Category Archives: Humorous Stories
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The Flying Beaver Brothers and the Fishy Business
Posted on April 13, 2012 by Jennifer in Graphic Novel, Humorous Storiesby Maxwell Eaton III Beaver brothers Ace and Bub are about to have an adventure in this new graphic novel series. After they realize a smoking volcano has appeared out of nowhere on their island, they begin to investigate some other “fishy” circumstances. Using their glider to get around quickly, the flying beavers find mackerels [...]
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How to Be a Detective
Posted on April 12, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Early Chapter Books, Humorous Stories, MysteriesBy Barbara Mitchelhill Damian Drooth is a supersleuth detective! Well, at least he tries to be. Damian is so confident in his mystery-solving skills that he hosts a detective training seminar for kids in the neighborhood. All the new detectives-in-training try out their new skills at the local dog show. There is something awfully suspicious [...]
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Confetti Girl
Posted on March 9, 2012 by Victoria in Humorous Stories, Realistic Fiction, William Allen Whiteby Diana Lopez Confetti Girl is on the 2011-2012 William Allen White Award Master List for 6th-8th graders. It’s a fun, quick read set in Corpus Christi, Texas. Lina (short for Apolonia Flores) is a typical sixth grade girl. She’s tall, good at sports and school, but not one of the popular group. She has a [...]
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Party, Party, Party!
Posted on February 12, 2012 by Jennifer in Humorous Stories, Newspaper column, Picture Books, world cultures>Library column printed in The Mercury, February 12, 2012 I am sure “party” is not the first word that comes to mind when thinking of libraries, but we like to break out of the mold sometimes. We have parties and programs for kids and teens this month, so don’t be surprised if you smell yummy [...]
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Doodleday
Posted on February 6, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Humorous Stories, Picture Books> By Ross Collins Drawing is generally a safe pastime, but on Doodleday, you’re in for a surprise. As she leaves for the store, Harvey’s mom strictly forbids him to draw on Doodleday, but what would YOU do if your mom said not to draw today? That’s right. Harvey draws, and it turns out that [...]
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Look Out, Jeremy Bean!
Posted on January 24, 2012 by Laura in Early Chapter Books, Humorous Stories, Realistic Fiction>by Alice Schertle There might be dust bunnies lurking under the bed! In this book of three short adventures, Jeremy Bean is trying his best to coax those strange creatures out of their hiding place before they can attack him! He is a boy with a very wild imagination. Another adventure involves his search for [...]
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Darth Paper Strikes Back
Posted on January 20, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Humorous Stories>by Tom Angleberger In the sequel to The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda, the dark side of the force has surfaced. Harvey comes to school with Darth Paper, and things really start to fall apart. After Yoda answers a girl’s question with what she interprets as a threat, Dwight is sent to the principal’s [...]
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Boom!
Posted on January 10, 2012 by Jennifer in Humorous Stories, My Favorite, Science Fiction>by Mark Haddon By the author of popular adult book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, this hilarious sci-fi adventure story is rollicking entertainment. James (“Jimbo”) is a typical kid who is having some trouble in school, fights regularly with his annoying older sister, and often feels misunderstood. Luckily, his best friend [...]
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Every Thing On It
Posted on October 14, 2011 by Jennifer in Humorous Stories, Poetry>Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein Beloved children’s poet Shel Silverstein passed away in 1999, but this new poetry book just came out in September. It includes many wonderful poems and drawings Silverstein did before he died, compiled by his family and friends and publisher. Thank goodness the world did not miss out on these [...]
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Aliens on Vacation
Posted on October 11, 2011 by Children's Department Staff in Humorous Stories, Science Fiction>by Clete Barrett Smith David, aka Scrub, is used to being shipped off to relatives for the summer while his parents go on business trips. This is the first summer he’s ever been sent to his grandma’s house, though. In fact, he doesn’t know her at all. The last time she visited he was only [...]
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