Tag: Humor

17 of the Funniest Picture Books We Read in 2017

December 21, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

Between our regular reading, blogging, and being a first round panelist for the Cybils, we read a lot of picture books this year. Here are the ones that made us laugh and giggle the most. Those in bold were sent to me for review from the author, illustrator, or publisher. The rest we picked up at our local library. They’re all fantastic. All the images are Amazon affiliate links and you can click on them to learn more about them […]

Categories: 2017, Humor, Picture Books • Tags: 2017, Children's Books, Funny picture books, Humor, Picture Book, Picture Books

Rot, the Cutest in the World! by Ben Clanton

December 20, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

[Review Copy Courtesy of Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for Young Readers] Released out into the world yesterday – Rot, the Cutest in the World! is a picture book about a mutant potato entering a cuteness contest. It expertly touches on themes of beauty, high self-confidence, context, and who’s to judge. Rot explains these complex lessons in a fun, honest, and hilarious way. In Rot, the Cutest in the World!, Ben Clanton uses tons of humor to send a clear message that […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Children's Books, Humor, kidlit, Picture Book, Picture Books

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Circle, Triangle, Elephant! A Book of Shapes & Surprises by Kenji Oikawa and Mayuko Takeuchi

September 12, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

Before and After is excellent in every way. It playfully and creatively explores the concept of before and after while ingeniously utilizing the advantages of the board book format. Before and After is engaging, delightful, surprising, inclusive, and laugh out loud funny.

Categories: Board books, Board Books about Shapes, Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Board books, Children's Books, Circle Triangle Elephant, Humor, Kenji Oikawa, Mayuko Takeuchi, Picture Book, Picture Books

The Big Bad Fox by Benjamin Renner

September 2, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from Copy Courtesy of First Second Books] The Big Bad Fox by author, illustrator, and cartoonist Benjamin Renner is hilarious, honest, and a remarkably therapeutic commentary on right and wrong, politicians and politics, real and perceived enemies, struggling with our inner nature, the insanity of love, and the sheer chaos of parenthood. (There’s more, but the previous sentence was getting way too long.) Fox, our anti-hero, is hungry and he wants chicken! Fox breaks into the hen house of […]

Categories: Children's Books, Comic Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Animals, Picture Books about Behavior, Picture Books about Being Different, Picture Books about Chickens, Picture Books about Father • Tags: Benjamin Renner, Children, Comic Book, First Second Books, Fox, Graphic novel, Humor, The Big Bad Fox

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Before & After by Jean Jullien

August 31, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

Categories: Before and After Picture Books, Board books, Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Art, Books, Children, Children's Books, Humor, Illustration, Jean Jullien, Phaidon Press, Picture Book, Picture Books, Recommended

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Max the Flying Sausage Dog: Book Three A Scary Tail by John O’Driscoll and Richard Kelley and Illustrated by Arthur Robins

December 6, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from copy received courtesy of Words in the Works] Max the Flying Sausage Dog is one of our absolute favorite book series. The subject, the humor, the prose, and illustrations are so perfectly and expertly done and so completely inline with our family’s sense of humor that we’re all enamored with books one, two, and now three. The hardest my eldest son has ever laughed was when we read the first book of Max the Flying Sausage Dog. He […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Animals, Picture books about Bullies, Picture Books about Dogs, Picture Books about Flying Dogs, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture Books about Overcoming Obstacles, Picture Books about Pets, Picture Books about Resolving Conflict, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Arthur Robins, Book Review, Bullies, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Dogs, Flying Dogs, Funny picture books, Humor, John O'Driscoll, kidlit, Max the Flying Sausage Dog, Nanobots, Picture Book, Picture Books, Picture books about Dogs, Read Aloud, Recommended Books, Recommended Picture Books, Richard Kelley

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Who Wins? Created by Clay Swartz and Illustrated by Tom Booth

December 2, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from copy sent courtesy of Workman Publishing] Who Wins? 100 Historical Figures Go Head-to-Head and You Decide the Winner is possibly one of the funniest, actively engaging, passionately debatable, and entertainingly informative biographies you may ever read. We have been reading and playing Who Wins? since July and it is absolutely fantastic. Here’s how this book works. The book is spiral bound with three separate sections. On the left and right sections there are 50 different historical figures with a long list […]

Categories: Biography, Children's Books, Kidlit, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Clay Swartz, Hilarious Picture Books, Historical Figures, History, Humor, kidlit, Picture Book, Picture Books, Read Aloud, Recommended Books, Recommended Picture Books, Tom Booth, Who Wins?

Giveaway! Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins

October 28, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

Thank you to Disney for providing the book for review and a prize pack for the giveaway. Bruce. Man, what a mom. He’s supposed to be hibernating, but instead we find that he’s in Miami with his four adopted geese kids. He might not be happy about it, but he’s doing it like a champ. So when they all come home, back to their super-cozy, super-awesome cave and find that it has been commandeered and turned into a hotel by three […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Adoption, Picture Books about Animals, Picture Books about Bears, Picture Books about Behavior, Picture Books about Resolving Conflict, Picture Books with Great Characters, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Bears, Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, giveaway, Hotel Bruce, Humor, Humorous Children's Books, kidlit, Picture Book, Picture Books, Read Aloud, Recommended Books, Recommended Picture Books, Ryan T. Higgins