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Humorous Books Grades 2-3
The Rat Brain Fiasco - by Julie Berry and Sally Faye Gardner
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/12/2010
ISBN-13: 9780448453590
ISBN-10: 0448453592
Cody Mack's misdeeds land him in a reformatory school, where he soon discovers that the principal and teachers are actual monsters with a sinister plan to alter the boys' brains.  Series:  Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys
Call Number:  J BERRY
The Chocolate Touch - by Patrick Skene Catling
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/2006
ISBN-13: 9780688161330
ISBN-10: 0688161332
A title first published in 1952 recounts the trials and tribulations of a greedy boy's predicament when everything John Midas touches turns to chocolate. 
Call Number:  J CATLING
Jake Drake, Class Clown - by Andrew Clements
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2002
ISBN-13: 9780689839214
ISBN-10: 0689839219
When Jake tries to crack up an unsmiling new student teacher, he gets laughs and plenty of attention, but he also discovers that not everybody loves a clown.  Series:  Jake Drake
Call Number:  J CLEMENTS
 
The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow - by Andy Griffiths
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/29/2009
ISBN-13: 9780312367886
ISBN-10: 0312367880
A lively collection of super-silly, rhyming tales enhanced with bright illustrations for beginning readers, from the author of The Day My Butt Went Psycho!
Call Number:  J GRIFFITH
Mrs. Lilly Is Silly! - by Dan Gutman
Publisher: Harper
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/11/2011
ISBN-13: 9780061969218
ISBN-10: 0061969214
Meeting local reporter Mrs. Lilly on Career Day at Ella Mentry School, A. J. and the gang receive tips on how to create their own school newspaper and then become investigative reporters who are determined to catch nefarious ne'er-do-wells.   Series:  My Weirder School
Call Number:  J GUTMAN
Babymouse: Mad Scientist - by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Publisher: Random House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/10/2011
ISBN-13: 9780375865749
ISBN-10: 0375865748
Babymouse discovers Squish, a new species of amoeba, while working on a school science fair project.  Series:  Babymouse.  Graphic Novel
Call Number:  J HOLM
Herbie Jones and the Second Grade Slippers - by Suzy Kline
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/20/2006
ISBN-13: 9780399231322
ISBN-10: 0399231323
Herbie, Ray, and their second-grade classmates learn about treating each other with respect when their teacher says everyone can wear slippers in class.
Call Number:  J KLINE
Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathletes - by Jarrett Krosoczka
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/27/2012
ISBN-13: 9780375870286
ISBN-10: 0375870288
For having skipped the school field trip, Dee, Hector, and Terrence must join the mathletes team, but as they are poised to beat the undefeated champions, secret crime fighter Lunch Lady discovers something strange about the opposing team.   Series:  Lunch Lady.  Graphic Novel
Call Number:  J KROSOCZK
Super Chicken Nugget Boy and the Massive Meatloaf Man Manhunt - by Josh Lewis
Publisher: Disney/Hyperion Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/06/2011
ISBN-13: 9781423115014
ISBN-10: 1423115015
Gordonville's "best of the breaded," Super Chicken Nugget Boy, faces his most dreaded adversary yet when Massive Meatloaf Man emerges from the woods. Series:  Super Chicken Nugget Boy
Call Number:  J LEWIS
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters - by Lenore Look
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/23/2009
ISBN-13: 9780375857058
ISBN-10: 0375857052
When Alvin's father takes him camping to instill a love of nature, like that of their hometown hero Henry David Thoreau, Alvin makes a new friend and learns that he can be brave despite his fear of everything. Series:  Alvin Ho
Call Number:  J LOOK
School!: Adventures at the Harvey N. Trouble Elementary School - by Kate McMullan
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/20/2010
ISBN-13: 9780312375928
ISBN-10: 0312375921
Each morning, student Ron Faster hurries to Harvey N. Trouble School, where he encounters a colorful ensemble of students, teachers and staff, and survives wild adventures, fun-filled classes, silly mishaps and lessons about life.
Call Number:  J MCMULLAN
Billions of Bats: A Buzz Beaker Brainstorm - by Scott Nickel
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/30/2007
ISBN-13: 9781598893137
ISBN-10: 1598893130
Sarah Bellum, the new star pupil at school, mistakenly creates hundreds of copies of her pet bat, Bobo, with her cosmic copy machine, until Buzz Beaker comes up with an ingenious way to solve the problem.  Series: Graphic Sparks Graphic Novel
Call Number:  J NICKEL
Hot Dog and Bob and the Surprisingly Slobbery Attack of the Dog-Wash Doggies - by Lissa Rovetch
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/23/2007
ISBN-13: 9780811857451
ISBN-10: 081185745X
When alien dogs visit Lugenheimer Elementary School during the fifth-grade fundraiser--a dog wash--to select human pets for their home planet, Bowwowwowwow, Bob and Clementine and their superhero friend, Hot Dog, must stop them.  Series:  Hot Dog and Bob
Call Number:  J ROVETCH
Knights of the Kitchen Table - by Jon Scieszka
Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/1991
ISBN-13: 9780670836222
ISBN-10: 0670836222
Joe receives a magic book for his birthday present from his uncle. Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to a time when evil knights, fire-breathing dragons, and vile-smelling giants roamed the land.  Series:  Time Warp Trio
Call Number:  J SCIESZKA
Jurassic Grampa - by Kirk Scroggs
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9780316006927
ISBN-10: 0316006920
When the pet food supply in Gingham County is contaminated, the pets all turn into dangerous prehistoric animals and dinosaurs.  Series:  Wiley & Grampa's Creature Features
Call Number:  J SCROGGS
Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine - by Francesca Simon
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/10/2009
ISBN-13: 9781439581537
ISBN-10: 1439581533
Horrid Henry invents a time machine and promises to send his brother, Perfect Peter, to the future (as soon as Peter puts on one of Mom's dresses), but when Peter gets there, everything kind of looks the same.  Series:  Horrid Henry
Call Number:  J SIMON
Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up - by Melissa Thomson
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/03/2008
ISBN-13: 9780803732636
ISBN-10: 0803732635
Trying to make a good impression on her new teacher, Keena Ford stumbles into yet another unexpected adventure after Mr. Hanson mistakenly believes it to be her birthday and presents her with a cake and sparkly crown in front of the entire class.  Series:  Keena Ford
Call Number:  J THOMSON
 
Invasion from Planet Dork - by Greg Trine
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/22/2010
ISBN-13: 9780805081657
ISBN-10: 0805081658
As big trouble heads toward Los Angeles, California, Max Beederman gathers his superhero friends to face what comes: a trio of extraterrestrial kidnappers from the planet Dork who call themselves Monkey Wrench, Elbow and Shoe.  Series:  Melvin Beederman, Superhero
Call Number:  J TRINE
Dragonbreath - by Ursula Vernon
Publisher: Dial Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/10/2010
ISBN-13: 9781448748730
ISBN-10: 1448748739
Teased by others in his class for being the only mythical creature in their school for amphibians and reptiles and mocked for being a dragon who can't breathe fire, Danny Dragonbreath turns to his best friend, a friendly iguana, and his cousin, a deep-sea diving sea-serpent, for the support he needs to keep a smile on his face!  Series:  Dragonbreath
Call Number:  J VERNON
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