September 5th I sense that we are on the brink of something. I’ve sensed it for a while. Do you remember […]

Review of the Day: Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow

April 28, 2023 by Betsy Bird

This is for the kid who likes their humor to be complicated, their writing to be scintillating, and to never, ever, know what an author is going to do next.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022 Funny Books for Older Readers

December 20, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Humor being as subjective as it is, if you don't find one of the books on today's list funny then surely another one will do it for you. Something to please everyone, that's the goal! So get ready for funny poetry, nonfiction, biographies, comics, the works!

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