humorous fiction

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humorous fiction

Wayside School gets a little stranger

1995
Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.

Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

1957
A woman with a magic way of curing children's bad habits tries her hand with a bully, a whisperer, and a slowpoke and formulates cures for a show-off and a crybaby.

Wayside School is falling down

1989
More humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, where students learn to tango, facethe cafeteria's dreaded Mushroom Surprise, and study a hobo during Show and Tell.

Pippi Longstocking

1977
Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village.

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

1978
Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.

Tales of a fourth grade nothing

1972
Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem.

Charlie and the chocolate factory

1973
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.

Soup's hoop

1990
Soup's crazy plan to help his town's basketball team to victory includes constructing a musical instrument called a spitzentootle and snaring the evil Janice Riker in an unpleasant trap.

Amelia Bedelia helps out

1979
Amelia Bedelia shows her niece Effie Lou how to follow instructions to the letter as they dust the potato bugs and sew seeds.

Amelia Bedelia's family album

1988
Amelia Bedelia entertains Mr. and Mrs. Rogers by showing them her family album and describing what her relatives do.

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