Funny Stories 7 - 13

For Ages 7 - 9 J AMATO Amato, Mary. Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Secret of Life: the Riot Brothers Tell All: The Riot brothers capture a crook -- The Riot brothers find a hidden treasure -- The Riot brothers overthrow a king – If you like Captain Underpants, try this series! J GN AUERBAC Auerbach, Annie. The Good, the Bad, and the Gassy: After a field trip to the science museum, eight-year-old twins Stan and Stinky Grosse build a rocket for the fourth-grade Astronomy Fair, but when it fails to take off they employ their favorite hobby--farting--in an attempt to beat Penelope and win first prize. J BENTON Benton, Jim. Lunch Walks Among Us: Franny K. Stein is a mad scientist who prefers all things spooky and creepy, but when she has trouble making friends at her new school she experiments with fitting in--which works until a monster erupts from the trashcan. (Frannie K. Stein series) J BROWN Brown, Jeff. Flat Stanley: After a bulletin board fell on Stanley and made him flat, he could do things no one else could do. P COMPEST Compestine, Ying Chang. Boy Dumplings: When a hungry ghost threatens to gobble up a plump little boy, the boy tricks the ghost by convincing him to prepare an elaborate recipe first. J GN CRADDOC Craddock, Erik. BC Mambo: After Stone Rabbit is transported back to prehistoric times, his bottle of barbecue sauce becomes the key ingredient in a power-hungry Neanderthal's plan to dominate the world. P DENIM Denim, Sue. The Dumb Bunnies: “Once upon a time there were three dumb bunnies who lived in a log cabin made out of bricks." The story follows the adventures of the dumb bunnies, a rabbit family who does everything without any rhyme or reason. (Check out other Dumb Bunny books.)

J DICAMIL DiCamillo, Kate. Mercy Watson Fights Crime: Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy. (Mercy Watson series) P DUFFIEL Duffield, Katy. Farmer McPeepers and His Missing Milk Cows: A crafty herd of cows borrows Farmer McPeepers' eyeglasses so that they can have a day on the town. P GRAVETT Gravett, Emily. Wolves: When a young rabbit checks out a library book about wolves, he learns much more about their behavior than he wanted to know. J GUTMAN Gutman, Dan. Miss Daisy is Crazy: Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J. (My Weird School series) J 398.2 HALE Hale, Bruce. Snoring Beauty: After being cursed by a bad fairy, a sleeping, snoring princess is rescued by a prince. J GN HOLM Holm, Jennifer L. Dragonslayer: An imaginative mouse who likes to read heroic fantasy novels finds herself on the school math team as it prepares to compete for the coveted Golden Slide Rule. (Babymouse series) J HOWE Howe, Deborah. Bunnicula: a Rabbit Tale of Mystery: Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire. (Series) J KING King Darren. Mouse Noses on Toast: Paul Mouse gathers a group of mouse activists to uncover the mystery behind the delicacy known as "Mouse noses on toast" which is served in a fancy human restaurant. J PROIMOS Proimos, James. Johnny Mutton, He's So Him!: A kind-hearted sheep in human clothing enjoys entering a cooking contest, planning a birthday party, and participating in a staring contest, but each event has an unexpected result. (Sequel: Mutton Soup) P OMALLEY O’Malley, Kevin. Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude: Cooperatively writing a fairy tale for school, a girl imagines a beautiful princess whose beloved ponies are being stolen by a giant, and a boy conjures up the muscular biker who will guard the last pony in exchange for gold. P WEINSTO Weinstock, Robert. Giant Meatball: An exuberant and overly proud meatball rolls through town, oblivious to the destruction it causes, until finally the townspeople decide they have had enough.

J GN MORSE Morse, Scott. Magic Pickle: Magic Pickle is the product of a top-secret U.S. Army lab. Unfortunately, the 1950s experiments to turn vegetables into soldiers had gone wrong. Magic Pickle is freed from his decades-old cryogenic snooze to fight the Brotherhood of Evil Produce. J MCDONAL McDonald, Megan. Stink and the World’s Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers: A class visit to the Gross-Me-Out exhibit at the science museum inspires Stink Moody to create a variety of terrible smells to put on the sneakers he plans to enter in the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneaker contest. J PERLMAN Perlman, Rhea. Born to Drive: After thwarting bad guys to win the Yazoo 200 race, with the help of his trusty racecar and his eccentric Aunts FiFi and FooFoo, Otto Pillip receives a note from his longlost parents inviting him to join the secret family business. Includes words spelled backwards, anagrams, and palindromes. (Otto Undercover series) P SCIESZK Schieszka, Jon. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs: The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs. P WIESNER Weisner, David. The Three Pigs: The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon.

