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Funny Books for Kids

In the mood for a good laugh? Our favorite funny books for kids are sure to get even the most reluctant readers engaged and giggling! For this collection, picture books will be listed first.

18 items

  • A boy begrudgingly composes a sometimes-rhyming adventure with his precocious little sister.
    Book, 2024New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024. — PIC Abe
  • On Friday, Llama will destroy the world.
    Book, 2019New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019. — PIC Stu
  • t's been ten years since Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith introduced the world to the Really Ugly Duckling, Cinderumpelstiltskin, Little Red Running Shorts, Chicken Licken, and the rest of the hilarious cast of characters in The Stinky Cheese Man. Viking…
    Book, 1992New York, NY : Viking, 1992, 2002. — EASY FIC Sci
  • In this book with no pictures, the reader has to say every silly word, no matter what
    Book, 2019Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2019] — PIC READALONG Nov
  • A little fish thinks he can get away with stealing a hat.
    Book, 2012Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012. — PIC Kla
  • Dad has posted a list of chores for the family to do before Grandma comes, including bathing the cat; but the cat does not want a bath, so she mixes up the instructions, and soon the family is mowing the floor, vacuuming the lawn, mopping the…
    Book, 2021San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2021] — PIC McG
  • Something's Wrong!

    a Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear

    John, Jory
    Jeff the bear is sure he has forgotten something when he sets out from home, but none of the animals he meets initially inform him that he is only wearing his underwear, until he reaches his friend Anders the hare--who quickly thinks of a way to…
    Book, 2021New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers/Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, 2021. — PIC Joh
  • Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.
    Book, 2020Solon, OH : Findaway World, LLC, 2020 — PIC READALONG Ste
  • Having eaten his only friend, a monster seeks a new companion but each creature he meets has a good reason not to serve as a replacement.
    Book, 2018New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018. — PIC Mck
  • Cranky Chicken inadvertently saves the life of Speedy, a very optimistic worm that is looking for a friend.
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2021] — JUV GN Cran
  • The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound-- but their plan soon goes awry. Also available in ebook format.
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Scholastic Incorporated, [2017] — EASY SERIES Bad
  • It's been a long, crazy trip around the world. Now the duo is back in their beloved forest, and Bird wants to throw a party! But Squirrel isn't in the mood to celebrate. His house needs a good cleaning, the river has been dammed up by a pesky…
    Graphic Novel, 2017New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2017. — JUV GN Bird
  • When the first-graders' bee antennae would not stay on their heads and the drummers would not stay in their seats for the open house play, Roscoe decides to help by using the "don't-you-dare" glue.
    Book, 2008New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, [2008] — EASY SERIES Ros
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid

    Greg Heffley's Journal

    Kinney, Jeff
    Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg Heffley. It's a new school year, and Greg finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already…
    Book, 2007New York : Amulet Books, c2007. — JUV SERIES Dia
  • Our hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma's house. She's the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn't know about his grandma. 1) She…
    Book, 2011London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2011. — JUV FIC Wal
  • The Chicken Squad

    The First Misadventure

    Cronin, Doreen
    When the squirrel Tail comes barreling into the chicken coop ranting about a round, shiny, green, big, scary thing in the yard, Dirt, Sweetie, Poppy, and Sugar investigate this strange object.
    Book, 2014New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2014] — EASY SERIES Chi
  • When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen.
    Book, 1997New York, NY : Blue Sky, 1997 — EASY SERIES Cap
  • Middle schooler Jamie Grimm faces bullying and self-doubt as he chases his dream to become the world's greatest comedian. Also available in ebook and audiobook formats
    Book, 2012New York : Little Brown and Company, 2012. — JUV SERIES Mid