Humorous Stories - Kids Fiction

In a wonderfully loopy third episode, Nick and Maxine are surprised to meet Captain Noodlekugel, back from the sea with a somewhat untrainable bear. When their father decides to compete to be speed-knitting champion of the world, Nick and Maxine are happy to stay...

Well, there's overprotective--and then there's Little Red Henry's family A hilarious tale about what happens when a coddled kid asserts his independence. Little redheaded Henry's family treats him like a baby. They dress him. They feed him. They brush his "widdle toofers." But he's...

Judy Moody did not set out to save the world. She set out to win a contest. It all started with the Crazy-Strip contest -- and the dream that she, Judy Moody, might one day see her very own adhesive-bandage design covering the scraped...

Sammy Sanders can't sleep. He is 77 percent sure that a spaghetti-slurping serpent lives in his sewer. Sammy and his sidekicks--his sister, Sally, and their slobbery dog, Stan--set out to discover the truth. What Sammy finds is a surprise in this tongue-twisting mystery featuring...

There was an odd princess who swallowed a pea, a slipper, a crown, a rose, a queen, and even more! Will this odd princess live happily ever after? Illustrations rendered digitally by Lee Calderon show Princess's belly growing and growing as she eats a...

For most kids, aThe Trunchbulla is pure terror, but for Matilda, sheas a sitting duck.Author: Roald DahlISBN-10: 0756982316ISBN-13: 9780756982317Publisher: Turtleback BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2007Pages: 232Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 7.59h x 5.09w x 0.83dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5Point Value: 6Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 5429 / Matilda (English)

Meet a hero, a wise old grandmother, and the most gruesome, grotesque gang of witches imaginableAuthor: Roald DahlISBN-10: 0756982294ISBN-13: 9780756982294Publisher: Perfection LearningLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2007Pages: 206Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.80dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 4.7Point Value: 5Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 6448 / Witches

The Dragon Slayers' Academy is back-and it's bigger and better than ever The books have new covers and are now 112 pages long. Expanded from the old 96-page format, they now feature a fun Dragon Slayers' Academy Yearbook at the end of each story,...

This groundbreaking classic is now available in a special anniversary edition with bonus content. Winner of the Newbery Medal as well as the National Book Award, HOLES is a New York Times bestseller and one of the strongest-selling middle-grade books to ever hit shelves!...

A game of animal charades that will leave readers guessing and gigglingA crocodile sticks his head in the sand and asks his friends to guess which animal he is mimicking. A turn of the page reveals the answer: an ostrich! Next, the ostrich curls...

Vibrant funny pictures, simple lessons, simply fun.After the farm is sold, the scattered animals of the Blue Barn go on to live the next stage of their lives, wonderfully unaware of their expected place in society, these farm animals go on ridiculous adventures around...

SOS!! Think it would be fun to get stuck on a deserted island with the guy you sort of like? Well, try adding the girl who gets on your nerves big-time (and who's crushing on the same guy), the bossiest kid in school, your...

Once upon a time there was a grown-up looking for a book with very short bedtime stories for a kid who wouldn't go to sleep. So the grown-up picked up this book and read this flap and took the book home and read it...

SUGAR AND SPICE? NO WAY Author: Jim BentonISBN-10: 0689862911ISBN-13: 9780689862915Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2003Pages: 102Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.52h x 5.74w x 0.58dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5Point Value: 1Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 72265 / Lunch Walks Among UsReview Citation(s): Kirkus...

A storm, a shipwreck, an ongoing ocean, then finally, finally a deserted isle. . . . Safety -- but wait! The fifteen swimmers braving the waves are, after all . . . kitties. They are not into cooperating until, until on this desert isle...

They heard the ground grumble. Then they felt the ground rumble. And before they knew it, they were all taking a tumble! "The earth is crumbling! The earth is crumbling! It's a quake!" quacked the duck. In this inspired take on Henny Penny, who...

