Funny Reads

Alvin Ho : allergic to camping, hiking, and other natural disasters /

Look, Lenore,


When Alvin's father takes him camping to instill a love of nature, like that of their home-town hero Henry David Thoreau, Alvin makes a new friend and learns that he can be brave despite his fear of everything.
Date Published:2009

Alvin Ho allergic to girls, school, and other scary things

Look, Lenore,


A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything.
Date Published:2008

Am I the princess or the frog

Benton, Jim,


"Jim Benton's tales from Mackerel Middle School." "Apple series"--Cover p. [4]. Jamie Kelly shares with her diary who likes her, that she likes Hudson, and that Hudson likes someone else at Mackerel Middle School.
Date Published:2005

Can adults become human?

Benton, Jim,


"Jim Benton's tales from Mackerel Middle School." "Apple series"--P. [4] of cover. Jamie Kelly writes in her diary about her social studies teacher, Mr. VanDoy, the budding relationship between her Aunt Carol and Assistant Principal Devon, and the real story behind Isabella's detention.
Date Published:2006

Captain Underpants and the attack of the talking toilets #02

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


"More action"--Cover. "More laffs"--Cover. "More flip-o- rama"--Cover. Tra-la-laaaa--title page. Principal Krupp once again turns into the superhero Captain Underpants in order to save the world, and Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, from the evil talking toilets and the Turbo Toilet 2000.
Date Published:2017

Captain Underpants and the big, bad battle of the bionic booger boy #07 : Part 2: the revenge of the ridiculous Robo-Boogers /

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


"Chunky action!"--Cover. "Drippy horror!"--Cover. "Crispy laffs!"--Cover. George, Harold, Captain Underpants, and Sulu the Bionic Hamster battle the three Ridiculous Robo-Boogers in an attempt to turn the Bionic Booger Boy back into Melvin Sneedly.
Date Published:2017

Captain Underpants and the invasion of the incredibly naughty cafeteria ladies from outer space #03 : The third epic novel /

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


School Library Journal, November 1999. Booklist starred, September 1999. Publisher's Weekly, July 1999. Booklist, May 1999. New York Times, June 1999. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 1999. Kirkus Review, July 1999. Only Captain Underpants can stop the three evil space aliens who have invaded Jerome Horwitz Elementary School and turned everyone into lunchroom zombie nerds.
Date Published:1999

Captain Underpants and the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants #04 : the fourth epic novel /

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


On the title page, "Dav Pilkey" is crossed out and "Gidget Hamsterbrains" is written in. "Now in full color." Professor Pippy P. Poopypants comes to Jerome Horwitz Elementary School to teach science, and goes off the deep end because students make fun of his name, leaving Captain Underpants to save the school from the professor's perilous plot.
Date Published:2016

Captain Underpants and the preposterous plight of the purple potty people #08

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


"Full Color." Crackers and Sulu, the Bionic Hamster, finds themselves in a backwards universe where George and Harold's own evil twins rule the school with the help of the wicked Captain Blunderpants.
Date Published:2023

Captain Underpants and the revolting revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers #10 : the tenth epic novel /

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


After his time-traveling deeds cause the destruction of the world by preventing Harold and George from creating Captain Underpants, Tippy Tinkletrousers tries to use his time machine to correct the situation, but it proves to be difficult to fix.
Date Published:2020

Captain Underpants and the sensational saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot #12

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


George and Harold and their doubles, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold, have been taking turns going to school, but when the doubles fall prey to their gym teacher, Mr. Meaner, and his method of mind control that turns students into attentive, obedient, perfect children, it is up to original George and Harold to strike back.
Date Published:2021

Captain Underpants and the terrifying return of Tippy Tinkletrousers #09

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


Horn Book Guide, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, When George and Harold travel back in time to their kindergarten years, they are forced to relive the torment they received at the hands of a school bully. Unable to call on Captain Underpants for help, the boys try to find a way to outsmart the bully on their own.
Date Published:2012

Captain Underpants and the tyrannical retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000 #11

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


Booklist, August 2014. Horn Book, October 2015. Kirkus Review, June 2014. The monstrous Turbo Toilet 2000 is determined to take revenge on George, Harold, and Captain Underpants.
Date Published:2014

Captain Underpants and the wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman #05

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


"Now in full color." Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, George Beard and Harold Hutchins call on Captain Underpants to save them from the wicked Wedgie Woman they created for their comic book.
Date Published:2018

Cat on the run in cat of death!

