Skip to main content

Five Faves: Funny Fiction for Reluctant Readers

By

These five funny fiction books will tickle your funny bone and hopefully make you laugh out loud or at least chuckle. If you enjoy a good book full of entertaining humor you will want to check out one of these five funny fiction books. They will put a smile on your face. 


Link & Hud: Heroes by a Hair
By Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey
New York: Norton Young Readers, 2023. Fiction. 231 pages. 

Lincoln and Hudson are brothers who have very active imaginations. They like to spend their time hunting for yetis and going on epic quests. But sometimes their imaginary adventures cause havoc in the real world, especially for their babysitters. When Ms. Joyce comes to babysit the boys they find she isn't one to give in and bend the rules, so Lincoln and Hudson decide that she has to go. They plan the perfect battle which involves water balloons and wet tissue paper and Ms. Joyce is finally dismissed by their parents. But, the boys soon realize their mistake and now it is their mission to get Ms. Joyce to come back. 

This is a funny hybrid prose, graphic novel type of book that will leave everyone laughing and enjoying the crazy antics of two brothers who cause mischief and mayhem wherever they go. A perfect book for anyone who loves a good laugh.


When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie
By Erin Soderberg Downing
New York: Pixel Ink, 2021. Fiction. 252 pages.

Lucy, Freddy, and Herb Peach are ready for summer vacation. They have plans to read, do art projects, and spend time playing at the pool, but what they don't plan on is spending the summer driving around the country in a food truck. When dad announces his plans to buy a food truck and spend the summer traveling the Midwest seeing the country and selling pies, they are all skeptical. After all, they don't even know how to bake a pie!  

Hilarious mishaps and adventures follow the Peach family as they fulfill their mothers dream of baking and selling pies while seeing the country. If you love family adventures you will enjoy spending the summer reading about the Great Peach Experiment. 


Leeva At Last
Written by Sara Pennypacker
Illustrated by Matthew Cordell
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2023. Fiction. 305 pages.

Leeva Thornblossom has lived a solitary life with her fame-absorbed mother and her money-obsessed father. She is forbidden to attend school and she doesn't get to leave the house very often. One day Leeva leaves the house seeking an answer to an important question, "What are people for?" She visits the library and talks to people in town asking them her important question. The answers Leeva finds to this question will bring about events that will change the town of Nutsmore forever.

An entertaining story reminiscent of Roald Dahl's Matilda and a Series of Unfortunate Events with villains, despicable parents, and delicious cookies. You will be inspired by Leeva and her determination to change her life and her grand adventure out into the world.


Once Upon A Tim
Written by Stuart Gibbs
Illustrated by Stacy Curtis
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2022. Fiction. 155 pages.

Tim is a peasant, but he is determined to be more and to make something of himself. When the Princess from a nearby kingdom is kidnapped a royal announcement is made asking for knights to join the quest to rescue her. This is Tim's big chance. He might not know anything about riding a horse or how to fight with a sword, but he is determined to make his dream come true. 

A quirky fairy tale told from a peasant's point of view, rather than the prince or princess. A wonderful book for readers who love a silly fairy tale with plenty of laughs along the way. 


The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
By Aaron Reynolds
Los Angeles: Disney Hyperion, 2020. Fiction. 213 pages.

Rex Dexter is cursed with an ability to communicate with dead animals who have died with unfinished business. Now, Rex is on the case! He is trying to find out who is killing the animals and while he is looking for the killer, Rex is also trying to convince his parents that he is responsible enough to own his own dog. 

If you like slapstick humor and characters who think they are clever but really aren't, you will love this book. This paranormal fantasy for middle grade readers will tickle your funny bone. 















Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Stand Tall by Joan Bauer

By DeeDee
Stand Tall By Siena Siegel by Joan Bauer Putnam, 2002, 182 pgs Realistic Fiction Tree is 12 years old and over 6 feet tall. That would be great if he were a basketball player, but he is not. Dealing with his unusual size is not Tree's only challenge. Tree's parents have recently gone through a divorce, and his grandfather has had his leg amputated as the result of an old Vietnam War injury. The strength of this book is the characterizations. All of the main characters are dimensional and sympathetic. Bauer sets the characters in real and often funny family situations. Best of all is the character of Tree. He is boy with a heart to match his stature. This is a great book for boys or girls ages 9-12, as a read aloud or for individual reading. This book could also be a good Rx book for children whose families are going through divorce, or for anyone who feels like they don't fit in.
Post a Comment
Read more

Review: Cincinnati Lee, Curse Breaker

By
  Cincinnati Lee, Curse Breaker By Heidi Heilig New York: Greenwillow Books, 2025. Fiction. 291 pages. Thanks to Cincinnati Lee's no good, dirty rotten, artifact stealing great great great grandfather, Cincinnati's family is now cursed and Cincinnati feels like it's up to her to break the curse. Which involves trying to steal the artifacts back from museums that her grandfather robbed from graves and archeological sites around the world and return them to their countries of origin. But when Cincinnati's first artifact stealing mission goes awry, she decides it might be more effective to steal an all-powerful artifact herself that she can use to break the curse - The Spear of Destiny. Unfortunately her race for the spear will pit her against art smugglers and thieves intent on finding the ancient artifact themselves. If you are looking for an Indiana Jones read-alike, this is the perfect for you! Heavy on the adventure with similar levels of mysticism to those seen in th...
Post a Comment
Read more

Review: The Factory

By
The Factory By Catherine Egan New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2025. Fiction. 306 pages.  Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle has been invited to join the Factory, a secretive research facility in the desert which ostensibly extracts renewable energy from the electromagnetic fields of its young recruits. But Asher soon realizes something sinister is going on. Kids are getting sick. The adults who run the Factory seem to be keeping secrets. And the extraction process is not only painful and exhausting, but existentially troubling. Asher makes a handful of new friends who help him with an investigation that turns into a resistance, which turns into...a cliffhanger! The Factory is a page-turning sci-fi with multidimensional characters, an intriguing plot, and refreshingly straight-forward writing. Egan weaves in detail about climate crises and social unrest, making the story's dystopian setting feel rich and plausible. With its sophisticated themes and accessible storytelling, I would recomm...
Post a Comment
Read more