Gilbert wants to be a Martian Space Pilot at the school costume parade, but a mix-up leaves him with nothing but his little sister's ballerina tutu to wear In this hilarious follow-up to the best-selling Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink, everyone's favorite...

Just right for toddlers, an appealing book in which each action propels the next, from a farmer kissing his wife, who then pats the dog, to a cat, a mouse, geese, and a donkey....There's a lot to discover and discuss in these expansive, beautifully...

Emily and Eugene need to cheer up their friend Carruthers. Carruthers is sick, sneezing, and miserable -- he sure is one hard-to-please patient! When hot tea, throat lozenges, card games, and warm blankets don't help, Eugene spins a yarn that is just the cure...

It has been nearly 40 years since the debut of Flat Stanley, the story of how a bulletin board first fell on Stanley Lambchop, an ordinary boy, and transformed him into a flat hero. Finally, in this long-awaited sequel, the boy with two-dimensional tendencies...

For use in schools and libraries only. This tale based on a Native American folktale illustrates the results of bragging and teasing between friends, Bear and Brown Squirrel.Author: Joseph BruchacISBN-10: 0613616316ISBN-13: 9780613616317Publisher: Turtleback BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/14/2003Pages: 32Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 8.20h x 10.02w x 0.39dAccelerated...

Archie wants to enter his cat in the neighborhood pet show--but the cat has vanished! Though all the kids look for him, he's nowhere to be found. But Archie keeps looking. However, the pet he finally brings isn't the cat, but one of the...

Rosamond is visiting Scandinavia when she loses something. She wants Nate the Great to find it, even though he doesn't know what she lost or what country she lost it in or when she lost it. And he's thousands of miles away. But if...

Andy and Terry live in a 52-Story treehouse. (It used to be a 39-story treehouse, but they keep expanding.) It has a chainsaw-juggling level, a make-your-own-pizza parlor, a rocket-powered carrot-launcher, a life-size snakes and ladders game, a remembering booth, a Ninja Snail Training Academy...

Once upon a time, Buzz writes a fairy tale for a class assignment and Fly Guy becomes a handsome prince In the latest installment of Tedd Arnold's NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Fly Guy series, Buzz has a homework assignment to write a fairy tale...

The original books featuring the scariest creatures from the Goosebumps movie, in theaters October 16, 2015 On Max's birthday, he finds a kind of magic mirror in the attic. It can make him invisible. So Max and his friends start playing ""now you see...

Children already know and love Worm from the hilarious bestselling picture book by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bills. Worm is all about having fun, respecting the earth, and never taking baths. Now he's the star of a series of I Can Read books with...

Meet Ace and Bub, the flying beaver brothers Ace loves extreme sports and is always looking for a new adventure. Bub loves napping and, well, napping. But when penguins threaten to freeze Beaver Island for "resort and polar-style living," the brothers put their talents...

A new school year and new friends for everyone's favorite classroom pet Humphrey is excited to get back to Room 26 and see all his old classmates. But on the first day of school, a bunch of strange kids arrive and no matter how...

A coloring-and-activity book starring the fairies from Nickelodeon's Butterbean's Caf --and includes a rainbow pencil Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this coloring-and-activity book featuring Butterbean, Cricket, Poppy, and Dazzle from Nickelodeon's Butterbean's Caf --and includes a rainbow pencilAuthor: Golden BooksISBN-10:...

Colin was a cart horse, Hay his favorite treat, It was ever so soft and incredibly sweet, But the day he branched out and broadened his diet... Why, who could have guessed it would trigger a riot? Colin is a cart horse who has...

Indiana Bones is back for a second dogtastic detective escapade! Once again he and his bestest friend, Aisha, have to gather their wits, courage and plenty of snacks to sniff out clues and solve a twisty mystery. Still on the hunt for the Avenger's...

