Humorous Stories - Kids Fiction

Now in paperback, a spooky and funny middle-grade thriller from the author of The Golden Compass. Can you hear the distant howling of hounds and the thunder of ghostly hooves? It's All Souls' Eve and Zamiel the Demon Huntsman has come to claim his...

From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, the uproarious final volume of Jack Henry stories According to his new motto--A WRITER'S JOB IS TO TURN HIS WORST EXPERIENCES INTO MONEY--Jack Gantos's alter ego Jack Henry is going to be filty rich...

This charming board book retelling of the popular children's song is perfect for reading aloud together-and now is reissued with a modern cover and larger trim size. This favorite nursery rhyme illustrated with bright, irresistible pictures will delight babies and toddlers. The board book...

Tales from the Scaremaster is back, bringing a spooky haunted night in a museum with it, in the latest installment of the frightfully fun series perfect for fans of Goosebumps. It's the night that all the sixth-graders at Hamilton Middle School have been waiting...

A hilarious and action-packed sequel to The League of Unexceptional Children Jonathan Murray: Twelve years old. Wears khaki pants to tell the world he plans on driving the speed limit when he grows up. Saved the world once; it was probably a fluke. Shelley...

Clones on the loose spell double trouble at camp in the third book in a spooky new series that's Goosebumps meets Wayside School Kaitlyn and Noah are arch-enemies at their summer camp, and with good reason. They are rivals in everything, and both are...

The full moon is rising...with a bite Twelve-year-old Emma is excited to spend a weekend away at best friend Samantha's house for an epic sleepover with Sam and her out-of-town cousins. But things take a turn for the spooky when Emma's peculiar new book,...

Lunchbox felt odd. He wondered how he had known how to open the place where all the yummy stuff was kept. He wondered why he seemed to know so much about these strange animals he was with. He wondered how he knew he was...

Know Your Star-FightersBeamer: California transplant to a weird Midwestern town. Feels like he's living on another planet. Scilla: the gangly tomboy next door. Ghoulie: the class nerd. Add one spaceship-shaped tree house capable of taking them most anywhere in the universe. Hop in and...

Know Your Star-FightersBeamer: California transplant to a weird Midwestern town. Feels like he's living on another planet. Scilla: the gangly tomboy next door. Ghoulie: the class nerd. Add one spaceship-shaped tree house capable of taking them most anywhere in the universe. Hop in and...

It's bad enough that Deanna has to waste her summer in France and her only friend is a mangy black cat, but now she's staring hopelessly into a well, trying to figure out what in the world to wish for. Before she can make...

Responding to disgruntled dogs nationwide, Mr. Mutt, Canine Counselor, has solutions to the most sticky dilemmas. But Mr. Mutt has his own problem to solve: the cat (aka The Queen), who has her own idea of who's in charge. Now Mr. Mutt is the...

A big city animal-fantasy/adventure series for fans of Warriors and Redwall Kit may have saved the Wild Ones from the Flealess, but he and his neighbors are not out of danger yet. Coyote has taken charge of the Thunder River Rompers, a notorious gang...

Spalding Quibble ruled the roost. He shared it with no other. But then his parents introduced a brand new baby brother. Uh oh.A book about love (and war) from the award-winning author of Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, The Dreadful Fluff, and Noah Dreary....

Is the Bear, the Elephant, or the Lion the mightiest animal in the forest? When the three friends come upon a golden crown that says, "For the Mightiest," they each think that they deserve the title. Just when it looks like they'll argue forever,...

Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Little Wee Bear go out for a morning walk, hoping by the time they get home their porridge will cool to the perfect temperature. But they don't realize a jump-roping, curly-haired terror named Goldilocks is on the way. Things...

On a hot, hot day, a good old dog just has to get some relief Around the steamy country lanes, he sniffs and searches until he finds a chauffeur washing a shiny car, a baker scrubbing some sticky pans, and a florist spraying a...

American millionaire Hiram C. Hopgood will stop at nothing to make his daughter, Helen, happy--even if it means buying her an ancient Scottish castle and shipping it back to Texas. Assembling the castle isn't a problem for the oil tycoon . . . it's...

Someone stole the key to the Black Cat Bookstore Lucky for the store's owner, Mr. Brown, his clever cat, Cobweb, is on the case. Cobweb has a plan to scare the burglar away, and the ghost who lives in the bookstore is happy to...

William is getting ready for his bath when the faucet breaks, sending him and his tub surfing through the building! On his wet ride, he collects a strange fleet in his wake -- from Uncle Nash, who sits in the trash, to Little Dottie,...

A collection of 41 folk rhymes, taunts, and insults that have been chanted, sung, and shouted by generations of children throughout the United States. 'Children will appreciate the humor of the rhymes and the illustrations. Another I Can Read hit.' --SLJ. Author: Alvin SchwartzISBN-10:...

"A spirited version of the story of the gingerbread boy." --New York Times"A smooth and sophisticated version of the famous tale." --The Horn BookIn this modern retelling of a nursery classic, Caldecott-winning illustrator Richard Egielski adds an urban twist to a well-loved tale. This...

R. R. Pottle the Third has a truly wonderful, extra-extraordinary collection of hats. But happiness eludes him. He is lonely and dreams of meeting a perfect wife ' who will, of course, be wearing a perfect hat.One day, a day so bad that R....

Based on the Disney Junior TV show and inspired by the classic picture book series, this is a brand-new deluxe storybook that's perfect for the Fancy Nancy fan in your life Nancy is practically an expert at skating...while playing pretend in her living room...

