Funny Picture Books
Funny picture books earn their keep when your kid demands the same page again because the grown-up has to make that ridiculous noise one more time. Good ones range from silly rhymes to a book that makes you say embarrassing words out loud on purpose.
The winking Yink who drinks pink ink is exactly the kind of nonsense that makes One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss a giggling hit before bed.
Each page piles one more silly word onto the donkey until The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith is basically a tongue-twister with legs.
Angry letters from crayons about their working conditions sounds dumb on paper. The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt makes it the funniest complaint department around.
Kids love watching grown-ups get stuck saying ridiculous things out loud. The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak makes the parent the punchline.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault sends the whole alphabet racing up a coconut tree until it topples in one satisfying crash.
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss keeps saying no in a hundred different ways before finally trying the thing anyway.
A dragon who keeps flunking dragon school in increasingly clumsy ways gives Zog by Julia Donaldson its steady stream of gentle laughs.
Picky eaters at the story table still laugh when the broom snaps and everyone tumbles off. Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson earns its giggles honestly.
Not for a kid who needs everything gentle and predictable. The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone plays on real fear of monsters, then laughs at it.
A tub full of silly animals scrubbing and rocking their way to sleep makes The Going To Bed Book by Sandra Boynton funny enough to survive nightly repeats.
The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt brings back Duncan's runaway crayons, and somehow their postcards home are even funnier than their first complaints.
Rhymes carry the science along so smoothly your kid won't notice they're learning anything from There's No Place Like Space: All About Our Solar System by Tish Rabe.
Save Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang for the day your kid is in a mood and every well-meaning suggestion just makes it worse.
Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds takes a kid's small worry seriously enough to build a whole funny mystery out of it.
The Good Egg by Jory John finds real jokes in one egg cracking under the pressure of being the only responsible one in the carton.
