Once again, Ripley’s Publishing astonishes young readers with many intriguing facts and anecdotes—many of which are laugh-out-loud funny—in this second installment of the Fun Facts & Silly Stories series.
Browsing: Humor
SUPER SCHNOZ AND THE GATES OF SMELL is about a boy with a giant-sized nose who becomes the unlikely hero when a criminal organization plots to destroy his school. The story is a perfect storm of my love of super hero comics and the fact that I was born into a family of big noses.
Big kudos to anyone who makes the common cooking utensil heroic.
Lunch Lady is back, with Lunch Lady and the Video Game Villain, #9, by Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
Everyone who’s read Matilda, by Roald Dahl, knows how much she loves books.
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When Piper moves from Pensacola to Norfolk, she hopes to find a new branch of the Gypsy Club thriving. She invented the Gypsy Club, so named because Navy families move so much.
Robert Wilder has published essays in Newsweek, Details, Salon, Parenting, Creative Nonfiction, Working Mother and elsewhere. Rob has been a commentator for NPR’s Morning Edition, The Madeleine Brand show, and On Point. He lives in Santa Fe with his cool family. We’re very grateful to him for sharing his all-time favorite family pick with us.
Aimed at an audience of 6 – 12 year olds, Who Farted? Stories in verse for big & little kids is a great addition to any children’s book collection.
Actor Neil Crone, best known for his roles in Disney’s Really Me, the Goosebumps television series and the voice for Diesel 10, Splatter and Gordon the Big Blue Engine in Thomas and the Magic Railroad has ventured into the world of children’s books with Who Farted? Stories in verse for big & little kids, published by Wintertickle Press.
Full of humor, refreshingly original characters, and math problems that young readers will be clamoring to help solve, The Chicken Problem is an ideal addition to the home or classroom.