Read to Laugh Out Loud

Join us for a Laugh Out Loud Storytime
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!
 Books to Laugh Out Loud
Laugh-out-Loud Awesome Jokes for Kids
by Rob Elliott

Collects jokes for children, including knock-knock jokes, riddles, and puns.
 
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The Chicken Squad Misadventures
by Doreen Cronin

Collects 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.
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 Brewer

Includes riddles, jokes, and knock-knocks about monsters, aliens, cyberspace, school, pirates, animals, birds, and bugs.
Pranklopedia : The Funniest, Grossest, Craziest, Not-Mean Pranks on the Planet!
by Julie Winterbottom

Collects practical jokes of different difficulties, from sabotaging a victim's drink to short-sheeting a bed to fake lottery cards.
 
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I'm Just No Good at Rhyming : And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups
by Chris Harris

Featuring a new jacket design, a best-selling and award-winning collection of laugh-out-loud poems uses wacky wordplay and nonsense verse to invite children to experience the world in wonderfully upside-down ways. Illustrated by the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Grandpa Green.
Tilly the Trickster
by Molly Shannon

The 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
This is a Book
by Demetri Martin

A collection from the star of Comedy Central's Important Things With Demetri Martin includes humorous essays, charts, doodles, drawings, one-liners and lists. 
Call Me Ishtar
by Rhoda Lerman

Offers 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 Sedaris

The 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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Hyperbole and a Half : Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
by Allie Brosh

Collects autobiographical, illustrated essays and cartoons from the author's popular blog and related new material that humorously and candidly deals with her own idiosyncrasies and battles with depression.
I'm Down : A Memoir
by Mishna Wolff

Traces 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. Novak

A 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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