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Picture Books with Punchlines
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The retired kid
by Jon Agee
Having decided to retire early in order to avoid school, homework, and daily chores, Brian moves to Happy Sunset Retirement Community and, despite being sixty years younger than the rest of the residents, finds a way to make it a happy home with the help of his new dancing and card-playing friends, Ethel, Myrtle, Harvey, and Tex.
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Miss Nelson is missing!
by Harry Allard
The arrival of a strict substitute convinces Miss Nelson's students that they must get their teacher back.
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Little Beauty
by Anthony Browne
When a gorilla who knows sign language tells his keepers that he is lonely, they bring him a very special friend
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Ivan the terrier
by Peter Catalanotto
When his master attempts to read Three Billy Goats Gruff to a group of children, Ivan the terrier, longing for some loving attention, keeps interrupting story hour.
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Serious farm
by Tim Egan
Life on Serious Farm with Farmer Fred is difficult and depressing for the animals, so they decide to put on a show with costumes and songs in the hopes of putting a smile on their owner's grumpy face. 10,000 first printing.
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Olivia saves the circus
by Ian Falconer
When all the circus performers become ill, young Olivia suddenly finds herself in the spotlight under the big tent as the stand-in for the fire eater, elephant rider, lion tamer, trapeze artist and others.
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Dirty Joe, the pirate : a true story
by Bill Harley
Dirty Joe and his pirate crew terrorize the seven seas in their quest for dirty socks, but they meet their match in Stinky Annie, whose favorite loot is pilfered underwear.
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Mustache Baby
by Bridget Heos
When Baby Billy is born with a mustache, his parents have to figure out if it's a good-guy mustache or a bad-guy mustache in this hilarious picture book comedy. 25,000 first printing.
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I want my hat back
by J. Klassen
A bear almost gives up his search for his missing hat until he remembers something important, in a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist.
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Walter, the farting dog
by William Kotzwinkle
Betty and Billy are quite surprised to discover that Walter, the adorable dog they rescued from the pound, is quite overly flatulent, and just when the family decides they have had it with Walter's frequent bouts of gas, Walter unexpectedly becomes a hero!
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The paper bag princess
by Robert N. Munsch
After her castle and clothes are destroyed by the dragon, Princess Elizabeth, dressed only in a paper bag, sets out to rescue Prince Ronald, who was taken captive
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Not a box
by Antoinette Portis
From mountain to rocket ship, a small, imaginative bunny shows that a box is not always just a box but an object that will go as far as the imagination allows.
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The boy who looked like Lincoln
by Mike Reiss
As a young boy who looks identical to Abe Lincoln, Benjy finds life difficult as he is constantly teased, always gets the same parts in the play, and typically gets the same silly gifts for his birthday, yet while spending the summer at a special camp for other look-alike kids, Benjy learns an important lesson that makes him begin to appreciate his special features. Reprint.
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Little Hoot
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Little Hoot wants to go to bed early, like all of his friends do, and he is hopping mad when Mama and Papa Owl insist that he stay up late and play
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Hugs from Pearl
by Paul Schmid
Pearl the porcupine loves to give hugs, but her friends don't like receiving them, so when Pearl finds inspiration in an unlikely place, she is able to continue doing her favorite thing in the world. By the creator of A Pet for Petunia. 40,000 first printing.
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Oliver and his alligator
by Paul Schmid
Picking up an alligator from a nearby swamp when he feels nervous about his first day of school, little Oliver uses his alligator to scare away his problems until his loneliness prompts him to make a brave decision. By the award-winning creator of A Pet for Petunia.
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The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales
by Jon Scieszka
A revisionist storyteller provides his mad, hilarious versions of children's favorite tales in this collection that includes "Little Red Running Shorts," "The Princess and the Bowling Ball," "Cinderumpelstilskin," and others.
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Too many toys
by David Shannon
When the house becomes too overrun with Spencer's out-of-control collection of toys, Spencer will have to figure out which ones will stay and which ones will go when he can't convince his mother that he needs to keep them all. 75,000 first printing.
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Interrupting chicken
by David Ezra Stein
Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale
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Jake goes peanuts
by Michael Wright
In an effort to get Jake to eat something other than peanut butter, his parents declare it "Peanut Butter Week" and create such dishes as peanut butter soup, peanut butter pot roast, and even peanut butter dog food for their pet
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