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Tag: middle grade funny books

December 20, 2025 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Funny Books for Older Kids

Hijinks ensue. You have been warned.

April 28, 2023 by Betsy Bird

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

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.

December 20, 2022 by Betsy Bird

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

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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Review of the Day: It’s the End of the World and I’m In My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds

February 25, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Utterly carefree and ridiculous, this is a book that never takes itself too seriously. Which, naturally, means that I’m about to.

31 Days, 31 Books: 2021 Older Funny Books

December 19, 2021 by Betsy Bird

As you know, I already tackled funny picture books this year. It is time now to turn our attention to funny books for older readers.

Review of the Day: The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo, ill. Sophie Blackall

September 10, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Pairing with the utterly lovely Sophie Blackall, Kate DiCamillo presents us with a story that has all the trappings of a fable, and all the reality of a thoroughly thrilling tale.

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Review of the Day: Losers at the Center of the Galaxy by Mary Winn Heider

June 10, 2021 by Betsy Bird

In an era of information overload, Mary Winn Heider is the author who will lead us through the pandemonium into the light. Hand this to the kid that wants something smart and funny with a side order of turmoil for spice.

31 Days, 31 Lists: Great Middle Grade Novels of 2020

December 30, 2020 by Betsy Bird

The penultimate list. Maybe, with lists like this one, we can all try to end 2020 on a slightly less terrible note.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2020 Funny Fiction for Kids

December 20, 2020 by Betsy Bird

The bulk of what I read in 2020 wasn't funny. The bulk of what I LIVED in 2020 wasn't funny. So hand this to the kind that desperately needs an end-of-year pick-me-up.

Review of the Day: Wink by Rob Harrell

May 28, 2020 by Betsy Bird

They say, write what you know. And if what you know is how to lie on a steel table, your head screwed into place, a laser pointed at your face, that might be a good place to start. We live in dark times. How dark are they? SO dark that a book about a kid with a potentially deadly eye cancer is the bit of lighthearted levity we all need and crave.

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