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Get ready to laugh, chortle, giggle, and chuckle with these best funny books to read aloud to your kids. These are the funniest, funny picture book favorites that my kids loved me to read to them and ...

I am concerned about how my book club scheduled for next Thursday at the time of this writing is going to go. Given that I’ve been telling people what to read for better than a decade in these pages, ...

Get ready to wake up the person sleeping next to you. Here are dozens of funny books guaranteed to make you laugh out loud. Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may earn a ...

Gina Ramsey, a humor writer from Superior, has a book out Tuesday called “Burnt Gloveboxes: Embracing Life When It Goes Up in Flames.” It chronicles some of the “misadventures” of Ramsey’s life, with ...

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The Bank Street Book Festival, an annual gathering of authors, illustrators, educators, and other children’s book professionals was held at Bank Street College of Education in Manhattan on October 28.

Bruce Dana wants to keep Mormons laughing. For all its reputation as a no-nonsense religion of family wholesomeness, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is amusing itself anew with ...

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