[MarchHare]

A list of funny books would just not be complete without the names of authors

Margie Palatini (Boo Hoo, Bedhead) and SO MANY MORE!!
Carolyn Crimi (Boris & Bella, Don't Need Friends) and SO MANY MORE!
MJ Auch (Bantam of the Opera)
Pamela Duncan Edwards (DINORELLA, SOME SMUG SLUG) and SO MANY MORE!
Helen Lester who was already mentioned (HOOWAY FOR WODNEY WAT) and SO MANY MORE!
Kevin Henkes who was also mentioned (LILY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE) and so MANY MORE!
Melanie Watts who was also mentioned (CHESTER, CHESTER'S BACK)
and Of course I LOVE Doreen Cronin's CLICK CLACK MOO, etc!


 

Just to name a few!

Lynne Marie Pisano

[Kelly Posts: 57 Status: Offline WWW]

Guess Again by Mac Barnett, illus. by Adam Rex   I giggled, my kids giggled, and I read it to different grade school classes and they are always rolling! 
Much of Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein.  I've loved and laughed through that book hundreds of times since childhood.

[Franzilla Posts: 998 Status: Offline Gah! WWW]

Sandra Boynton's books usually make me laugh – the animals have such funny expressions. I love Olivia. I also loved Giraffes Can't Dance - it has great rhyme but also the illustrations of the MC (a male giraffe) getting his grooves on are priceless! Mr Men books always give me a giggle - Roger Hargreaves always manages to make funny twists on standard phrases (like Little Miss Chatterbox could talk the hind leg off an elephant).

[TMarie Posts: 75 Status: Offline]

Big Chickens Fly The Coop by, Leslie Helakoski
Chicken Dance by, Tammi Sauer
Chicken Soup by, Jean Van Leeuwan

I just think chickens are funny in general ! Even the name  CHICKEN is silly!

And check out, Mouse Was Mad by, Linda Urban

Your sure to get a chuckle!  

[Kathy Lawrence]

Definitely, "The Paper Bag Princess" by Robert Munch and I think its called "What Was I Afraid Of" By Dr. Seuss. Its the story about the pale green pants with nobody inside them. Some times I take it out of the library to read. I take out all kinds of picture books to read. But I take that one out the most often. Well not that often. Just sometimes.
                                                                     Kathy 

[Lunchbox Posts: 233 Status: Offline A basset hound+two crazy aliens=Trouble!]

Go Dog, Go! by P.D.Eastman still cracks me up.

Pirate Soup   by Mercer Meyer, who also did the Little Critter series.

Almost anything by Dr. Suess! ( I loved that pale green pants story when I was a kid--also Bartholomew Cubbins and the Oobleck)

[AKB Posts: 123 Status: Offline]

I used to love "THe Monster At The End Of This Book" by Jon Stone.  I got the biggest kick out of turning the pages in this book when I was a child.

"Down By The Bay" by Raffi is a great laugh too.

[KDuBayGillis Posts: 281 Status: Offline]

Has anyone read the Eensy Weensy Spider Freaks Out (Big Time) by Troy Cummings?  Hysterical. 

[AKB Posts: 123 Status: Offline]

Has anyone read the Eensy Weensy Spider Freaks Out (Big Time) by Troy Cummings?  Hysterical. 

No but I'd like to! That sounds hysterical!

[Jean Reidy Posts: 723 Status: Offline I love kids' books!! WWW]

Most of my favs have already been mentioned but add
ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY
and
CLICK, CLACK, MOO - COWS THAT TYPE.

[Aud]

A bit late to the party....

Bob Shea's BIG PLANS and NEW SOCKS.
Chris Barton's SHARK VS. TRAIN
Ramona Badescu's BIG RABBIT'S BAD MOOD

LOVE those books!

[Abracabarbara Posts: 1,146 Status: Offline formerly AE aaa eee WWW]

Bob Shea's BIG PLANS and NEW SOCKS.
Chris Barton's SHARK VS. TRAIN

Tops. Barb

[Mike Jung]

I don't know about funniest ever, but my daughter and I are both huge fans of Adam Rex's FRANKENSTEIN MAKES A SANDWICH and FRANKENSTEIN TAKES THE CAKE. I'm also terribly amused by A BIRTHDAY FOR COW by Jan Thomas.

[heatherayris Posts: 163 Status: Offline WWW]

My little guy and I have been enjoying FRANK WAS A MONSTER WHO WANTED TO DANCE by Keith Graves. We especially think it's funny when his brain falls out.

