Call Number

Title

Author

Summary

782.42 Kat

Take Me Out of the Bathtub and other Silly Dilly Songs

Katz, A

A Book a funny, silly, rhyming songs.

793.7 Adl

Wild Pill Hickok and Other Old West Riddles

Adler, D

A Collection of riddles focusing on the Old West.

793.7 Col

Why did the Chicken Cross the Road

Cole, J

A collection of witty and humorous riddles.

793.7 Kel

Alexander the Grape Fruit and vegetable Jokes

Keller, C

A Collection of humorous riddles.

808.8 Hur

Elephantastic!

Hurt-Newton, T

A Collection of humorous riddles.

E C

Where’s the Big Bad Wolf?

Christelow, E

Detective Doggedly, 2 cows, and a sheep who looks very familiar are all nearby each time 3 pigs get into trouble, but the big bad wolf is absent.

E G

Amber Waiting

Gregory, N

Amber loves kindergarten, but her dad is always late picking her up. She dreams of a world in which she makes her dad wait for her.

E H

Lo-Jack and the Pirates

Hooks, W

When Jack is kidnapped by a band of greedy pirates, he persists in misunderstanding all the captain’s orders.

E J

Hurricane Henrietta

Johnson, L

Henrietta’s incredibly long hair causes her nothing but trouble until Francine the hairdresser saves the day.

E K

How Santa Got His Job

Krensky, S

Santa tries his hand at many jobs before finding the perfect job as the world’s greatest gift giver.

E K

Smarty-Pants: Pete in School

Kalman, M

Pete runs amok at school and bends a few rules but learns some important things along the way.

E M

Whatever Happened to the Dinosaurs?

Most, B

A humorous speculation on what really happened to make the dinosaurs disappear.

E M

Ants in My Pants

Mould, W

Mother wants Jacob to put on clothes to go shopping, but he wants to stay home and play, and describes imaginary animals that are keeping him from getting dressed.

E O

The Cabbage Soup Solution

Oller, E

Elsie is a cabbage farmer. Someone is stealing her cabbages. When she takes to her bed with a cold, her 2 cats are left to solve the mystery of her missing cabbages.

E P

Amelia Bedelia Series

Parrish, P

Amelia Bedelia takes things so literally. She always causes an uproar with all of her misunderstandings.

E P

The Web Files

Palatini, M

Ducktective Web and his partner try to quack the case of the pilfered peck of perfect purple almost pickled peppers.

E S

Sassy Gracie

Sage, J

Sassy Gracie is left in charge of the kitchen to make a special dinner.  The dinner looks so good, so takes a nibble. Before she knew it, she ate all the dinner.  She has a fancy time of getting out of this trouble.

E S

 When the Chickens went on Strike

Silverman, E

A Jewish boy living in Russia learns a lesson from a village chickens at the time of Rosh ha-Shanah, the Jewish New Year.

E T

Ghosts for Breakfast

Terasaki, S

One night, a young boy and his father investigate their frightened neighbors’ report of ghosts on a nearby farm.

F Blu

Superfudge

Blume, J

Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his younger brother, Fudge.

F Blu

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Blume, J

Peter has a terrible problem- his little brother, Fudge.  Fudge gets Peter’s pet turtle. That’s it. Peter’s parents must save the day.

F Bro

Stanley, Flat Again

Brown, J

After Stanley goes flat once again, he uses his flatness to help win a sailboat race and rescue a classmate from a collapsed building.

F Cuy

Weird Wolf

Cuyler, M

When Harry Walpole discovers he is a werewolf, his attempts to break the curse are unsuccessful until he is aided by his pushy friend Abby.

F DeG

Annie Pitts, Swamp Monster

deGroat, D

3^rd grader Annie Pitts is excited about getting the part of the swamp monster in a high school student’s low-budget horror movie, until she finds out how much hard work is involved.

F DiC

Mercy Watson to the Rescue

DiCamillo, K

After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

F Hay

Eye of the Beholder

Hayes, D

8^th graders Tyler and Lymie mastermind a hoax in which they imitate the sculptures of a famous artist who once lived in their town, but find themselves in big trouble when their art is accepted as genuine.

F Hill

Penelope’s Pendant

Hill, D

11 year old Penny finds a slightly damaged pendant on the beach and discovers that it gives her the power to move herself and other objects.

F Joc

The Invisible Harry

Jocelyn, M

Despite her mother’s edict against pets in the apartment, 11 year old Billie is unable to resist a homeless puppy and enlists the help of help of her scientific friend Jody in making the little dog invisible.

F Lin

Pippi Longstockings Series

Lindgren, A

Pippi gets into many different types of mischief.

F Low

See You Around, Sam!

Lowry, L

Sam Krupnik, mad at his mother because she won’t let him wear his new plastic fangs in the house, decides to run away to Alaska.

F Low

Anastasia at this Address

Lowry, L

Ready for romance, 13 year old Anastasia answers an ad in the personals with an exaggerated description of herself but soon runs into trouble when the unknown man turns up at a friend’s wedding.

F Mag

Seven Spiders Spinning

Maguire, G

Seven prehistoric spiders that had been trapped in ice for thousands of years bring excitement to rural Vermont and briefly unite 2 rival clubs at a local elementary school.

F McK

Dolphin Luck

McKay, H

Sent by their vacationing parents to visit Mad Aunt Mabel, Perry and Ant have an adventure, while their younger siblings Sun Dance and Beany stay at home making burglar traps and searching for a magic sword

F Par

Junie B. Jones Series

Park, B

Junie B. Jones, outspoken and often exasperating, is always getting herself into situations.

F Pec

Fair Weather

Peck, R

In 1893, 13 year old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago to visit Aunt Euterpe and attend the World’s Columbian Exposition, which, along with an encounter with Buffalo Bill and Lillian Russell, turns out to be a life-changing experience for everyone.

F Sci

It’s All Greek to Me

Scieszka, J

As they are about to go on stage, Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported back to the time of Zeus and the other gods in Greek mythology, who, strangely enough, behave much as the characters in the trio’s class play.

F Sci

See You Later, Gladiator

Scieszka, J

Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their professional wrestling moves, including the “Time Warp Trio blind Ninja Smackdown,” when they’re transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Colosseum.

F Sni

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Snicket, L

After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are encountering many different adventures.

F Van

Wizard at Work

Vande Velde, V

A young wizard, who runs a school to teach wizards, looks forward to a quiet summer off but is drawn into adventures with princesses, unicorns, and ghosts instead.

SC Mar

Nothing to Be Afraid Of

Mark, J

Seven Short stories explore the grotesque and the humorous in everyday events.

SC Ran

The Random House Book of Humor for Children

Pollack, P

The anthology will have readers rolling in the aisles over 34 laugh-out stories by Judy Blume, Richard Peck, Beverly Cleary, E. Nesbit, Natalie Babbitt, Mark Twain, Roald Dahl, and many more!

SC Rib

Ribbiting Tales

Springer, N

These eight original stories, each by a different author, are intended as an entertaining homage to frogs.