humorous stories

Meet the unlucky magician Zip and his friends in the first of the Adventures of Zip Ready-to-Go! books from author-illustrator David Milgrim, who was awarded a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor for his Ready-to-Read, Go, Otto, Go!.

Buddy Burger escapes his home planet, lands in Hollywood, and is cast in a new television series, but must pretend his six eyes and suction-cup feet are the costume and his human skin is real.

"Dog Man . . . is still learning a few tricks of the trade. Petey the cat is out of the bag, and his criminal curiosity is taking the city by storm. Something fishy is going on! Can Dog Man unleash justice on this ruffian in time to save the city, or will Petey get away with the purr-fect crime?"--Amazon.com.

"Twelve-year-old Jake McQuade-the smartest kid in the universe-goes to a camp for geniuses, where he goes up against the Virtuoso quantum computer, the smartest machine in the universe"--.

"Deck the halls with Captain Underpants in this wacky, holiday-filled, action-packed young graphic novel"--Provided by publisher.

"Goose is gone and a young girl pleads with her friends, two ducks and moose, for help in finding their missing pal"--OCLC.

"Dave doesn't have high hopes for himself on his first day at a new school in a new town called Muddle. But he has no idea just how bad things are going to be. Getting knocked into a mud puddle by a trio of bullies. Having his secret crush revealed to the entire math class. And then that snot bubble ... No, Dave is totally not killing it at Muddle School. He may just have to resign himself to dorkdom, content with drawing in his sketchbook to deal with life. But then Dave begins working on a time machine for the science fair and he gets a brilliant idea. What if he goes back in time to that first day of school?" -- Publisher.

"Sorrel Fallowfield is so good at being good that teachers come to her when they need help remembering the school rules--and there are lots. Luckily, Sorrel doesn't have any trouble following them, until the day she discovers a faded packet of Surprising Seeds buried under a tree in her backyard. Now she's hearing voices, seeing things, experiencing an almost unstoppable urge to plant the Seeds in some very unusual places...and completely failing to win her school's competition to find The Most Obedient Child of the School. And all that's before flowers start growing out of her head"--Amazon.com.

Follows a young boy's desperate search to find a bathroom while on a school field trip to the zoo.

Anticipating an extra-groovy field day, Pete the cat and his friends Callie, Grumpy Toad, and Gus compete for medals in activities ranging from a water-balloon toss to a three-legged race.