books about: joke

books about: joke

books:

Joke

Alan Moore, Brian Bolland

DC Comics, 2008

Joker at his Best!
First off I had this book when I was young...the original print and then one day while shopping here on Amazon I find it in a hardcover edition and free shipping with my Prime membership....whoooooosssssshhhhhh in my cart faster then a speeding bullet!....Wait that's ...

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater

Little, Brown Young Readers, 1992

A Classic.
I have read this book five times now with 3rd graders. For some reason, I always dread rereading it. But then, during the story, I get back into it. Some stories are like that I guess. Some are Re-readers and some are not. A few things I somehow forget between ...

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (I Can Read It All by Myself)

Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel

Random House Books for Young Readers, 1960

The first book I bought for my god daughter.
Dr. Seuss is the best way to get your child to see that reading is fun. With the Dr.s lyrical sing song rhymes and strange creatures,bright colors. Salem loves this book,she loves to show how bright she is,she wants to count,to do her alphabet,at this age (She is 22 ...

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Judi Barrett

Aladdin, 1982

A book I read as a child and now my children adore!
As a young girl I read this book over and over, picturing myself as a citizen of Chew-and-Swallow, a town where it rains tomato soup and hot dogs, pancakes and eggs over easy, orange juice and spaghetti with meatballs. I loved the detailed illustrations and the humor. ...

Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition

The Onion

Little, Brown and Company, 2007

Where's my free globe?
Mine never came with the "Free Globe Inside" promised on the cover, but I bet it was stolen from my copy which I borrowed from the library. It's a challenge to take on around two hundred countries, maps, flags, and funny little photos and keep you not only amused but ...

Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington

Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein

Abrams Image, 2008

Laugh and the world laughs with you
I'm not supposed to get overwrought about politics. This book is just the ticket. It's smart and so very funny. I would recommend this to any political junkies out there.

How I Became a Pirate

Melinda Long

Harcourt, Inc., 2003

A pirate's life for me!
I laugh out loud every time I so much as look at this book! These are some amazing illustrations from David Shannon, and Ms. Long tells a riveting story about a normal soccer-playing boy who up and joins a pirate crew in the most nonchalant manner imaginable. It is ...

Paul of Dune
Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

Tor Books, 2008

Frank Herbert's Dune ended with Paul Muad’Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert’s next Dune book, Dune Messiah , picked up the story several years later after Paul’s armies had conquered the galaxy. But what happened between Dune and Dune Messiah ? How did Paul create his empire and become the Messiah? Following in the ...

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein

Abrams Image, 2007

My kind of text!
Finally, I've come across my kind of text: PLATO AND PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR: UNDERSTANDING PHILOSOPHY THROUGH JOKES by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein . . . I only regret that this engaging--and informative!--book wasn't available when I took the course as an ...

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your ...

Cali Ressler, Jody Thompson

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

Worker Bees, REVOLT. Let's make "9-5" just an old song.
Even though my work doesn't "suck" since we are already functioning in loose ROWE-type environment, I see many things that go on in the corporate world that just don't make sense any more. This book really calls out many of the idiocies that occur in the current work ...

Jokes Every Man Should Know

Quirk Books, 2008

Why are most joke books so terrible? Why do they always resort to the same tired stereotypes, awful puns, and contrived situations? Answer: Because good jokes—really good jokes—are as rare as precious gems. Writer and humorist Don Steinberg was not interested in compiling a thousand gags into a giant paperback, because he knew most of the ...

Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes
Jim Holt

W. W. Norton, 2008

In the fine tradition of On Bullshit comes this outrageous, uproarious compendium of absurdity, filth, racy paradox, and mature philosophical reflection. Stop Me If You've Heard This is the first book to trace the evolution of the joke from the stand-up comics of ancient Athens to the comedy-club Seinfelds of today. Cropping up en route are ...

Knock Knock Who's There: My First Book Of Knock Knock Jokes

Little Simon, 2000

Funny jokes for 4-6 year olds
My older niece, 6 turning 7, is a serious sort so I wanted to get her joke books for her birthday. Her sister is 3 years. I checked out a bunch of books from the library and online reviews of those and other books. Of all I looked at, this one is funny, cute ...

Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, The

E. Lockhart

Hyperion Book CH, 2008

Amazing!
Definitely one of the best books I've had the fortune of reading. Very reminiscent of Jaclyn Moriarty's "The Spell Book of Listen Taylor" (also similar due to their sudden shift from girly books to girl-power mysteries). I love the funniness, the cliche and the ...

What I'd Say to the Martians: And Other Veiled Threats

Jack Handey

Hyperion, 2008

Full of Funny!
If you're a fan of Jack Handey's work this is NOT to be missed. I bought this because of Handy's work with "Deep Thoughts" on Saturday Night Live after hearing a selected reading on the radio. Every page is laugh-out-loud funny. Top-rate absurdist humor. I love it!