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Funny Picture Books

Get ready to giggle with this fun-filled collection of picture books packed with silly and laugh-out-loud stories!

Wood Buffalo Regional Library

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  • A series of animals sneaks into the house, looking for something to eat.
    Picture Book, 2009New York : Greenwillow Books, [2009] — BER
  • Pig the Pug loves to roll in all sorts of disgusting garbage, and track dirty paw prints all over the house; he does not like the idea of a bath, but when his plan the stop up the tub seriously backfires he decides that bath time must be…
    Picture Book, 2019Toronto : Scholastic Canada Ltd., 2019. — BLA
  • Leonardo has been funny ever since he was a baby. When his teacher asks him not to make the other kids laugh, he tries and tries.
    Picture Book, 2007Toronto : Scholastic Canada, 2007. — MUN
  • Includes jokes, limericks, knock-knock jokes, tongue twisters, and fun facts about cats, dogs, ocean animals, jungle animals, farm animals, and more, and describes how to write your own joke book.
    Book, 2010Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, 2010. — J818.602 HOL
  • A collection of poems about school, including "Cafeteria Food," "Mrs. Hall's Instructions for the Class Picture," and "What I Tell the Bully."
    Book, 2004New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [2004] — HOR
  • It is Pig the Pug versus obedience school in this rhyming story of a dog's rebellion and downfall.
    Picture Book, 2022Toronto : Scholastic Canada Ltd., 2022. — BLA
  • Ruth and Barbara are on their way home from school when Ruth falls and scrapes her knee. Luckily an ambulance is driving by, picks and takes them to the hospital. Once there, the girls are left to wait, and wait... and wait. They are so bored that…
    Picture Book, 2024[Toronto] : North Winds Press, 2024. — MUN
  • Little Red likes to play by the rules. So when the narrator comes along and asks her to follow the story set out in her fairy tale, she grabs the basket for Grandma and goes. After all, she loves her grandma. But unfortunately, none of the other…
    Picture Book, 2020New York : Two lions, [2020] — FUN
  • Michael's rhyming description of his day at school has his mother repeatedly interrupting to prevent him from saying impolite words. Michael can't wait to tell his mom all about his day at school. But how can he, when she keeps stopping him before…
    Picture Book, 2007New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2007] — KAT
  • Brian P. Cleary takes on the alphabet in this whimsical tour of everyone's 26 favourite letters. Rhyming verses are illustrated with colourful collage. Can you find the letters and objects hidden on every page?
    Picture Book, 2007Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2007] — CLE
  • When Stephanie comes to school with her hair in a ponytail, all the other students copy her, so she decides to change her hairstyle every day, with disastrous results.
    eBook, 2012Annick Press, 2012
  • Too Much Kissing!

    and Other Silly Dilly Songs About Parents

    Katz, Alan
    Set to the tunes of well-known songs, provides new, humorous lyrics about mothers and fathers.
    Picture Book, 2009New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009. — KAT
  • When Lily discovers a bear in her garden, she mistakenly thinks it is a dog and wants to keep it for her pet.
    Picture Book, 2012New York : Orchard Books, 2012. — STO
  • All the Silly Stuff in my Teeth is a fantastical, dream-like story about teeth brushing, that takes readers on a journey into the narrator's imagination and encourages good personal hygiene and following a daily routine.
    Picture Book, 2022Mission Viejo, California : Happy Yak, an imprint of The Quarto Group, [2022] — HEN
  • Ackamarackus

    Julius Lester's Sumptuously Silly Fantastically Funny Fables

    Lester, Julius, 1939-2018
    A collection of six original fables with morals both silly and serious.
    Picture Book, 2001New York : Scholastic Press, 2001. — LES
  • A young girl draws a family portrait, then makes it more accurate by adding common objects to show aspects of each member's personality, such as her father's playfulness, her mother's sweetness, and her brother's strength.
    Picture Book, 2007New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2007] — PIV
  • Beat This Book!

    Over 40 Ridiculously Funny Challenges, 1 Extremely Determined Book

    Calvert, Howard,
    Beat This Book is an amusing book full of wacky facts and silly challenges set by the book itself -- encouraging creativity, interactivity, and laughter. Each reading experience with this book is different, leading to fun-filled re-reads each time.…
    Picture Book, 2024Beverly, MA : Happy Yak, 2024. — CAL
  • Cousin Edward visits Aunt Judy and Uncle Earl on their farm and tries to help with all of the chores.
    Picture Book, 2009New York, N.Y. : Orchard Books, 2009. — TEA
  • David finds a lot of things funny that the people around him--including his mother--do not find at all amusing.
    Picture Book, 2025New York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scolastic Inc., 2025. — SHA
  • When Hyena puts a banana skin in Giraffe's path, causing a chain reaction of accidents that Hyena finds hilarious, he soon learns what it is like to be the butt of a joke.
    Picture Book, 2010Minneapolis : Andersen Press USA, 2010. — WIL