Books with author Wayne Becker

The jokes may be silly—but the purpose of this collection isn’t! Children will laugh out loud at every jest even as they absorb some serious reading basics. How do you fix a gorilla robot? Use a monkey wrench. Why don’t bananas get lonely? They go around in bunches. What is it called when a queen has a sore throat? A royal pain in the neck. What did the egg say to the cook? You crack me up—and kids will agree 100 percent! Plus, witty illustrations enhance every cool comic line.

Why did the bunny eat a gold ring? He heard it had 18 carrots. How does the Easter Bunny stay in shape? He egg-cercises. Where do bunnies go after they get married? They go on a BUNNY-moon, of course! These silly rabbits and funny bunnies will have kids laughing uproariously for hours on end. Illustrated with the cutest pictures of appealing floppy-eared creatures engaged in humorous antics, this collection is pure “hoppy-ness!”

School days are funny days! Why was the math book so unhappy? It had a lot of problems. Why did the science teacher throw all her thermometers out the window? She wanted to see the temperature drop, of course! Kids will love watching the beaver teacher toss the thermometers—and seeing them float down with open parachutes on the next page. Every joke is so memorable, the animal characters so cute, and the pictures so witty that novice readers will find themselves quickly grasping every word.

A is for amusing, C is for comical, E is for entertaining, and S is for side-splittingly hilarious! Kids will have a great time with these punny, funny word and spelling jokes. In fact, they’ll enjoy them so much, they’ll forget that they’re actually skill-building too. What has four eyes, but cannot see? Mississippi. What seven letters did the girl say to her closet? OICURMT. (Say that out loud, pronouncing every letter sound—and the image of the empty closet reinforces the answer.) There’s a giggle on every page.

All things wiggly, squiggly, squirmy, and wormy slither through these side-splitters. That’s sure to delight kids with a fondness for slimy snakes, hairy spiders, and every type of buggy creature. Why is computer class a spider’s favorite? Spiders just love the web. What kind of bug does a knight fight? A dragonfly. Why do bees have sticky hair? They brush with a honeycomb. And there’s such clever art on every page, even insect-phobic readers will have fun!

In the jungle, the mighty jungle the animals laugh tonight? Yes, they do, and young jokesters will laugh along the moment they read these wild jungle jests and riddles. What do you get when you cross a hippo with a mouse? You get a hippopota-mouse. What’s gray, has wings, and likes elephant teeth? The tusk fairy. Why do chimpanzees hide when they play cards? The jungle has too many cheetahs. What a wild collection!