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 Hiya friends! Here I am as guest editor for this edition. I was reading to some children the other day and thought it would be fun to look at humor for kids and some of our favourite funny stories. 
Ogden Nash:
"In this foolish world there is nothing more numerous
Than different people's senses of humorous."
Alvin Shwartz:
"Humour is the comic quality in a person, experience, or idea that makes one laugh."
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 Humour and Kids' Books!
Children love to laugh and are more playful than we've learned to be. Young children may not grasp humour as they are still learning about the real and may not see the incongruous even in picture books. By age 6-8, they start to appreciate humour and identifying it to the real world. I think it is so vital that kids hear and read humour and in my reading have found that others feel the same.
  Stories with humor:
 - are engaging to the open and playful minds of kids
 -may get reluctant readers involved in reading
as funny stories can help make reading seem less like a "chore" that is imposed at school,
and the light side can be inspiring.
 -gets kids interacting with peers and friends as they share laughter and discussion about the story elements. They may find others who think like they do, whether it is funny or not.
 -may spark the wonder of words and ideas.
 -encourage critical reading (reading between the lines, awareness of subtlty and sarcasm, right and wrong) which requires experience and practice. Humour shows up in different ways.
 -reflect reality as they show life is a mix of sad and happy, highs and lows, joy and pain, giving them an view that can help them through what is. Laughter can lighten a heart..and show what we once thought was so serious, does not have to be forever.
 In the end, humour may just inspire a love of learning. I recall reluctant readers not wanting to even try, until I asked what they would like to read. Comic books even became ok for me... to get them in and then I could introduce books that had humourous elements.
As we know, not everyone laughs at the same things, so humour is subjective and it has been found true even for children. Authors have learned that to have expectation that kids will laugh at what we might think funny is not realistic. And it makes it just as much as a challenge to write humour for them as for adults. Lucky there is something for everyone as there is a treasure trove of hilarity to be found out in the children's literary world.
 Here are some funny books I have read with kids and depending on age, usually get a laugh and lively chatter.
In previous newsletters I focused on the renouned Robert Munsch, Raold Dahl and Dennis Lee already so I have linked those in the sources below. They get laughs!
Mo Willems' stories like There is a Bird on Your head with Elephant and Pig are a big hit. His skill at capturing facial expressions and body language of the nervous elephant and happy pig are delightful and vivid. Kids are quick to want to go pick it off the shelf afterwards to read it themselves. Maybe ages 2-6.
Olivia by Falconer gets kids engaged with this cheeky little pig as they may see themeselves with a little rebellion. Witty artistically and wry sense of humour won this one an award. Maybe ages 3-7.
Melanie Watt's Scaredy Squirrel series is another crowd pleaser as she takes the squirrel on adventures outside his comfort zone with funny things happening along the way.
Dare I mention Captain Underpants?  written for 4-8 year olds by former teacher Dave Pilkey. Boys especially will love it and we can't keep it on the library shelf!
Aliens love underpants by Claire Freedman, for younger kids has a silly story rhyme that gets kids giggling! So I have to laugh with them.  Very cute.
Doreen Cronin's Click, Clack, Moo, Cows that Type gets guffaws and head shakes all the time as cows type and farm life goes crazy! Great pictures too. I have used it in K, gr 1 and 2 classes. Cool thing with kids picture books though, any age can get a kick out of them.
Judy Blume's works are popular. Fudge and Super Fudge are great read alouds too as when you pause and tone the characters, kids have time to get the joke in the interplay of Peter Hatcher and his annoying little brother. Maybe for ages 9-12.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Vorst is a favourite too. Have we not all had bad days! It is easier to laugh in retrospect and this gives permission. And to know that it will all turn out well.
I want My Hat Back by John Klassen, is another award winning picture book with appealing structure. The humour occurs in the pictures that let the kids know what the main Character Bear does not and they laugh that he cannot see it!
Beverly Cleary's Ramona, The Pest and The Mouse and the Motorcycle are also classic favourites. I have used them as read alouds too..great to hear laughs and then discussions. 
The Book with No Pictures by BJ Novack is so unique and always engages the kids...especially in a read loud first time!
And who can forget Jacob and the Two Headed Fang by Mordecai Richeler? Kids still love it.
There are so many wonderfully enagaging and funny books out there and it is a challenge to write them. Other authors I have enjoyed with kids are Paulette Bougeoius's Franklin the Turtle series, which also has engaging lifelessons, and Robert Munsch (always gets a laugh}.
 Do you have any amazing hilarious stories that get laughs for your kids or kids you know? Let's get posting them, because with so many to choose from, it might help to have suggestions with a REAL track record! No guarentees as we know there are so many perspectives on what is funny. From Potty mouth, to strange words, to insulting authority, to slap stick, to series of unfortunate events...to.... YOU name it!! 
Thanks for reading! Keep on laughing.
eyestar
 Sources for fun:
Lance Salway: Hmourous books
http://booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/7/childrens-books/articles/other-articles/what-...
https://childhood101.com/funny-kids-books/
https://considerable.com/funniest-childrens-books/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3452993/Humour-essential-to-get-children...
"Comedy Newsletter (August 29, 2018)"
"Poetry Newsletter (February 7, 2018)"
"Comedy Newsletter (June 7, 2017)"
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