Wacky Reads for Kids

Enjoy some of these off-the-wall, bonkers books!

Updated August 1, 2025
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Who ate Steve?
Lloyd, Susannah
Paper Book
P is for pterodactyl : the worst alphabet book ever ; all the letters that misbehave and make words nearly impossible to pronounce
Haldar, Raj
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller! A "raucous trip through the odd corners of our alphabet." -The New York Times Let's get real-the English language is bizarre. A might be for apple, but it's also for aisle and aeons. Why does the word "gnat" start with a G but the word...
Don't feed the coos!
Stutzman, Jonathan
Paper Book
The dynamic team behind Llama Destroys the World returns with a laugh-out-loud tale about the dangers of . . . feeding pigeons! When you see a coo, you will be tempted to give it a treat. Coos are adorable, peaceful, kind of silly. But...
Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
Barrett, Judi.
Paper Book
Imagine if food fell from the sky like rain. wouldn't it be great? Or would it? This is what happened in the tiny town of Chewandswallow. In many ways it was much the same as any other small town, except for the weather. which came three times a day, at breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I can only draw worms
Mabbitt, Will
Paper Book
This book is about worms. I can only draw worms. You might think worms are boring - but you'd be wrong. These worms have INCREDIBLE adventures! I can't draw those bits, though, so you'll have to imagine them. A hilarious and superbly silly book that will have...
The book with no pictures
Novak, B. J.
Paper Book
You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except . . . here's how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words say . . . BLORK. Or BLUURF. Even if the words are a preposterous song...
The wonky donkey
Smith, Craig
Paper Book
In this hilarious, cumulative story, each page tells us something new about the donkey until we end up with a spunky, hanky-panky, cranky, stinky-dinky, lanky, honky-tonky, winky wonky donkey who will have children in fits of laughter
Don't think of tigers
Latimer, Alex
Paper Book
The narrator of this book will draw anything you want - but he cant draw tigers! So please, dont think of tigers! But, of course, soon all youll be able to think of is tigers - so the narrator will draw them, more and more ridiculous as they go: a tiger in a mermaid outfit, one carrying a coffee and...

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