Paddington 2 comes to theaters on January 12, 2018, with all of the friendship, humor, and marmalade that made the first film a critical and box office hit Paddington has been in London for a few months now and has settled into his new...

Perfect for fans of Big Nate and Dog Man Two appetizing Stick Dog books by the hilarious Tom Watson in one delectable box Stick Dog and the gang are hungrier than ever and will do almost anything to get their paws on hamburgers, hot...

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of I Can Read Nancy can hardly wait for her class visit to the planetarium in this Fancy Nancy story from the beloved New York Times bestselling author-illustrator team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser. Nancy absolutely adores stars. She...

For fans of the bestselling phenomenon The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep, Katie Blackburn's Dozy Bear and the Secret of Sleep is an innovative, beautiful, and rhythmic picture book about a little bear named Dozy who wanted to sleep but didn't know how...Combining...

The Addams Family meets Despicable Me in the first book of this new trilogy, perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Pseudonymous Bosch The Crim family is full of notorious criminals. Notoriously inept, that is. Uncle Knuckles once tried to steal a carnival. Great-Uncle...

This is a very serious book. Nothing silly is allowed. There are no funny faces, no clowns, and definitely no shenanigans. A serious book is always respectful, and, of course, is always in black and white. But wait Who's this? Zebra might be black...

Perfect for fans of Goodnight, Already and You Will Be My Friend, this is a classic and quirky story of finding friendship where you least expect it, from the author/illustrator of The Blobfish Book and Shark Detective. Karl and Hazel are polar bears. They...

Paddington has warmed the hearts of generations of readers with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures. This edition of the classic novel contains the original text by Michael Bond and illustrations by Peggy Fortnum and R.W. Alley. Somehow Paddington always manages to find...

When Paddington returns from his trip to Peru, he doesn't waste any time getting back to business. The Stock Exchange, the ballet, the barber's shop, Mr. Curry's kitchen...nothing is safe when Paddington gets to work.First published in 1966, Paddington at Work is the seventh...

With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!In this ninth book in the new My Weirdest School series, Miss Universe is coming to Ella Mentry School! Her real name is Miss Tracy, and she's a retired...

With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!In this seventh book in the My Weirdest School series, it's picture day at Ella Mentry School! This year, Mr. Klutz has hired a weird photographer, Ms. Joni. She...

Louise is so excited The class pet, Pigcasso, is staying over for the weekend Louise's cat is not as excited as she is, though.... Can they all make it through the weekend? Louise and the Class Pet is a Level One I Can Read...

In this funny, big-hearted friendship story, perfect for fans of Wendy Mass and Linda Urban, twelve-year-old Edie and her impossibly cool cousin, Rae, set out to complete a mysterious list of "Good Ideas for Summertime" that their eccentric late grandmother wrote back when she...

Learn to read with young Amelia Bedelia Amelia Bedelia has been loved by readers for more than fifty years, and it turns out that her childhood is full of silly mix-ups, too When a pair of robins begins building a nest in Amelia Bedelia's...

Sometimes all you need is a good friend to help you be brave.Ella has a surprise for Penguin--glow-in-the-dark stickers But to see the stickers glow, Ella and Penguin must be in the dark. And the dark is so . . . dark If only...

The first book in the Bad Ideas Book Club, aptly named How to Eat an Airplane, explains: If you want to eat an airplane, there are a few things you should know. The truth is, most airplanes are too large to eat by yourself,...

Debut author-illustrator Katy Hudson brings to life characters Bear and Duck in this hilarious story about a bear who is fed up being a bear and wants to be a duck.Bear is sick and tired of being a bear. Who wants to sleep all...

The circus comes to town, and Paddington and the Brown family are eager to check out the show. When a trapeze artist swings close by, Paddington becomes a star, just like the clown and acrobats Paddington's circus debut makes this show a performance to...

Nothing goes quite according to plan when Paddington Bear goes to the beach. Especially when, one by one, he is joined by hungry (and sneaky ) seagulls. Will Paddington's lunchtime snack be safe?Paddington Bear has charmed readers for generations. This classic summer counting adventure...

Winter is over Spring has sprung Grizzle Grump has just woken up from his long winter slumber. His big bear belly is quite rumbly. So he sets off with his trusty squirrel sidekick in search of a springtime snack.He gathers berries, but they go...

Go back to Splat's first day of school in New York Times bestselling author/artist Rob Scotton's board book edition of Splat the Cat It's Splat's first day of school and he's worried about making new friends. What if no one likes him at cat...

With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!In this sixth book in the laugh-out-loud My Weirdest School series, the teachers of Ella Mentry School are on strike! A.J. and the gang are getting a new principal,...

The most exciting road trip in history has reached its final destination In this fifth book in the thrilling, New York Times bestselling adventure series, Coke and Pepsi McDonald make it back home to the West Coast--but they're far from home free When we...

From Jenny Lee, writer on the Disney Channel show Shake It Up , the number-one-rated kids' show in the country, this feel-good middle-grade novel is about a sickly boy whose life is turned upside down when he gets a therapy dog . . ....

Aliens Attack When science camp buddies Kevin, Warner, Tara, and TJ summon alien life to earth, they quickly find out that not all extraterrestrials come in peace. Can they stop an alien takeover and save the world in time to win the Invention Convention?...

Pinkalicious goes mini in this slipcase containing four miniature I Can Read titles This adorable set makes for the perfect gift and features pinkerrific foil to add extra value. This set includes: Pinkalicious: Pinkie Promise, Pinkalicious: The Pinkerrific Playdate, Pinkalicious: The Princess of Pink...