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Expires Saturday at 11am Rafael at the Southwest Branch Library will be reading a few funny jokes, poems, and riddles. Stay tuned afterward for a fun Laughing Yoga session! |
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The Chicken Squad Misadventuresby Doreen CroninCollects the misadventures of the Chicken Squad, including "The Case of the Weird Blue Chicken," in which, when a weird blue chicken comes to Chicken Squad headquarters for help, siblings Dirt, Sugar, and Sweetie help find her missing house.
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You Must be Joking, Two! : Even Cooler Jokes, Plus 11 1/2 Tips for Laughing Yourself Into Your Own Stand-Up Comedy Routine by Paul BrewerIncludes riddles, jokes, and knock-knocks about monsters, aliens, cyberspace, school, pirates, animals, birds, and bugs.
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Tilly the Trickster by Molly ShannonThe actress best known for her characterizations on Saturday Night Live introduces the story of mischievous young Tilly, whose penchant for practical jokes is challenged when her beleaguered family does some scheming of its own. Illustrated by the artist of John Lithgow's I'm a Manatee.
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Books to Get Adults Laughing
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This is a Book by Demetri MartinA collection from the star of Comedy Central's Important Things With Demetri Martin includes humorous essays, charts, doodles, drawings, one-liners and lists.
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Call Me Ishtar by Rhoda LermanOffers the manifesto of a goddess determined to right the wrongs of a three thousand year old patriarchy by returning to Earth as a suburban housewife.
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Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe bestselling author of Naked presents a savagely funny collection of stories, including pieces about his sojourn in Paris, as well as those that have been featured in The New Yorker, Esquire, and on National Public Radio.
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I'm Down : A Memoir by Mishna WolffTraces the author's experiences of growing up with a white father who believed himself to be African-American, describing how his efforts to indoctrinate his daughter into black culture caused her to be rejected by her black and white peers.
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One More Thing : Stories and Other Stories by B. J. NovakA debut collection by a writer for the Emmy Award-winning series The Office includes the title story, in which a boy's lucrative sweepstakes win proves more harm than good for his family.
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