Blabey, Aaron,


Publishers Weekly, July 2023. Kirkus Review, July 2023. "What happens when the world's #1 Cat Video Star gets accused of a crime she didn't commit? She becomes a cat on the run, that's what"--OCLC.
Date Published:2023

Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Hot mess /

Kinney, Jeff,


"When the Heffleys agree to spend summer break with both Mom's and Dad's relatives at the same time, they have to figure out how to be in two places at once. With Greg caught in the middle, can the Heffleys pull off the ultimate scheme? Or will their vacation turn into a hilarious hot mess?"--Publisher.
Date Published:2024

The epic fail of Arturo Zamora

Cartaya, Pablo,


School Library Journal, March 2017. Booklist starred, April 2017. Kirkus Starred, March 2017. Horn Book, July 2017. Publishers Weekly Annex, May 2017. Tells the story of Arturo, who is looking forward to a relaxing summer until Carmen, a cute and funny girl moves into his apartment complex and while he deals with his stomach turning into a deep fryer over a girl, a smarmy land developer rolls into town and threatens to change it.
Date Published:2017

School Library Journal, March 2017. Booklist starred, April 2017. Kirkus Starred, March 2017. Horn Book, July 2017. Publishers Weekly Annex, May 2017. Tells the story of Arturo, who is looking forward to a relaxing summer until Carmen, a cute and funny girl moves into his apartment complex and while he deals with his stomach turning into a deep fryer over a girl, a smarmy land developer rolls into town and threatens to change it.

Date Published:2017

Everything sad is untrue : (a true story) /

Nayeri, Daniel,


School Library Journal starred, July 2020. Booklist starred, July 2020. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, July 2020. Pub Weekly, June 2020. Kirkus Starred, May 2020. Horn Book, November 2020. "At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls 'Daniel') stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; wo makes things up and talks about poop too much. But Khosrou's stories, stretching back years, and decades, and centuries, are beautiful, and terrifying, from the moment he, his mother, and sister fled Iran in the middle of the night, stretching all the way back to family tales set in the jasmine-scented city of Isfahan, the palaces of semi-ancient kings, and even the land of stories"--Jacket flap.
Date Published:2020

School Library Journal starred, July 2020. Booklist starred, July 2020. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, July 2020. Pub Weekly, June 2020. Kirkus Starred, May 2020. Horn Book, November 2020. "At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls 'Daniel') stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; wo makes things up and talks about poop too much. But Khosrou's stories, stretching back years, and decades, and centuries, are beautiful, and terrifying, from the moment he, his mother, and sister fled Iran in the middle of the night, stretching all the way back to family tales set in the jasmine-scented city of Isfahan, the palaces of semi-ancient kings, and even the land of stories"--Jacket flap.

Date Published:2020

The fourteenth goldfish

Holm, Jennifer L.,


Ellie's scientist grandfather has discovered a way to reverse aging, and consequently has turned into a teenager--which makes for complicated relationships when he moves in with Ellie and her mother, his daughter.
Date Published:2016

Hello universe

Kelly, Erin Entrada,


School Library Journal starred, January 2017. Booklist starred, December 2016. Pub Weekly, December 2016. Kirkus Starred, December 2016. Horn Book, March 2017. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2017. The lives of four misfits are intertwined when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic quest to find and rescue him.
Date Published:2017