A Daily Dose of Laughter in a Book

By Tiffany Woodcock | November 3, 2011

We all know how important a daily dose of laughter is! Here are some funny books for several age ranges.

Good Night, Gorilla
Author: Peggy Rathman
Ages: Infant-4 yrs.

10 Minutes Till Bedtime
Author: Peggy Rathman
Ages: Infant-4 yrs.

Sheep in A Jeep
Author: Nancy Shaw Margot Apple
Ages: Infant – 4 yrs.

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
Author: Kevin Henkes
Ages: 4 – 6 yrs.

My Little Sister Ate One Hare
Author: Bill Grossman
Ages: 4 – 8 yrs.

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Author: Dr. Seuss
Ages: 4 – 8 yrs.

Miss Nelson is Missing
Author: Harry Allard, James Marshall
Ages: 4 – 8 yrs.

Art Dog
Author: Thacher Hurd
Ages: 4 – 8 yrs.

Pinkerton Behave
Author: Steven Kellogg
Ages: 4 – 8 yrs.

Sayonara, Mrs. Kackleman
Author: Maira Kallman
Ages: 4 – 8 yrs.

Doctor DeSoto
Author: William Steig
Ages: 4 – 8 yrs.

Julius, the Baby of the World
Author: Kevin henkes
Ages: 4 – 8 yrs.

Martha Speaks
Author: Susan Meddaugh
Ages: 4 – 8 yrs.

The Stupid Have A Ball
Author: Harry Allard
Ages: 4 – 8 yrs.

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Author: Glen Rounds
Ages: 4 – 8 yrs.

Washday on Noah’s Ark
Author: Glen Rounds
Ages: 5 – 8 yrs.

Harry’s Mad
Author: Dick Ming-Smith
Ages: 5 & Up

Gooney Bird Greene
Author: Lois Lowry
Ages: 6 & Up

Circle of Doom
Author: Tim Kennemore
Ages: 9 – 11 yrs.

It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale
Author: Margot Zemach
Ages: 9 – 12 yrs.

Anastasia Krupnik
Author: Lois Lowry
Ages: 9 – 12 yrs.

Skinny Bones
Author: Barbara Park
Ages: 9 – 12 yrs.

Harris and Me
Author: Gary Paulsen
Ages: 9 – 12 yrs.

Reluctabtly Alice
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Ages: 9 – 12 yrs.

Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Author: Louis Sachar
Ages: 9 – 12 yrs.

Henry Huggins
Author: Beverly Cleary
Ages: 9 – 12 yrs.

The Not-Just-Anybody Family
Author: Betsy Byars
Ages: 9 – 12 yrs.

What Would Joey Do?
Author: Jack Gantos
Ages: 10 – 15 yrs.

The Canning Season
Author: Polly Horvath
Ages: 12 and up