Funny Children's Books | Darien

41) The ice cream machine

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"Reader, be advised that the events in this book may tickle your funny bone: A boy and his robot nanny travel the globe in search of the world's tastiest treat. A girl and her sister compete in an ice cream eating contest--against an honest-to-goodness pig. A child prodigy invents a new way to create the freshest dessert ever. And we should probably mention the evil ice cream seller terrorizing local kids; the sorcerer's assistant who must conjure...

42) A trio of tolerable tales

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Atwood, Margaret

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Shares three funny stories, including "Wandering Wanda" where a little girl and her woodchuck friend must find a way to outsmart Widow Wallop.

43) Ahmed Aziz's epic year

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"A Indian American boy endures a family move from Hawaii to frigid Minnesota and, with the help of three life-changing books he reads in school, he learns to like reading, and ultimately, himself"--

44) Apocalypse taco

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Twins Axl and Ivan, with Sid as their driver, make a late-night fast-food run for a high school theater crew but return to discover that goo monsters are copying--and mutating--everything in sight.

45) One Dead Spy: The Life, Times, and Last Words of Nathan Hale, America's most famous spy

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Nathan Hale, the author's historical namesake, was America's first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before being hanged by the British. In the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series, author Nathan Hale channels his namesake to present history's roughest, toughest, and craziest stories in the graphic novel format.

46) Frazzled: everyday disasters and impending doom

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Nervous about middle school because her family does not get her and her friends know exactly what they want to do, Abbie Wu searches for her own passion before discovering a knack for leadership when injustices in the cafeteria come to light.

47) Funny business

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A collection of humorous stories featuring a teenaged mummy, a homicidal turkey, and the world's largest pool of chocolate milk

48) Funny animals

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"Stories about pets and other animals that are humorous, for children"--

49) Funny cartooning for kids

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Learn how to draw simple characters, then exaggerate, simplify or contort them to crack your friends up

50) The terrible two

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When master prankster Miles Murphy moves to sleepy Yawnee Valley, he challenges the local, mystery prankster in an epic battle of tricks but soon the two join forces to pull off the biggest prank ever seen.

51) The epic fail of Arturo Zamora

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"Funny and poignant, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora is the vibrant story of a family, a striking portrait of a town, and one boy's quest to save both, perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia."--Amazon.

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Hoping to win a cash prize in a pizza eating contest after racking up a tab on his mother's credit card, David must juggle his competitive eating training with the responsibility of looking after his autistic younger brother.

53) The fourth stall

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Rylander, Chris

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Sixth-graders Mac and Vince operate a business charging schoolmates for protection from bullies and for help to negotiate conflicts peacefully, with amazing challenges and results.

54) Miss Lazar is bizarre!

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Miss Lazar likes to dance around the school with a mop! She has a secret room down in the basement where she keeps the bad kids. She says cleaning throw-up is fun! Miss Lazar is the weirdest custodian in the history of the world!

55) My vida loca

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Jules, Jacqueline

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Sofia's adventures and disasters continue in this compilation of three previously published books.

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When an inkblot, who can write, listen, learn, and draw, jumps out of Mr. Rylance's sketchbook, Ethan believes he may be the answer to their problems and names him Inkling.

57) It ain't so awful, falafel

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Dumas, Firoozeh

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"Eleven-year-old Zomorod, originally from Iran, tells her story of growing up Iranian in Southern California during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis of the late 1970s"--

58) What is chasing Duck?

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Duck's imagination gets the best of him when he asks his critter companions for help escaping a mysterious pursuer.

59) Amelia Bedelia

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A literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions

60) Llama destroys the world

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Stutzman, Jonathan

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Eating too much pie causes Llama to rip his dancing pants, opening a black hole and threatening the entire universe.