Holiday Book Gift Guide: Silly Kid Edition

I am That Aunt who always gives books as gifts. I’m a big believer in letting kids read whatever they want and trusting them to pick books that are a good fit in both reading level and content. This means that books with unicorns that poop cupcakes and main characters named Fart will always be bought when asked for.

If you have young readers who like their books full of silliness and loads of laughs, here are some of my favorites! You can click on the book covers for ordering information.

Ame Dyckman is one of my go-to authors for both gifts and storytime books. All of her books are hilarious and kids really, really love them. In You Don’t Want a Unicorn, readers discover that owning a unicorn is not just a lot of work, some of the clean up is quite interesting. I’ve read this to kids Prek-5th and all loved it.

I read this to every class that came for Library visits at the end of the school year and they loved it! The bookmobile is back in town and one kid is so excited to see the Librarian and get a new book. Unfortunately, it’s a new Librarian who doesn’t let him pick a book because it’s a “girl” book. He also can’t have the cat book because it’s only for cats, the dog book is apparently only for dogs, and next thing you know, all sorts of critters and creations are lounging and reading books meant just for them. That is, until a dinosaur walks up and demands a book about ponies! No one says no to a dinosaur.

You must use a fun dinosaur voice when reading this book. It’s a delightful requirement.

Hilarity ensues when it’s nearly time for Grandma’s arrival, but the house still needs cleaned and a sneaky cat, who really doesn’t want a bath, keeps interfering with the family’s chore list.

Pig the Pug is one of our most popular series and Pig is especially naughty on the night he should be the nicest! This greedy little Pug finds himself on a wild adventure in Santa’s sleigh.

This book is perfect for fantasy and adventure readers who love fart jokes. Fart, along with his fellow apprentices, impersonate their masters to embark on a quest for the king of the realm. The quest? Finding the Golden Llama and it’s magical fart.

So many farts.

Will and his mother have just moved to a new town after his parent’s divorce and everything is going wrong. The town seems way too excited about Halloween with all the weird decorations, his dog goes missing, school seems full of monsters, and actually, there seems to be monsters everywhere! But only Will seems to be the one noticing, until he meets two new friends who also have some insider knowledge on why the town is so spooky.

Very funny, very charming, and one of the best funny/spooky books out there for kids.

Look, becoming a zombie after eating a weird school lunch is NOT going to stop Tulah from auditioning for the fall musical! How do you keep becoming a zombie a secret? Just follow Tulah on her zany adventures to keep her secret double life from ruining middle school.

If a fairytale was turned upside down and then inside out, you’d get Moldlylocks and the Three Beards. Princess Pink is a muddy sneakers and adventure loving thrill seeker who finds her way to The Land of Fake-Believe through a portal in her fridge…

It’s super silly and full of very colorful illustrations.

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