Funnybones by Janet Ahlberg

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By Janet Ahlberg

Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin

Dragons love tacos more than anything, so a party planner throws them a giant taco party — but forgets that spicy salsa turns dragons into fire-breathing disasters.

David's Father by Robert Munsch

A girl named Julie notices the furniture moving into her new neighbor's house is enormous, and starts to wonder whether her new friend David's father might actually be a giant.

I Just Ate My Friend by Heidi McKinnon

A little creature has eaten his only friend and now needs a new one, so he goes around asking other creatures — each with a very good reason to say no.

The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone

A furry blue monster begs the reader directly, page after page, not to keep turning — because there's a monster waiting at the very end of the book.

Goodnight Goon: a Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex

A little werewolf tries to settle down for the night in a cold gray tomb full of monsters, but a mischievous goon barges in determined to keep everyone from sleeping.

Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly by Grace Lin

Twin sisters who look alike but never think alike share six funny stories about their everyday adventures, proving that being silly together is its own kind of fun.

Frog and Fly by Jeff Mack

A hungry frog and a clever fly face off in six short comic-style chapters, with frog always seeming to win — until fly gets the last word.

Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen

A man and his dog set out in a rowboat with lunch for three, only to get launched airborne when a playful whale surfaces right beneath them.

Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey

When barbecue smells drift over Mousopolis's first cook-off, they awaken Dogzilla — a monstrous, horribly stinky mutt — and the terrified mice must find a way to save their city.

10 Minutes till Bedtime by Peggy Rathmann

A child gets ten minutes to get ready for bed while a growing crowd of hamster tourists pours through the front door for a wild, wordless-countdown tour of the house.

Belly Button Book by Sandra Boynton

A beachful of bare-bellied hippos celebrates the one thing they all have in common, with one tiny baby hippo whose entire vocabulary is BEE BO.

Chicken Little by Steven Kellogg

A hen gets bonked on the head by something falling from above and becomes convinced the sky is falling, setting off a chain reaction of panic among her farmyard friends.