Humor Nonfiction

The Try Not to Laugh Challenge Joke Book: Thanksgiving Turkey Stuffing Edition is different from other jokes and riddle books that we have created. It is not meant to be listened to alone, but instead, it is a game to be played with siblings, friends, family, or between two people who would like to prove who is a better comedian. It's time to see who has the funny bone in the family!

This is an extraordinary true story about "Patches," a stray calico cat who wants to "adopt" our family. We don't want a pet now, but she continues to work her way into our hearts by persisting in bringing us "gifts".

What Is Funny? book addresses the subject of sensitivity and awareness in humor. Laughing at others or laughing at oneself, or laughing for no particular reason at all, author Etan Boritzer approaches the various subtleties of this basic human activity asking what is appropriate and what is hurtful, while tackling issues of taunting and teasing, bullying, and aggression - issues that are very much in the focus of our nation’s schools today.

These creepy creatures will make your skin crawl! Learn about blood-sucking leeches, smelly stinkbugs, giant centipedes, and more. See how their disgusting behaviors keep these animals alive.

Speckerl, Fleckerl und Steckerl sind im Garten. Die Sonne scheint und Steckerl hängt die frische Wäsche auf. Speckerl und Fleckerl spielen Kirschkernfangen, dabei geschieht das Unglück und Speckerl beißt sich den Zahn aus. Jetzt muss er schnell zum Zahnarzt! Doch er hat große Angst, weil er mit seinem dicken Popo in keinen Zahnarztsessel passt. Ein neuer Zahnarzt ist in der Stadt, ob er Speckerl helfen kann? Eine lustige Zahnarztgeschichte für alle "neugierigen Nosn" die brav Zähne putzen.

Speckerl isst den ganzen Tag Wurstsemmeln und bröselt alles an. Sein Freund Steckerl mag das gar nicht und läuft mit seinem Handstaubsauger jedem Brösel hinterher. Fleckerl, der dritte Freund, liegt am liebsten faul in seiner Hängematte. Eines Tages bekommt er einen Brief von seiner Tante und sie besuchen sie am Meer. Doch Speckerl fällt bei der Muschelsuche in eine tiefe Grube und alle suchen ihn! Ob sie ihn finden? Eine lustige Urlaubsgeschichte mit spannendem Schluss für alle Kinder und "neugierigen Nosn" die gern Muscheln sammeln.

What if Jack and Jill had been playing on a nice soft sand dune instead of that treacherous hill? And suppose Mary's pet wasn't really a lamb. What if Mary had a little...clam? Those questions - and more - are gleefully answered in Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls. This collection retells Mother Goose rhymes and celebrates America's coastlines and waterways - from sea to shining sea.

With an autobiographical foreword from the author, this collection traces Dick King-Smith's journey from boy to farmer, from soldier to favourite children's author - always in the company of his irrepressible animal friends. From Dodo the film-star Daschund to a cabbage-eating shark; from a night of badger-biffing to a tortie cat with 104 kittens; from the cat who thinks he s one of the dogs to a dog who fosters orphaned kittens...wherever Dick King-Smith goes, curious animals are sure to follow.