Humor

=What's So Funny? Humor for the Middle School Library= **Definition** Books that entertain and amuse readers by attempting to make them laugh are classified as humor. Books in this genre often employ sarcasm, satire, exaggeration, and references to bodily excretions or potty humor.

=Reading Assignment=

Technology Assignment
Explore some of the Youtube book trailer channels below. Share a link to one of your favorite book trailers and explain how you could use these with your students. Harper Teen, Penguin Young Readers, Randon House Kids, Disney Books, Simon and Schuster, Candlewick Press, Macmillan Childrens, Book Trailers 4 All, and Harper Kids.

**Narrative Fiction** [|Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kinney] [|Big Nate Series by Lincoln Pierce] [|Dork Diaries Series by Rachel Renee Russell] [|Captain Underpants Series by Dav Pilkey] [|//Origami Yoda// series by Tom Angleberger] [|//Dear Dumb Diary// series by Jim Benton] [|//Middle School// series by James Patterson] [|//Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder// by Jo Nesbo] [|//The Princess Diaries// by Meg Cabot] [|//The Princess Bride// by William Goldman] [|Schooled, Gordon Korman] [|Liar, Liar, Gary Paulsen] [|Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar] [|Odd Squad by Michael Fry] [|Charlie Joe Jackson Series by Tommy Greenwald] [|Vordak the Incomprehensible series] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Creature from My Closet by Obert Skye] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Planet Tad by Tim Carvell] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">[|I Funny by James Patterson] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">[|All the Wrong Questions, Lemony Snicket] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">[|The Hero's Guide Saga by Christopher Healy] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">[|Guys Read: Funny Business]

=New Titles= <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">[|I Even Funnier by James Patterson December release] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">//Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made// by Stephan Pastis <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">//The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppet// by Tom Angleberber <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">//Bad Unicorn// by Platte F. Clark <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">//I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class Presiden//t by Josh Lieb //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Odd Squad Zero Tolerance //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">by Michael Fry //Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation// by Tommy Greenwald //I Represent Sean Rosen// by Jeff Barron //Vordak the Incomprehensible: Time Travel Trouble// //Pinocula: The Creature from My Closet// by Obert Skye <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//The Barftastic Life of Louie Burger// by Jenny Meyerhoff <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Otis Dooda: Strange But True// by Ellen Potter //Zits: Chillax// by Jerry Scott //Jack Strong Takes a Stand// by Tommy Greenwald //The Awesome Almost 100% True Adventures of Matt & Craz// by Alan Silberberg //What We Found in the Sofa and How it Saved the World// by Henry Clark //All the Wrong Questions: When Did You See Her Last?// by Lemony Snicket //Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle// by Christopher Healy //45 Pounds More or Less// by Kelly Barson //Pickle// by Kim Baker =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Ideas for Promoting this Genre = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">[|Rachel Moani - Display idea] pictured above

**Online Resources for this Genre** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">[|SLJ Focus On Humor That is Seriously Funny] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">[|Nerdy Book Club: Top Ten Middle Grade Read Alouds That Will Have Kids Rolling on the Floor Laughing] [|YALSA, The Hub Gere Guide: Young Adult Humor] [|YALSA, The Hub. Where Has All the Humor Gone in YA Books?] [|Goodreads - Popular Middle Grade Humor Books] [|Ms. Yingling Reads. Humorous] [|David Lubar's Humor Page] [|Guys Read: Funny]

=Book Trailers= [|Dead End in Norvelt] - Gothic Humor [|The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom] [|Who Could That Be at this Hour?] [|Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made] [|I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President]

Page adapted with permission from Jennifer Tazerouti.