The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids by Carole P Roman
Publisher: Rock Ridge Press
Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult
Length: Short story (149 pages)
Age Recommendation: 10+
Rating: 5 stars
Reviewed by Aloe800 silly jokes, limitless learning
The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids is chock full of knock-knock jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, and silly stats for endless hours of hilarious entertainment. The funny thing is―in reading and telling the jokes―kids improve their reading comprehension and verbal skills. The learning is hidden in the yuks!
This collection of jokes for kids is fully illustrated, family-friendly, and filled with modern, inclusive material. Prompts also encourage kids to write their own gags. These knee-slappers even get more challenging with each chapter, so this book tickles funny bones of all ages. Kids will be bursting to share the laughs every chance they get (parents, you’ve been warned).
The key word here is silly! You could also say they were “punny”. There are over 800 hundred jokes in this book and the majority of them will keep your children in stitches.
It’s broken down into the following Chapters:
HA! Q&A
Knock, Knock
Tongue Twisters
Puns
Riddles
Wait For It…
Your Turn
Some samples for you:
What are the strongest days of the week? Saturday and Sunday. Every other day is a weak day. (I told you they were “punny”.)
Knock Knock. Who’s there? Thumpin’. Thumpin’ who? There’s thumpin’ furry crawling up your back.
Shelly shaved six silly sheep. (Try saying this multiple times.)
I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.
What tells the time but needs no winding? A rooster.
Jada, why can’t dinosaurs clap? Jada thinks for a minute and says because they are extinct.
The last section is where you can create your own jokes.
My favorite part were the Silly Stats. Here’s an example of those:
Laughter is good for you! It decreases the chemicals in our bodies that makes us sick and increases the ones that make us feel better.
No matter what sense of humor you have this book will talk to you. Some of the jokes are corny. Some change the words to make it rhyme. Why not have fun with what you read? Some of these jokes remind me of ones I heard in grade school and that was a long time ago. Evidently Knock, Knock jokes will never go away…
Buying this book will make everyone in the family feel better.