Kids' Silliest Jokes

by Jacqueline Horsfall, Buck Jones (Illustrator)

Get ready for some major belly laughs with this crazy collection of more than six hundred hysterical jokes, riddles, and knock-knocks. Kids will crack up over such zany zingers "How do you make a kitchen sink? Throw it in the bathtub." and "What does a slice of toast wear to bed? Jam-mies." They'll have fun trying to gross-out their friends with plenty of bathroom humor, including "Where do football players go before the big game? To the Toilet Bowl." and "What kind of bell belongs in the bathroom? One that tinkles." Giggles are guaranteed with freaky fairy tales like, "Why wouldn't the Prince kiss his Princess awake? She was Sleeping Cootie." And there's monstrous fun with such doozies as, "Why do vampires gargle? So they won't have bat breath." With all these silly jokes to choose from, kids will keep themselves laughing for hours.

Genres: Humor, Jokes, Childrens

Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

About the author

Jackie knew she wanted to write when a high school English teacher scolded her for writing a book report on a banned book. Jackie didn't know the book had been banned -- or even that books COULD be banned.

Now she does it all: fiction & nonfiction, 21 books & hundreds of magazine pieces, for kids, teens and adults. For 15 years she taught writing courses for the Institute of Children's Literature. Her early writing career began in Washington, DC, at the White House Correspondence Section -- answering the President's mail.

Jackie lives in the Finger Lakes wine region of upstate New York, deep in the woods where mushrooms form fairy circles.

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I think of bathroom humor, I imagine jokes about poo-poo and pee-pee, but this book just tells so many jokes about things you find or do in a bathroom other than urination and defecation. I don't think I've ever seen bathtub rings referenced so many times in one work. Do modern kids even know what they are? Have Scrubbing Bubbles and Magic Erasers made them a thing of the past?

Actually, there are a lot of jokes here that I'm not sure my daughter would have understood when she was young, and there a quite a few she'd still need to google now that she is in her twenties. There are dated pop-culture references and nods to technology and practices long obsolete (VCR tape rewinding and chimney sweeps anyone?).

So, yeah, the sort of jokes you spend more time explaining than enjoying together. Plus they are loaded with corny or labored puns.

"Where does a werewolf like to hide?
In your claws-it."

My favorite joke from the book?

"What do you have when your head is hot, your foot is cold, and you see spots before your eyes?
A polka-dot sock over your head."


FOR REFERENCE:

Contents: 1. Bathtime Belly Laughs -- 2. Shower Slams -- 3. Comic Cleanups -- 4. Jump into Your Jammies -- 5. Bed Springs -- 6. Freaky Fairy Tales -- 7. Moon Madness -- 8. Monsters under the Bed -- 9. Counting Sheep -- 10. Dream Boats and Night Mares -- 11. Rise and Whine -- 12. Knock-Knock Nuttiness -- Index

[Jose Ayala · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book got me laughing stop much that I could not stop really I could not stop and then there was some jokes and I told Alex m and he was laughing to so I would recommend this book to Alex m this he loves funny books.

[Lexi Ramsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was good. I recommend this for kids 6+ because some kids wont understand.

[Efren Antimano]

I love jokes!