5 Laugh-Out-Loud Novels for Kids 7 and Up
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What are your favorite laugh-out-loud funny books? This question is very popular, especially among young, newly independent readers and teachers looking for a great classroom read-aloud. Well, we’ve got you covered with the five laugh-out-loud chapter books listed here, all written by award-winning authors and peppered with a few entertaining illustrations along the way!
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Billy Miller Makes a Wish
Written and Illustrated by Kevin Henkes
Ages 7-12 | 192 Pages
Publisher: Greenwillow Books | ISBN-13: 978-0063042797
It’s summertime! Billy Miller makes a birthday wish, but after a series of particular events, he begins to regret that he’d ever made this wish. In this tender tale, kids will see what a safe, secure, and loving family can look like even with the ups and downs that can come with every new day. In true Kevin Henkes style, this story captures believable and relatable moments in a knowing, wise, and very humorous way. Highly Recommended! Billy Miller Makes a Wish is the stand-alone chapter book companion to Kevin Henkes’ Newbery Honor book The Year of Billy Miller.
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Clementine
Written by Sara Pennypacker
Illustrated by Marla Frazee
Ages 6-10 | 160 Pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | ISBN-13: 978-0786838837
Clementine is the realistically charismatic star of Sarah Pennypacker’s Clementine series. If Clementine can get through this disastrous time, including being sent to the principal’s office for cutting off Margaret’s hair, readers will come away prepared to laugh and look at the bright side. Clementine is a hilarious book for anyone who has ever had a bad week! That’s everyone.
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Ramona Quimby Age 8
Written by Beverly Cleary
Ages 6-12 | 160 Pages
Publisher: HarperCollins | ISBN-13: 978-0380709564
There is so much to love about Beverly Cleary’s Newbery Honor book Ramona Quimby, Age 8 ! Cleary’s books have been entertaining young readers for decades by capturing the everyday struggles of childhood. It’s not always easy being eight years old, but readers will be ready to embrace any age and take on the world after laughing their way through Ramona’s mishaps and adventures.
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Sideways Stories From Wayside School
Written by Louis Sachar
Ages 7-12 | 128 Pages
Publisher: HarperCollins | ISBN-13: 978-0688160869
Get ready to double over laughing from this funny and clever story from bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Louis Sachar. In a school that was accidentally built sideways and stands thirty stories high, Wayside School is totally wacky and filled with a collection of characters that kids just love. Readers of Sachar’s stories become fans for life!
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Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey
Written and Illustrated by Erin Entrada Kelly
Ages 7-12 | 160 Pages
Publisher: Greenwillow Books | ISBN-13: 978-0062970428
Meet Newbery Medalist and New York Times–bestselling author Erin Entrada Kelly’s Marisol Rainey, the newest illustrated chapter book character that readers, both young and old, are falling in love with! Using humor and heart, Kelly dishes up a delightful tale about summer, friendship, and overcoming fears. Annie Barrows, the New York Times-bestselling author of the Ivy + Bean books called Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey “Utterly endearing!” Sara Pennypacker, New York Times-bestselling author of Pax, called it “Hilarious and heart-melting.” We completely agree!
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