Pun and Games

For Young Adult Readers

Fun with language—jokes, puns, rhymes, riddles—equals lots of laughs!

To order any of these titles, contact the library by email, mail or phone. You may also request these titles online through our OPAC. Happy Reading!

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The American Riddle Book by Carl Withers.
RC 12529
More than 1000 riddles to tickle the funny bone and tease the wit. For grades 5-8.

And the Green Grass Grew All Around by Alvin Schwartz.
BR 9487 or RC 37692
A delightful collection of nearly 300 folk poems—poetry that is usually unwritten and is made up by ordinary people to meet everyday needs. Included are street rhymes, nursery rhymes, parodies, autograph rhymes, nonsense verse, and riddles. For grades 3 and up.

Black within and Red without: A Book of Riddles by Lillian Morrison.
RC 12493
A veteran compiler offers a collection of riddles to challenge the wit and the imagination. For grades 5-8.

The Carsick Zebra and Other Animal Riddles by David A. Adler.
BR 5631
A carload of jokes, riddles, and puns about animals. For grades 3-6 and older readers.

Doctor Knock-Knock’s Official Knock-Knock Dictionary
by Joseph Rosenbloom.
BR 3742
More than 500 knock-knock jokes to laugh at, groan at, and stump your friends with. For grades 4-7 and older readers.

Halloween Howls: Riddles That Are a Scream by Giulio Maestro.
BR 5696 or RC 21632
A collection of Halloween humor featuring vampires, mummies, and other creepy favorites. For grades 3-6 to share with older readers.

Hello, Mr. Chips!: Computer Jokes and Riddles by Ann Bishop.
BR 5823 or RC 21036
A collection of original jokes and riddles about computers. For grades 5-8 and older readers.

Remember Betsy Floss: And Other Colonial American Riddles
by David A. Adler.
RC 27675
A collection of funny riddles about the American Revolution and life in colonial America. For grades 3-6 and older readers.

Spooky Riddles and Jokes by Joseph Rosenbloom.
BR 7714
A collection of more than 700 riddles and jokes about monsters, ghosts, vampires, mummies, and other things that go bump in the night. For grades 3-6 and older readers.

A Thief in the Village and Other Stories by James Berry.
RC 31348
A collection of nine short stories about life in contemporary Jamaica, on such subjects as a young boy's desire to buy shoes for the cricket team and a girl's adventures on a coconut plantation. For grades 6 and up.

The World’s Worst Elephant Jokes by Lennie Weinrib.
BR 5569
Classic lighthearted jokes about the heavies of the animal world. For grades 4-7 and older readers.