15 Laugh-Out-Loud Funny Children’s Books
You’ll love our recommended laugh-out-loud book list for kids. Read any of these funny children’s books aloud to have everyone in the family laughing!
I could probably read aloud to kids for a living… Oh wait, I do! Ah, the joys of being a homeschool mom!
Seriously though, reading aloud to my kids is absolutely the best part of the day. Even the older children will still cuddle nearby on the couch to hear a beloved picture book and the little guys are always captivated by the missionary biographies that we enjoy.
But I must admit that some of my favorite reads are those that make us laugh. Not just a little chuckle every now and then, either. We love funny children’s books that bring on those irresistible belly-laughs. There is something so healing about laughing together. In fact, it knits us together and creates that bond we desire so much.
Knowing how much you all desire the same family unity, I figured I would share some of our favorite read-alouds that will make you laugh. You’ll find something for every age group and gender. And don’t worry, parents are not excluded from sheer enjoyment either!
15 Laugh-Out-Loud Funny Children’s Books
I have broken the read-alouds up into two categories: chapter books and picture books. Remember, kids of all ages should enjoy both! Little ones learn a great deal from listening to a long passage without pictures. Likewise, older children learn about sentence structure, audience appeal, comprehension and so much more when they are given the chance to focus on shorter texts in addition to those longer chapter books. So go ahead and enjoy both without hesitation!
Funny Read Aloud Chapter Books
Read Aloud Picture Books
So those are some of our favorites! The books that have made us (literally) laugh out loud. What about you? Does your family have a favorite funny children’s book you read time and time again? Spread the laughter in the comments!
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Hi! Thanks for the list! I am always looking for funny books to keep my little ones giggling and interested. We will have to check some of these out at our public library. Our favorite funny picture book is Skippyjon Jones, read with a Hispanic accent at all the appropriate parts. My three and five year old love it!
Love this list!! I love reading aloud to my kids too – it’s my favorite part of parenting. Even though they are now readers themselves, they love to listen and snuggle. Thanks for posting. Happy, happy Mother’s Day.
Just put those books that we haven’t read yet on our holds at the library – thank you for the list!
We ready a funny picture book tonight – Cloudy with a chance of meatballs 🙂 Sailer Moo is also a funny one 🙂
You have got to check out “The Book With No Pictures”! It is absolutely the funniest book I have read with my kiddos. We were all three laughing hysterically. And then we got daddy to read it the next day. My kids still talk about it months later. I just bought it shut my sons birthday present (shhhh… Don’t tell him!)
Nurse Matilda is one of our FAVES!!! Hilarious!!!
My favorite funny read-aloud book is Goldilocks and The Three Dinosaurs as retold by Mo Willems (same author as Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus).
Thanks for the list of books! These will be among our first to read for our summer reading program. 🙂
God Bless,
Kat
Oh, I haven’t heard of that one. Sounds like one we need to check out!
As a retired elementary school teacher, I loved anything by David Weisner. He has won multiple Caldecott Awards for illustrations. My favorite was probably Tuesday…a story of flying frogs with very little text. I have used it to inspire children to tell a story with only pictures; to emphasize the importance of details; And to make predictions.
My kids (ages 7 & 8) LOVED the picture book “It Could Always Be Worse” by Margot Zemach. it was a part of school curriculum one year, and they begged me to read it over and over all the time. It is quite ridiculous and funny.
Also, I just have to add (as this is my first time commenting on your blog), that I love your blog. You have a real heart for discipleship of children and a gift for communicating it to your audience. We are doing your obedience study in our homeschool, and it has been a good exercise for my kids.
Thank you for your kind words!
If you like “The Day the Crayons Quit,” You’ll love “The Day the Crayons Came Home!” It’s a great book 🙂
Great list! My first grade son literally laughed out loud after I read “Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy” aloud. This started his love of chapter books and Junie B. Jones.
For a fun laugh-out-loud, read-out-loud chapter book, try Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat.