Category Archives: Humorous Stories
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Alienated by David O. Russell
Posted on October 16, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Humorous Stories, Science FictionMiddle school is tough, but being friends with aliens and being in middle school is even worse! Gene and Vince publish a sci-fi tabloid featuring the aliens they come in contact with in their small California town. No one else believes them, but their alien buddies’ [...]
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Letters To Leo by Amy Hest, illustrated by Julia Denos
Posted on October 9, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in animals, Humorous Stories, Realistic FictionLetters To Leo picks up on Annie Rossi’s life a year after she appeared in Remembering Mrs. Rossi. Annie is in fourth grade now, with a best friend and an arch nemesis (a boy, of course). She lives with her professor father and her new dog Leo in a New York apartment. Annie writes a [...]
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Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger
Posted on September 15, 2012 by Jessica in Adventure, Humorous StoriesLenny’s best friend Caspar has a lot of birthday cash from his grandmother with the instruction to use it on the most unnecessary thing possible. Caspar decides to buy a nice suit and a real-hair fake mustache. But after Caspar buys them, things start to go wrong. Banks are robbed by school librarians and accordion [...]
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Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It By Gail Carson Levine
Posted on September 11, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Humorous Stories, PoetryHave you ever said “I’m sorry,” but didn’t really mean it? This could be a great book for you! It is full of apologies that didn’t come out quite right. You’ll read apologies from grandma in the Little Red Riding Hood story, and one from the witch trying to trick Hansel and Gretel. These poems [...]
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Bad Kitty For President by Nick Bruel
Posted on September 10, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in animals, Family Read-Aloud, Humorous StoriesAre your kids asking questions about the presidential election? Bring home Bad Kitty For President for a hilarious and timely family read-aloud. Join Bad Kitty and the other neighborhood cats who are running for President of the Neighborhood Cat Club. Even Poor Puppy gets into the act, though he’s soon disqualified for not being a [...]
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Barn Boot Blues by Catherine Friend
Posted on June 10, 2012 by Jessica in Humorous Stories, Realistic FictionTaylor has always been a city girl, and she likes it that way. She’s got friends, TV, and the Mall of America. When her parents buy a small farm outside a small town, Taylor finds herself pretty “discombobulated.” She doesn’t know anybody, her parents refuse to get TV, and she’s surrounded by farm animals. Things [...]
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Mercy Watson Easy Reader Series
Posted on June 5, 2012 by Ami in animals, Early Chapter Books, easy readers, Humorous StoriesIf your newly independent reader hasn’t discovered Kate DiCamillo’s fantastic Mercy Watson series yet, come in to the library today and check them out! This series is sure to soon be among your favorites in our Easy Reader collection. DiCamillo has long been renowned for her award-winning chapter books, and it’s a treat that she’s also [...]
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Guinea Dog
Posted on May 18, 2012 by Victoria in animals, Humorous Stories, William Allen Whiteby Patrick Jennings Rufus desperately wants a dog, but his fussy work-at-home father won’t hear of it. Instead, his mom buys Rufus a guinea pig. What a disappointment! Rufus names the guinea pig Fido, just so his father won’t forget that Rufus really wants a dog instead. Oddly, this guinea pig acts more like a dog than a [...]
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Cold Cereal
Posted on May 15, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Adventure, Fantasy, Humorous Stories, Mysteriesby Adam Rex Cold Cereal is a wacky adventure involving a changeling, a genius, a super-genius, a clurichaun (like a leprechaun), a pooka (rabbit-man), and a large, hairy man who may or may not be bigfoot. This odd cast must work together to stop the evil cereal company, Goodco, from taking over our world and [...]
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One Was Johnny: A Counting Book
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in animals, Humorous Stories, Picture BooksBy Maurice Sendak Strange visitors come to visit Johnny in this simple counting book. Starting with 1, children can count up to 10 and back down again. A tiger, a cat, and even a monkey delivering the mail come to visit Johnny, but then he must find a way to get them to leave! Maurice [...]
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