ABOUT THIS BOOK

Here is a collection with something to tickle every kid's funny bone. Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson have brought together great jokes, hilarious stories, outlandish poetry and ridiculous riddles that are guaranteed to make kids laugh out loud. Selections by favorite authors such as Shel Silverstein, Ogden Nash, Edward Lear and Sid Fleischman are included. Stories such as "The Twits" by Roald Dahl, "The First Worm" by Thomas Rockwell, "Dribble!" by Judy Blume and "Amelia Bedelia" by Peggy Parish are surefire winners. Plus the wonderfully silly illustrations by Marylin Hafner make everything twice as funny!


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joanna Cole is the author of many highly praised children's books, including The Magic School Bus series. She lives in Connecticut.

Stephanie Calmenson is the author of many popular books for children, including The Principal's New Clothes. She lives in New York.

Together, Cole and Calmenson have compiled several best-selling anthologies, including, for Doubleday, The Read-Aloud Treasury, Ready...Set...Read!and The Laugh Book.

Marylin Hafner has illustrated seventy books, including, in 1994, And Then What, Chatterbox Jamie and Please Don't Feed the Guppies. She is also the author and creator of the popular Ladybug magazine feature "Molly and Emmett," now available as a book, The Adventures of Molly and Emmett. She lives in Massachusetts.