Showing results for "Ideas" in Humorous Fiction

It's the Science Fair, and the second grade is all over it! Some kids are making man-eating robots. Some kids are holding their breath for a very, very long time. Some kids are doing interesting things with vacuum cleaners. The theme, obviously, is global warming. But what should Ivy and Bean do?...

Bea plans the perfect day, but her bunny ideas quickly bounce out of control. Can Bea still have a hoot when Ollie and her other friends don’t want to play by owl her rules?

Ziggy loves coming up with new inventions. Unfortunately, though, most of his inventions just don't work out, like the square "Ziggyball" or the "shulstilts" he makes for Rabbi Levi. Ziggy's father sells buns for Moishe the Baker, but Mrs. Schwartz always complains that the buns are undercooked at the center. That's when Ziggy puts his creative mind to work, with his idea for making the bakers' buns tastier and easier to carry, leading to the creation of one of the world's favorite treats - the bagel!

This sweet, giggle-inducing early reader kicks off a brand-new series featuring two unlikely friends in the tradition of Frog and Toad, from the beloved Geisel Award-winning author of The Watermelon Seed. A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Earl and Worm have been friends for a very...

Mimi Zuckerperle ist eine hervorragende Zauberbäckerin. Außer ihre Gefühle übertragen sich auf ihre Backwerke. Dann können die kleinen Törtchen schon mal ein bisschen explodieren. Na ja, halb so schlimm, oder? Doch die finstere Hexe Furunkel vom Backprüfungsamt erklärt Mimis Gefühlsbäckerei für viel zu gefährlich. Jetzt muss Mimi die Prüfung für Backhexen wiederholen und dafür auf einer Reise rund um die Welt die Zutaten für eine magische Knuspertorte besorgen. Ob ihr die Torte am Ende ohne Explosion gelingen wird? Nur dann darf Mimi wieder nach Herzenslust zauberbacken.

Who doesn't want Christmas to last forever? Well, the tree ornaments certainly do and they plan on escaping their storage boxes for a year-round Christmas at the North Pole! But a surprise guest disrupts their grand escape, teaching them that perhaps family is the true magic of the holiday. The...

Cow was in a nasty mood. When Duck came along Cow kicked mud in her face. “Why’d you do that?” asked Duck. “I felt like it,” said Cow. “And I’m not sorry.” Little did Cow know that her bad mood would spread to the whole farm. But it does when Cow passes her anger along to Duck who takes it out on Frog who is mean to Bird who upsets Goat who bothers Pig. Until goodhearted Dog turns things around by showing kindness to Pig, turning not sorry into sorry (really sorry).