Some of our favorite funny stories for school-age children.
Laugh-Along Favorites
Compiled by:
Children's Services Staff
Picture Books and Younger Elementary
(Juvenile Fiction - J Blabey)
Series: Bad Guys; 1
*This item also available on Libby and Cloud Library. The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry.
(Juvenile First Chapter Books - J Bruel)
*This item also available on Libby. Kitty and Puppy stay with Uncle Murray. It isn't long before Uncle Murray is driven to near madness by shenanigans of epic proportions.
(Juvenile First Chapter Books - J Dicamil)
(Juvenile First Chapter Books – J Kirby)
Series: Captain Awesome ; 1
*This item also available on Libby. When second-grader Eugene and his family move to a new neighborhood and he starts at a new school, he has a chance to bring out his superhero alter ego, Captain Awesome, to find the kidnapped class hamster.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Pennypa)
While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.
(Juvenile First Chapter Books - J Lo)
*This item also available on Cloud Library and Hoopla. A most unusual new student who loves to be the center of attention entertains her teacher and fellow second graders by telling absolutely true stories about herself, including how she got her name.
(Juvenile Graphic Novels - J Jamieso)
Series: Pets on the loose!
A young graphic novel chapter book about the escape escapades of class pets at Daisy P. Flugelhorn Elementary School.
(Juvenile First Chapter Books – J Jones)
Series: Princess Pink and the land of Fake-Believe ; 1
*This item also available on Libby. After falling through the refrigerator into the Land of Fake Believe, Princess meets a girl named Moldylocks who takes her to the home of the Three Beards for chili--but when the Beards capture her friend, Princess must come up with a plan to save her.
(Juvenile First Chapter Books - J Mcdonal)
Older Elementary
(Juvenile Fiction - J Griffit)
Life would be perfect for Andy and Terry if it wasn't for the fact that they have to write their next book, which is almost impossible because there are just so many distractions, including thirteen flying cats, giant bananas, mermaids, enormous gorillas, and dangerous burp gas-bubblegum bubbles!
(Juvenile Fiction - J Pilkey)
*This item also available on Libby, Cloud Library, and Hoopla (audiobook). When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen. Look for more Captain Underpants titles.
(Juvenile Fiction – J Cottrel)
*This item also available on Cloud Library and Hoopla. Rory Rooney likes to be prepared for anything, but when he inexplicably turns green and finds himself in an experimental hospital ward with his nemesis, school bully Tommy-Lee "Grim" Komissky, everyone is baffled but Rory believes he and Grim have become superheroes.
(Juvenile Graphic Novels - J Holm)
Series: Babymouse: book 1
*This item also available on Libby. An imaginative mouse dreams of being queen of the world, but will settle for an invitation to the most popular girl's slumber party.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Snicket)
Series: Series of Unfortunate Events; 1
*This item also available on Libby, Cloud Library, and Hoopla (audiobook). Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire--intelligent, charming, and resourceful but exceptionally unlucky children--receive terrible news while enjoying a day at the beach, in the first installment of a dark comedy series.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Dahl)
*This item also available on Libby. Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from other man-gobbling giants.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Peirce)
*This item also available on Libby (audiobook) and Cloud Library. Supremely confident middle school student Nate Wright manages to make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement. Look for more Big Nate titles.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Vernon)
*This item also available on Hoopla (audiobook). When little, twelve-year-old Molly arrives at Castle Hangnail to fill the vacancy for a wicked witch, the minions who dwell there have no choice but to give her the job and at first it seems she will be able to keep the castle open, but Molly has quite a few secrets that could cause trouble.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Greenwa)
Series: Charlie Joe Jackson's guide to-- ; 1
Middle schooler Charlie Joe is proud of his success at avoiding reading, but eventually his schemes go too far.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Mack)
Series: Mack, Jeff. Clueless McGee ; 1.
Through a series of letters to his father, a private investigator, fifth-grader PJ "Clueless" McGee tells of his efforts to discover who stole macaroni and cheese from the school cafeteria.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Gaiman)
*This item also available on Libby, Cloud Library, and Hoopla (audiobook). While picking up milk for his children's cereal, a father is abducted by aliens and finds himself on a wild adventure through time and space.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Vivat)
*This item also available on Libby, Cloud Library, and Hoopla (audiobook). Struggling with a family that does not understand her and a cafeteria full of corrupt lunch ladies, drama-prone Abbie Wu throws freak-out tantrums in her struggle to figure out who she is, where she belongs and how she is supposed to survive the everyday disasters of growing up.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Cl)
*This item also available on Libby. When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
(Juvenile Classics - J Mcclosk)
Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Ro)
*This item also available on Cloud Library. Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.
(Juvenile Fiction – J Northfi)
Series: Julius Zebra ; 1
*This item also available on Libby. From a smelly watering hole deep in the heart of the Serengeti to the ferocious clamor of the Colosseum, join Julius Zebra and his motley menagerie of friends as they gear up to be gladiators! Only if they win the love of the Roman crowds will they win back their freedom. But do Julius and his pals have what it takes to succeed in a world where only the meanest and toughest survive?
(Juvenile Fiction - J Marcian)
Series: Evil Alien Warlord Cat; 1
*This item also available on Libby and Cloud Library. Klawde, the exiled ruler of the planet Lyttyrboks, and Raj, who just moved from Brooklyn to tiny Elba, Oregon, forge an unlikely friendship as they find their footing in a strange new world.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Phelan)
*This item also available on Libby. With the realm at peace and few dragons about, the Knights of the Round Table are bored, so Merlin sends them to face the most terrible lizards of all--dinosaurs.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Peck)
*This item also available on Libby. A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinoiswith his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother. (You can also read the very funny Newbery award-winning sequel, A Year Down Yonder.)
(Juvenile Graphic Novels - J Krosocz)
Series: Lunch lady ; 1
*This item also available on Libby. The school lunch lady is a secret crime fighter who uncovers an evil plot to replace all the popular teachers with robots.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Wood)
Series: Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place ; 1
*This item also available on Libby and Cloud Library. Found running wild in the forest of Ashton Place, the Incorrigibles (a.k.a. Alexander, Cassiopeia and Beowulf) are no ordinary children -- luckily, Miss Penelope Lumley is no ordinary governess… but mysteries abound and Penelope will unquestionably have her hands full as she attempts to domesticate the Incorrigibles.
Juvenile Fiction - J Buckley)
Series: NERDS
*This item also available on Libby, Cloud Library, and Hoopla. While running a spy network from their elementary school, five unpopular misfits combine their talents and use cutting-edge gadgetry to fight evil.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Cl)
*This item also available on Libby, Cloud Library, and Hoopla. Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Sachar)
*This item also available on Libby, Cloud Library, and Hoopla. Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Anglebe)
*This item also available on Libby, Cloud Library, and Hoopla. Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.
(Juvenile Fiction – J Korman)
*This item also available on Libby and Cloud Library. Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Schmidt)
*This item also available on Libby. During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.
(Juvenile Fiction - J Lowry)