Humorous Fiction for Boys

Humorous Fiction for Boys
Grade levels are intended as guidelines, and not to restrict readers. All titles are
shelved in General Fiction (JFIC) unless otherwise noted. Titles followed by “(+)”
are part of a series.
Ardagh, Philip. A House Called Awful End. (+) Gr. 4­7
Blume, Judy. Freckle Juice. Gr. 1­3
Blume, Judy. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Gr. 3­5
Brooke, William J. A is for Aarrgh! Gr. 5­8
Brown, Jeff. Flat Stanley. (+) Gr. 1­3
Byars, Betsy. Bingo Brown's Guide to Romance. (+) Gr. 4­7
Cleary, Beverly. Muggie Maggie. Gr. 2­4
Cleary, Beverly. Ramona the Pest. (+) Gr. 2­4
Clements, Andrew. Frindle. Gr. 3­6
Colfer, Eoin. Eoin Colfer's Adventures of Spud Murphy. (+) Gr. 2­4
Dadey, Debbi and Marcia Thornton Jones. The Bailey School Kids series.
Gr. 1­3
Dahl, Roald. Matilda. Gr. 4­8
Delaney, Michael. Deep Doo­Doo and the Mysterious E­mail. Gr. 5­7
Delton, Judy. The Pee Wee Scouts series. Gr. 1­3
Doyle, Roddy. The Giggler Treatment. Gr. 2­5
Elliott, David. The Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle. Gr. 3­5
Fleischman, Sid. Disappearing Act. Gr. 4­6
Frank, Lucy. The Annoyance Bureau. Gr. 4­6
Freeman, Martha. Fourth Grade Weirdo. Gr. 3­5
Gantos, Jack. Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue. (+) Gr. 4­7
Gleitzman, Morris. Blabbermouth. Gr. 4­6
Gorman, Carol. Dork on the Run. (+) Gr. 3­6
Griffiths, Andy. The Day My Butt Went Psycho. (+) Gr. 3­6 JPB
Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot. Gr. 5­8
Hurwitz, Johanna. The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein. Gr. 2­4
Jennings, Richard. My Life of Crime. Gr. 4­8
Jones, Marcia Thornton and Debbie Dadey. Barkley's School for Dogs series.
Gr. 1­3
Juster, Norman. The Phantom Tollbooth. Gr. 4­7
Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid. (+) Gr. 3­6
Korman, Gordon. Schooled. Gr. 5­9
Korman, Gordon. Sixth Grade Nickname Game. Gr. 4­6
Korman, Gordon. The Chicken Doesn't Skate. Gr. 4­6
Korman, Gordon. This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall. (+) Gr. 4­7
Kurzweil, Allen. Leon and the Spitting Image. Gr. 4­6
Lawrence, David. Horace Splattly the Cupcaked Crusader. (+) Gr. 2­4

Look, Lenore. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things. (+)
Gr 3­6.
Lowry, Lois. Attaboy, Sam! (+) Gr. 2­5
Lowry, Lois. Switcharound. Gr. 3­6
Manes, Stephen. Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days. Gr. 3­5
McCloskey, Robert. Homer Price. Gr. 3­5
McKay, Hilary. Dog Friday. Gr. 3­6
Mills, Claudia. Alex Ryan, Stop That! (+) Gr. 4­7
Morgenstern, Susie. A Book of Coupons. Gr. 3­6
Mowat, Farley. Owls in the Family. Gr. 2­6
Olsson, Soren and Anders Jacobsson. In Ned's Head. Gr. 4­6
Park, Barbara. Skinnybones. Gr. 2­5
Paulsen, Gary. Harris and Me. Gr. 4­8
Paulsen, Gary. The Case of the Dirty Bird. (+) Gr. 3­5 JPB
Paulsen, Gary. The Schernoff Discoveries. Gr. 4­8
Pilkey, Dav. The Adventures of Captain Underpants series. Gr. 2­4
Pilkey, Dav. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby. (+) Gr. 2­5
Pilkey, Dav. Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robots. (+) Gr. 2­4
Pinkwater, Daniel. The Hoboken Chicken Emergency. (+) Gr. 3­6
Pullman, Philip. I Was a Rat: Or the Scarlet Slippers. Gr. 4­7
Robinson, Barbara. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Gr. 3­6 in Holiday
Rockwell, Thomas. How to Eat Fried Worms. Gr. 2­5
Sachar, Louis. Dogs Don't Tell Jokes. Gr. 5­8
Sachar, Louis. Holes. Gr. 5­8
Sachar, Louis. Sideways Stories from Wayside School. (+) Gr. 2­4
Sachar, Louis. There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom. Gr. 2­5
Scieszka, Jon. Knights of the Kitchen Table. (+) Gr. 3­7
Seidler, Tor. Mean Margaret. Gr. 3­6
Smith, Greg Leitich. Ninjas, Piranhas, and Galileo. Gr. 5­8
Smith, Robert Kimmel. Chocolate Fever. Gr. 2­5
Snicket, Lemony. A Series of Unfortunate Events series. Gr. 4­7
Soto, Gary. The Pool Party. Gr. 3­6
Spinelli, Jerry. There's a Girl in My Hammerlock. Gr. 5­7
Spinelli, Jerry. Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush? Gr. 5­8
Stauffacher, Sue. Donuthead. Gr. 3­7
Tolan, Stephanie. Surviving the Applewhites. Gr. 5­8
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Secret Identity. (+) Gr. 2­5
Weeks, Sarah. Guy Time. (+) Gr. 5­7
Winkler, Henry. Hank Zipzer: The World’s Greatest Underachiever series
Gr. 3­5
Fall 2009