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Summer Learning: Made You Laugh!

This book list is packed with hilarious stories, witty characters, and laugh-out-loud moments guaranteed to brighten your summer days! This is a multigenerational booklist that features selections for Pre-Readers (0-5), Readers (5-10), Pre-Teens (10-12), Teens (12-17), and Adults (18+). Selected by SJPL staff.

San José Public Library

38 items

  • For Pre-Readers. Fiction. A class of children, their teacher, and an unexpected new student experience an extraordinary first week of school.
    Book, 2024New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2024] — J PICTURE BOOK Beckmeye
  • For Pre-Readers. Fiction. When Dog is handed a strawberry from the fruit bowl, she sizes it up, dances around it, and decides she is going to race the Strawberry--and win.
    Book, 2024New York : Random House Studio, [2024] — J PICTURE BOOK Buchet
  • For Pre-Readers. Fiction. Merv, a kind-hearted monster, is labeled a nuisance by the villagers, leading him on a comical journey to seek help from various magical beings who all have unexpected demands that Merv may not be able to meet.
    Book, 2024Atlanta : Peachtree, [2024] — J PICTURE BOOK Cenko
  • For Pre-Readers. Fiction. Even though clues point to the contrary, a dragon reassures the reader that there are no actual dragons in the book.
    Book, 2024New York : NorthSouth, 2024. — J PICTURE BOOK Lambo-We
  • For Pre-Readers. Fiction. Crab is ready to go to sleep, but Fish is still wide awake, wondering: What is that noise—that ooh, ooh? What if aliens abduct us as we sleep? What if it rains frogs? What if . . . so many things?!
    Book, 2023San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, [2023] — J PICTURE BOOK Coppo
  • How to Count to One

    (and Don't Even Think About Bigger Numbers!)

    Salmon, Caspar, 1981-
    For Pre-Readers. Fiction. In this interactive, laugh-out-loud story where readers must only ever count to one, children can find ways to outsmart the book... and count all the way up to 100!
    Book, 2023Lincoln, MA, USA : Nosy Crow, 2023. — J PICTURE BOOK Salmon
  • For Pre-Readers. Fiction. When an unlucky fly mistakes Frog and Toad for two frogs, the two are determined to set the record straight. But when the two rivals have a close encounter with a snappy alligator, both Frog and Toad see the benefit of…
    Book, 2022Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022. — J PICTURE BOOK Mantle
  • For Pre-Readers. Fiction. Butterfly wakes up while Porcupine is having breakfast, and Porcupine tries to explain what it means to be nocturnal. Butterfly considers the advantages of a nighttime life while trying to get back to sleep.
    Book, 2022New York : Scholastic Press, 2022. — J PICTURE BOOK Burach
  • For Pre-Readers. Fiction. When pizzeria owner's son requests a pizza with everything, his father helps him add sauce, a house, penguins, and more, until they accidentally create a pizza black hole.
    Book, 2021San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, LLC, [2021] — J PICTURE BOOK Scheele
  • For Readers. Graphic Novel. Mack Moon dreams of being the first kid in space. Imagine his surprise when he discovers that his three regular pets--a dog, a cat, and a fish--are actually undercover agents of a secret agency called the P.E.T.S. When…
    Book, 2025Kansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2025] — J FICTION MACK MOON AND THE PETS
  • For Readers. Fiction. At the grand opening of the Woofmore Hotel, Rufus and his boss, Ms. Coco, strive to create the perfect experience for their canine guests as they deal with unexpected challenges including pup-parazzi and fleas.
    Book, 2024New York : Amulet Books, 2024. — J FICTION Gephart
  • For Readers. Fiction. Told through a he-said/she-said narrative, this hilarious book follows former best friends Charlotte and Alex as they learn there are two sides to every story. When Charlotte discovers Alex has shared her most secretest secret,…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — J FICTION Tomsic
  • For Readers. Nonfiction. From Paleolithic loincloths to Henry VIII's wives wearing underwear on their heads and beyond, this hilarious--and accurate--history of underwear (as comically modeled by chickens), tells the fascinating story of our most…
    Book, 2022New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2022. — J 391.423 Holt
  • For Readers and Pre-Teens. Fiction. Told in alternating voices, twelve-year-old fraternal twins Phoebe and Dexter reluctantly partner up for Phoebe's figure skating competition when Dexter is cut from the hockey team.
    Book, 2025New York : Kokila, 2025. — J FICTION Kim
  • For Readers and Pre-Teens. Nonfiction. A collection of humorous yet practical survival advice to help kids survive a range of scenarios, from encounters with dangerous animals to exposure to extreme weather.
    Book, 2024Philadelphia : Quirk Books, [2024] — J 613.69 Borgenic
  • For Readers and Pre-Teens. Fiction. Twelve-year-old Cuban American Benny must help the ghost of his rich, famous, and morally bankrupt musician grandfather cross over to the other side before the New Year's Eve deadline.
    Book, 2024New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. — J FICTION Iriarte
  • Kay's Anatomy

    a Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body

    Kay, Adam, 1980-
    For Readers and Pre-Teens. Nonfiction. A complete (and completely gross) guide to the human body for middle grade readers.
    Book, 2022New York : Delacorte Press, [2022] — J 612 Kay
  • For Readers and Pre-Teens. Fiction. Nikko Spirakis, twelve, loves baseball but must get past his hard-working immigrant parents--and the rhino in the outfield--to become a batboy for the local minor league team.
    Book, 2018New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2018] — J FICTION DeKeyser
  • For Pre-Teens. Fiction. Norbert was "normal" his whole life -- until he did a funny impression of their dictator and got caught and exiled! Norbert wants nothing more than to go back to earth where things are awful but at least they're familiar. But…
    Book, 2018New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. — J FICTION Patterso
  • For Teens. Fiction. A dark coming-of-age adventure of hell portals, impending apocalypse, and unlikely heroes in a discount mart. A Morris Award finalist.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — YA FICTION Cho