[Michael Sussman Posts: 184 Status: Offline WWW]

Almost anything by Dr. Suess! ( I loved that pale green pants story when I was a kid--also Bartholomew Cubbins and the Oobleck)

Thanks, Lunchbox, for alerting me to the "pale green pants story" which is titled What Was I Scared Of? It's very good, and is part of a  Seuss collection I'd never seen before, Sneetches and Other Stories. The title story is hilarious and, like most of Seuss' stories, contains a great message. And he makes it look so easy!

[joypainter]

RE:Has anyone read the Eensy Weensy Spider Freaks Out (Big Time) by Troy Cummings?  Hysterical.

Thanks for "fun" info.... will have to check it out.  It will be good research for my competition since the main character in my "PB-to-be" is a spider. 

[inluvwithwords Posts: 88 Status: Offline]

Oh, all of Robert Munsch's books are awesome. My girls are in their twenties now, but still if we see any of his books in the book store we have to pick them up and reminisce about how much we love them.

[J-Bert Posts: 257 Status: Offline WWW]

Lots of titles here I'm going to have to check out! Some of my favorite funny PBs are: Click Clack Moo, the Pigeon books, Traction Man is Here!, Granny Gomez & Jigsaw, Always Lots of Heinies at the Zoo, Santa Claus the World's Number 1 Toy Expert, Sheep in a Jeep, and The Secret Life of Walter Kitty.

I know there are many more that I'm not thinking of right now.

[Franzilla Posts: 998 Status: Offline Gah! WWW]

I just got two funny books and although they've undoubtedly been mentioned already, I felt compelled to add them just in case:

Chicken Cheeks by Michael Ian Black, ills by Kevin Hawkes.
What? cried Granny, by Kate Lum, ills by Adrian Johnson. (Thanks, Lill, for that recommendation several months ago... it's been a non-stop favourite since it arrived in the house!)

[Franzilla Posts: 998 Status: Offline Gah! WWW]

PS Michael Sussman, in case you're reading this, I hope you saw on writeoncon.com yesterday that your book came up as being many agents' favourite book for voice? I thought that was an amazing endorsement for you!

[Michael Sussman Posts: 184 Status: Offline WWW]

Thanks, FranzisKa, that's wonderful to hear!
I wasn't aware of that website.

[LoriA Posts: 87 Status: Offline WWW]

I'm adding the newly released Jake Goes Peanuts, by Michael Wright. My kids laughed out loud more than once. Very funny rhyming PB.

[Jean Reidy Posts: 723 Status: Offline I love kids' books!! WWW]

Ooh definitely, SHARK VS. TRAIN and SCAREDY SQUIRREL. How could I forget these on my first list?

[JodyJS Posts: 1,276 Status: Offline Preorder now! Out April 2021! WWW]

I just read MY NAME IS DUG by Kiki Thorpe.  The MC is the dog from the movie "Up."  I wasn't sure about a movie-tie-in book, but this one is fuuuuunnnnnyyyyy!   

I love all these great recommendations.  Thanks, everyone!

[deegarret]

PANCAKE PIE by Sven Nordqvist was a favorite of both my children. It's about a farmer who goes to extraordinary lengths to bake a pancake pie for his cat's birthday.
 

[Cynthia Kremsner Posts: 689 Status: Offline Author / Illustrator WWW]

A couple of new favorites to add to the list. Well, one isn't so new but my son brought it home from the school library and we all laughed when he read it:

Dumb Bunnies by Dav Pilkey


The other I found at B&N while on a research visit . . . it was so funny I read it to my kids while we were in the children's section and other people stopped to listen:

Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein    Here is a link to the book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqB-Jue1oeA

Fun illos - fun text in both of the titles

[lab Posts: 49 Status: Offline Savor each second! WWW]

Bubba, the Cowboy Prince....Helen Ketterman  (clever and funny)
 
Josh McBroom and the Big Wind.....Sid Fleischman  (ancient, I know, but probably the most I ever laughed, while reading a book)

[AKB Posts: 123 Status: Offline]

Most of my favs have already been mentioned but add
ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY

THIS is an absolute favorite of mine.

[Margaret G Posts: 38 Status: Offline WWW]

This is a great topic.
Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny! by Jan Thomas
I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child

[Michael Sussman Posts: 184 Status: Offline WWW]

I read quite a few PBs this past year, but I'm sticking with my old favorite, THE SHRINKING OF TREEHORN.