For ages 9-12 J ANDERSON Anderson, M.T. The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen: Looking forward to a vacation, Katie, Lily, and Jasper attach their flying Gyroscopic Sky Suite to the Moose Tongue Lodge and Resort, where they mingle with other child heroes found in books, and where they become embroiled in a mystery involving lederhosen-clothed quintuplets and a screaming ventriloquist. (Sequel to Whales on Stilts) J BLUME Blume, Judy. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem. (Series) J BENTON Benton, Jim. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: by Jamie Kelly: In her diary, middle school student Jamie Kelly describes her life at home and at school, including her attempts to triumph over her nemesis, the beautiful and popular Angeline. (Dear Dumb Diary series) YA BIRNEY Birney, Betty G. The Princess and the Peabodys: When a medieval princess appears out of a rusty box bought at a yard sale, fourteen-year-old tomboy Casey Peabody and her family are stuck with her royal snobbiness until the young wizard who had trapped her there figures out the spell to send her home. J DAHL Dahl, Roald. The Twits: The misadventures of two terrible people -- the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world -- who enjoy playing nasty tricks, but are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.

J DEARY Deary, Terry. Pitt Street Pirates: While trying to beat their town's "golf club kids" in a treasure hunt, Captain Roger Redbeard, Sniffles the Cabin Boy, and Ellie, a band of modern-day pirates, uncover a real treasure. J ELISH Elish. Dan. Attack of the Frozen Woodchucks: When extraterrestrial woodchucks attack, ten-yearold Jimmy, his two-and-a-half-year-old sister, friend William, and an eccentric classmate who has built a flying saucer in her Manhattan brownstone, join forces to save the universe. J FIELDS Fields, Bryan. Lunchbox and the Aliens: Lunchbox is an ordinary basset hound until he is abducted by aliens, zapped by a mental enhancer, and sent back to convert Earth's garbage into food--a task that would be easier if he had opposable thumbs, or at least tentacles. (Froonga Planet sequel) J FINNEY Finney Patricia. I, Jack: Jack, a Labrador retriever, tells about his daily life of food, walks, and the "apedogs" and "funny-looking dogs" (cats) in his pack, as well as how everything changes when a pretty girl dog moves into the neighborhood. Includes explanatory footnotes written by the cats. J GLEITZM Gleitzman, Morris. Toad Heaven: Despite the opposition of Ancient Eric and Malcolm, Limpy goes on a quest to find a place where cane toads can be safe from humans and live in harmony. (Toad Rage & Toad Away sequels) J GREENBU Greenburg, Dan. The Onts: Ten-year-old orphan twins Wally and Cheyenne Shluffmuffin have a hard time at Cincinnati's Jolly Days orphanage, but things get much worse when the Mandible sisters offer to share their home in the Dripping Fang Forest. (Dripping Fang series) J GRIFFIT Griffiths, Andy. Just Annoying: Andy, a boy with a dream: to become the most annoying kid in the world. Watch Andy bug his friends, irritate his sister, and drive his parents crazy. J GUTMAN Gutman, Dan. The Million Dollar Strike: Best friends Ouchie and Squishy, who love bowling and horror movies respectively, meet the eccentric owner of a local bowling alley and try to help him save Bowl-A-Rama from the wrecking ball and a destructive psychotic lunatic. J HALE Hale, Bruce. Prince of Underwhere: When Zeke, his twin sister Stephanie, their neighbor Hector, and Hector's cat Fitz slide into the world of Underwhere, Zeke is hailed as a prince who will, according to an ancient prophecy, free the Undies from the evil UnderLord's rule by finding and destroying his throne. (Underwhere series) J KAIN Kain, Matt. Attack of the Butt-Biting Sharks: Quentin Quirk's Magic Works Book 1: “When best friends Jez and Charlie happen upon Quentin Quirk's Magical Emporium, they discover potions and magic spells galore! Hardly containing themselves, they choose a bottle of Liquid Frighteners that when applied to anything, scary creatures appear. With three drops, Jez only gives sister Abigail a well-deserved dose of sharks in the bath, but it's not long before events spin out of control.” From publisher.

