Children's Book Suggestions | Funny Books

Some of our favorite funny books for young readers in Grades 2-7.

Updated July 25, 2025
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Oregon City Public Library
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The Bad Guys
Blabey, Aaron
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! "I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog Man This New York Times bestselling illustrated series is perfect for fans of Dog Man and Captain Underpants. They sound like bad guys,...

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

Bad Kitty gets a bath
Bruel, Nick
Paper Book
Bad Kitty must get a bath in this full color graphic novel in Nick Bruel's New York Times bestselling series. The following are some items you will need for Kitty's bath: one bathtub, plenty of water, dry towels, a suit of armor, a letter to your loved ones, clean...

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

Mercy Watson to the rescue
DiCamillo, Kate.
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! A Wall Street Journal 20 Best Children's Books of the Past 20 Years Selection The first adventure of this New York Times best-selling porcine wonder is available in paperback. To Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mercy...

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

Let's get cracking!
Marko, Cyndi
Paper Book
Kung Pow Chicken is the superhero everyone has been waiting for!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will...

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

Junie B. Jones and the stupid smelly bus
Park, Barbara.
Paper Book
THE START OF THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES WITH OVER 80 MILLION COPIES SOLD * Begin a new adventure with Junie B. in the first chapter book in the hit series that keeps kids laughing and "makes reading fun" (Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man)! "Junie B. is the...

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

The adventures of Captain Underpants : an epic novel
Pilkey, Dav
Paper Book
Laugh out loud with Captain Underpants, the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Dav Pilkey, the creator of Dog Man!Fourth graders George Beard and Harold Hutchins are a couple of class clowns. The only thing they enjoy more than playing practical jokes is creating their own comic...

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

Home sweet motel
Grabenstein, Chris
Paper Book
"Outrageous hijinks and nonstop hilarity--five-stars!" --Lincoln Peirce, author of the Big Nate series From the bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and co-author with James Patterson of I Funny, House of Robots, and Treasure Hunters, comes a hilarious...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

The 13-story treehouse
Griffiths, Andy
Paper Book
Andy and Terry live in a treehouse. But it's not just any old treehouse, it's the most amazing treehouse in the world! This treehouse has thirteen stories, a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a secret underground laboratory, and a marshmallow machine that follows you around...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Dory Fantasmagory
Hanlon, Abby
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * In the start of this bestselling, laugh-out-loud chapter book series, an imaginative little rascal with a big personality attempts to win over her siblings the only way she knows how. Perfect for fans of Junie B. Jones and Ivy & Bean! "Some...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
Kinney, Jeff
Paper Book
Boys don't keep diaries--or do they? The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

InvestiGATORS
Green, John
Paper Book
"When I'm faced with a Pilkey fan looking to branch out, this graphic novel is the first book I reach for... If eight books aren't enough, the spinoff series, Agents of S.U.I.T., continues the fun." ―The New York Times With more than four million copies in...

Children's Graphic Novel (Grades 3-5)


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