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Humor
April 2003
Younger Fiction
- Lester, Julius
Sam
and the Tigers
Dial Books, 1996
Lester and Pinkney team up for a retelling of Little Black Sambo.
In this version, the main character Sam, and his parent Sam and Sam live
in a place called Samp-sam-sa-mara, where the animals and the people
live and worked together like they don't know they weren't suppose to.
- McFarland, Lyn
Widget
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001
Mrs. Digg's cars, "the girls" don't like the new stray dog. He
wins them over by meowing, puffing, hissing spitting and growling. When
Mrs. Diggs passes out and the cats' growls don't attract anyone, Widget
begins to bark, and the cats join in with their own barks and help soon
arrives.
- Meddaugh, Susan
Martha
Speaks
Houghton Mifflin, 1991
When Martha the dog eats a bowl of alphabet soup the letters go to her
brain instead of the stomach, and she develops the ability to speak.
Dialogue balloons add to the humor.
- Rathman, Peggy
Officer
Buckle and Gloria
Putnam, 1995
Police dog Gloria helps perk up Officer Buckle's boring safety school
assemblies. The fun comes from Gloria's antics behind the unknowing
Officer Buckle's back.
- Seuss, Dr.
Yertle
the Turtle and other stories
Random, 1950
In addition to the story of the power hungry turtle, Dr. Seuss gives us
Gertrude McFuzz, the bird with the short plain tail and The Big Brag, a
story that features a rabbit who claims to hear a fly cough 90 miles
away.
- Steig, William
Doctor
Desoto
Farrar, 1982
The famous mouse dentist cleverly treats a fox to avoid being eaten.
After treating the fox's bad tooth, Doctor Desoto temporarily glues its
jaws shut. The fox can't do anything but mutter "Frank oo berry
mush"
- Stevenson, James
Don't
Make Me Laugh
Farrar, 1999
Mr. Frimdimpny, an alligator and other characters, implore the reader
not to laugh or smile at any of the goings on in the book.
- Waber, Bernard
Ira
Sleeps Over
Houghton Mifflin 1972
Ira worries about taking his teddy bear to a sleepover. He's afraid that
his friend will think Ira is a baby. Instead of reassuring her brother,
Ira's sister torments him. It's fun to play with the wonderful dialogue.
Older fiction
- Cleary, Beverly
Ramona
the Pest
Morrow, 1968
Ramona shines in the first books about "her". She learns a new
song "the sawmzer le light", takes the teacher's instruction
"to sit here for the present" literally ( she expects a gift),
and upsets the entire class with her snoring noises during rest time.
- Dahl, Rolaad
Matilda
Viking, 1988
Matilda must face the mean Miss Trunchbull and her parents, who think
reading is a waste of time. Only around her beloved teacher, Miss Honey,
does Matilda find comfort and '"shines"
- Dahl, Roald
The
Twits
Knopf, 1981
Mr. Twit is a mean hairy faced man who has not washed his face for
years, and his wife is equally as horrid. The play nasty tricks on each
other , and get some surprises from a family of monkeys.
- Howe, James
Bunnicula
Antheneum , 1979
Harold ,the family dog narrates the story of Chester the cat , and a new
bunny named Bunnicula., They are convinced that the bunny is a vampire
rabbit, and hilarity ensues.
- Juster, Norman
The
Phantom Tollbooth
Random, 1961
Milo is unhappy and bored with life until he sees the tollbooth for the
first time, and goes on the ride of his life.
- Lowry, Lois
All
About Sam
Houghton Mifflin, 1988
Sam is Anastasia's little brother and here is his chance to tell
everyone about the way he sees things. He has his own ideas about
haircuts, nursery schools, getting shots and not eating broccoli.
- Robinson, Barbara
The
Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Harper Collins, 1972
The Herdman's were the absolutely worst kids in the history of the
world. This bunch of kids decides to take part in the church's Christmas
Pageant, and offer a touch to a Christmas Pageant that has never been
seen before.
- Whybrow, Ian
Little
Wolf's Book of Badness
Carolrhoda, 1995
Little Wolf has been behaving too courteously so his parents send him to
his uncle's Big Bad Wolf school to learn how to be a proper wolf.
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