Addressing kids' anxiety about unfamiliar situations, this irreverent book lists and explains the rules a kid must follow to survive the perilous world of the school cafeteria. Warnings about the pitfalls lurking in the lunchroom have Kyle imagining and fearing the worst, as the...

Meet BooBoo, a curious blue gosling who likes to eat good food. BooBoo eats, and eats, and eats. Is there anything she won't try? Soft covers, rounded corners, and sturdy board book pages make this new edition of a preschool favorite the perfect choice...

Big kids Anna and Oliver give young readers the inside scoop on what to expect when a new baby is expected. In a fresh picture book/comic style, Ready, Set . . . Baby offers up a funny, loving, reassuring peek into life as a...

"A progressively silly, retro-geeky action story for the YOLO generation." --Kirkus Reviews Mega-gamer Pete Watson needs just twenty dollars more to buy the all-new Brawl-A-Thon 3000 XL. So he sells a beat-up CommandRoid 85 arcade game (containing top-secret government intel!) owned by his boring...

Jo Schmo comes from a long line of crime fighters, but she's just a normal fourth grade girl into boys and skateboards--until her retired superhero uncle's cape arrives on her San Francisco doorstep. Time to join the family business! Gramps shows Jo the tricks...

A lighthearted concoction of extraordinary events, told with affection and humor. ― The New York Times.Oh, what an admirable cat is Elephi (And what an admirable writer is Jean Stafford ) ... Don't you miss knowing Elephi. (Or Erik Blegvad's apt illustrations.) ― Publishers...

What if you could fly--just like a witch? One day, Amy's mom finds a broom in her backyard and decides to keep it. But when Mom goes out on errands, Amy and her friend Jean discover that the broom can move--and fly. Now they...

For this year's Pay It Forward Day, George and his friends volunteer to help serve dinner to homeless families. But when George finds out that his favorite movie star will be in town on the same day, he's torn. Should he keep his promise...

Frannie's parents throw a party for Frannie with a fortune teller and Frannie finds her next new job: fortune teller, obviously Frannie begins making up the fortunes of her friends at school and realizes that there is a difference between seeing the future and...

In the newest installment of Nancy Krulik's popular series, George Brown, Class Clown, George's very own teacher is competing in a televised dance competition. Of course, her students get to watch the taping in the studio. And who happens to make a guest appearance?...

Zack's new substitute teacher seems kind of odd. And she is rather hairy. And get this, her name is Mrs. Wolfowitz But is she really a werewolf? Or just one very weird lady who happens to like the taste of homework papers? Read on...

A brand-new series for brand-new readers Introducing a new series for brand-new readers Each slipcase includes two 16-page paperback books, both on an adorable character who will keep appearing in future First Friends titles. These books are not phonics-based, but have only about a...

When Zack is given the chance to swim with dolphins on a trip to Florida, he dives right in. But before long, Zack is surprised to find that the dolphins are trying to tell him something ? and even more surprised that he can...

March is the worst month for Richard Best: it's report card time, and if he doesn't get good grades he might be left back again.Author: Patricia Reilly GiffISBN-10: 0440446406ISBN-13: 9780440446408Publisher: Yearling BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/1985Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.20dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level:...

Being a duck isn't all it's quacked up to be. But don't try telling that to Frank--he's a chicken with a dream. All he thinks about are webbed feet, waterproof feathers, and the cool water of the pond. So when Frank takes a dip...

Bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator David Shannon's colorful cure for conformityCamilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. Why? Because the other kids in her school don't like them. And Camilla Cream is very, very worried about what other people think...

It's out of this world The first in a hilarious, fully illustrated series for young chapter-book readers, now in paperback.Julian Rodriguez is on a mission for the Mothership. He's been sent to Earth to study human lifeforms and their bizarre habits--from their disgusting diet...

Tomie dePaola's beloved and bestselling Strega Nona is back, with the perfect remedy for a houseguest who overstays her welcome. Angelina is so beautiful that all the young men in the village are chasing her, but the one she has eyes for doesn't know...