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Amphigorey Too

Edward Gorey · 256 pages

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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

David Sedaris · 192 pages

If animals were more like us, if mice kept pets and toads could cuss, if dogs had wives and chipmunks dated, sheep sat still and meditated, then in the forest, field, and dairy you might find this bestiary, read by storks, by rats and kitties, skimmed by cows with milk-stained titties. "I found the book to be most droll," might quip the bear, the owl, the mole. Others, though, would be more coarse

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Go the Fuck to Sleep

Adam Mansbach · 32 pages

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Squids Will Be Squids

Jon Scieszka · 48 pages

Contemporary fables with tongue-in-cheek morals address such topics as homework, curfews, and television commercials.

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Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

Bo Burnham

A strange and charming collection of hilariously absurd poetry, writing, and illustration from one of today's most popular young comedians... EGGHEAD: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone Bo Burnham was a precocious teenager living in his parents' attic when he started posting material on YouTube. 100 million people viewed those videos, turning Bo into an online sensation with a huge and dedicated

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The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey · 128 pages

When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen.

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Pure Drivel

Steve Martin · 130 pages

A collection of Martin's comic writings, some of which first appeared in: The New Yorker.

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Calvin and Hobbes

Bill Watterson · 127 pages

A collection of comic strips following the adventures of Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes.

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Falling Up

Shel Silverstein · 176 pages

A collection of humorous poems and drawings.

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Without Feathers

Woody Allen · 210 pages

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Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (A Series of Unfortunate Events)

Lemony Snicket · 224 pages

A Warning from the Publisher: Many readers have questions about Lemony Snicket, author of the distressing serial concerning the trials of the charming but unlucky Baudelaire orphans, published under the collective title A Series of Unfortunate Events. Before purchasing, borrowing, or stealing this book, you should be aware that it contains the answers to some of those questions, such as the fol

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The Cyberiad

Stanislaw Lem · 295 pages

OMG I can't believe there's no description for this - but then I can because this book defies description. Stanislaw Lem is a genius and your minds will be expanded to bursting when you begin this journey into a world where machines are the dominant species. It is hugely entertaining, inventive, witty, and above all, laugh out loud funny. The book concerns two "constructors" - Trurl and Klaupaciou

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The Last Hero

Terry Pratchett · 174 pages

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Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth

The Onion · 245 pages

A news-parody compendium of world non-facts features maps and incorrect statistics for all of the world's independent nations, from Afghanistan to the Ukraine, and includes the world's rejected flag designs and the planet's most annoying handicrafts.

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Tales Designed to Thrizzle, Volume One

Michael Kupperman

Collection of humorous graphic stories about an array of characters and written by American cartoonist Michael Kupperman.

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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Roald Dahl · 176 pages

Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator.

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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

Neil Gaiman · 400 pages

This is a duplicate. Please update your lists. See https://openlibrary.org/works/OL679359W.

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Frankenstein Takes the Cake

Adam Rex · 48 pages

Frankenstein wants to marry his undead bride in peace, but his best man, Dracula, is freaking out about the garlic bread, and the Headless Horseman wishes everyone would stop drooling over his pumpkin head.

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Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book

Terry Jones · 64 pages

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How to Survive a Horror Movie

Seth Grahame-Smith · 175 pages

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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

Tim Burton · 128 pages

A bizarre menagerie of characters--including Oyster Boy, Brie Boy, Match Girl, and Stick Boy--search for love and understanding in a world that does not comprehend oddities.

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This Book Loves You

PewDiePie · 248 pages

This Book Loves You by PewDiePie is a collection of beautifully illustrated inspirational sayings by which you should live your life. If you follow each and every one, your life will become easier, more fabulous, more rewarding. Imagine what a chilled-out and wonderful human being people would think you were if you lived by the simple principle "You can never fail if you never try." Your wasted li

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Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!

Jonathan Goldstein · 320 pages

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