Haunted House Jokes

by Louis Phillips, James Marshall

A collection of jokes, puns, riddles, and knock-knocks featuring ghouls, ghosts, mummies, and other scary things

57 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1987

Reviews

[Samantha · Rating 2 out of 5]

Plenty of punny jokes divided into chapters (Dracula, The Invisible Man, ghosts, werewolves, Frankenstein's Monster, skeletons, and mummies) with small black and white illustrations on each page by James Marshall.

I would've liked to see less jokes and bigger, full color pictures by Marshall, especially because a few of the jokes took me a minute to figure out so I think children may walk away not understanding more than a few punchlines. Also, I LOVE Marshall's scary-without-being-scary pictures. A few of the chapters could've been cut too. The Invisible Man and the werewolf chapters were too short and not funny enough to have earned a place in the book.

In the end, though, I do give the writer props for ending the book on with a fitting joke.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute compilation, some of which I hadn't heard before.

A couple of favorites:

Why did the werewolf finally take a bath?
He decided to give up his life of grime.

What is white and powdery?
Instant ghost

[Elizabeth]

If you're like me and you love bad jokes, this might just be the book for you.