J KINNEY Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal: Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship. (Diary of a Wimpy Kid series) J KLISE Klise, Kate. Dying to Meet You: Children’s author I.B. Grumply moves into a Victorian mansion in Ghastly, IL to work on his “Ghost Tamer” series. But the mansion is already inhabited by an 11-yearold boy, his cat and an unhappy ghost who never managed to publish anything. A fast-paced story that contains letters, e-mails, newspaper extracts, and embedded jokes. (43 Old Cemetery Rd. book 1 series) J LOWRY Lowry, Lois. The Willoughbys: In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny. J MEEHL Meehl, Brian. Out of Patience: Twelve-year-old Jake Waters cannot wait to escape the small town of Patience, Kansas, until the arrival of a cursed toilet plunger causes him to reevaluate his feelings toward his family and its history. J OGDEN Ogden, Charles. Pet's Revenge: Mischievous twins Edgar and Ellen must thwart the plan of Mayor Knightleigh's wife to renovate their crumbling house, but Edgar has to plot alone when a hairy, oneeyed creature turns Ellen into a model of proper behavior. (Edgar & Ellen series) J PAULSEN Paulsen, Gary. Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day: When supremely organized seventhgrader, Molly McGinty, loses the notebook she relies on to keep her life in order she spends the day in chaos. J PILKEY Pilkey, Dav. Ricky Ricotta's Giant Robot vs. the Voodoo Vultures from Venus: the third robot adventure novel: A mouse named Ricky Ricotta and his giant flying robot attempt to save the world from the evil Victor Von Vulture and his army of Voodoo Vultures. (Series. Pilkey also writes the Captain Underpants books) J PITCHFO Pitchford, Dean. The Big One-Oh: Determined not to be weird all his life like his neighbor, Charley Maplewood decides to throw himself a tenth birthday party, complete with a "house of horrors" theme, but first he will have to make some friends to invite. J ROCKWEL Rockwell, Thomas. How to Eat Fried Worms: Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.

J SACHAR Sachar, Louis. Sideways Stories from Wayside School: Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. J SCRIMG Scrimger, Richard. The Nose from Jupiter: An alien from Jupiter named Norbert travels to earth on a fact-finding mission and moves into Alan's nose, which the alien says includes a full garage, and nice living room. Loud and pushy, Norbert shows Alan the way to a better life includes insulting the school bullies. (Noses are Red & The Boy from Earth sequels) J SENSEL Sensel, Joni. Reality Leak: Train noises without trains and mysterious explosions baffle the residents of South Wiggot as 11-year-old Bryan and his friend Spot try to connect the weird happenings with the town's newest industry and its president, Mr. Keen. It all has something to do with the “I-Zone” (the layer or “Imagination” surrounding the earth). J SILBERB Silberberg, Alan. Pond Scum: Eleven-year-old Oliver enjoys tormenting insects, but his life takes a turn when his family moves into an old house which an assortment of animals doesn't want to vacate. J SNICKET Snicket, Lemony. The Bad Beginning: After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. (Lemony Snicket series) J STILTON Stilton, Geronimo. Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye: When Geronimo's sister, Thea, discovers an old, mysterious map showing a secret treasure hidden on a faraway island, the gang of the "Rodent's Gazette" is dragged into a treasure hunt. J VANDE Vande, Vivian Velde. Wizard at Work: a Novel in Stories: A young wizard, who runs a school to teach wizards, looks forward to a quiet summer off but instead must do the usual wizard stuff of rescuing a princess, lifting a curse, confronting a ghost, and the list goes on and on. J 818 WEITZ New York, Worman Publishing Co. Jokelopedia : the Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest, Jokebook Ever!: Over 1,500 jokes and riddles. J YOUNG Young, Steve. 15 Minutes: When Casey discovers that his Grandfather’s watch is a ‘go-back,’ or a time machine, that that will send him back in time 15 minutes, he uses it to become a football hero and popular, and that’s where the trouble begins.