Funny Stories - Grades 4-6

The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions. …More

Combining all the excitement of international espionage and all the awkwardness of elementary school, this exciting new series by a "New York Times"-bestselling author is the story of a secret spy society made up of fifth-grade misfits who use their unique nerdiness to fight crime. …More

Ten-year-old Colin's sneakers smell really bad--but are they nasty enough to win the World's Stinkiest Sneakers title? Colin and his best friend have spent weeks working toward stinky perfection--not washing his feet, wearing no socks, jogging to get his feet juicy, and sleeping with his sneakers on--but now the sneakers are missing. …More

The Grayson twins are new in town, and on the first day of school Ray stays home sick. Jay soon discovers that no one seems to know a thing about Ray. As the boys exploit a clerical error, each one learns about self, friendship, and honesty. …More

Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything-except playing mean jokes on each other, catching unsuspecting birds to put in their bird pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. With the help of Roly-Poly Bird, they set out to get some well-deserved revenge. …More

Originally published in 1967, the first of eight best-selling Great Brain titles introduces us to J. D., an eight-year-old boy living in Utah in 1896, and his older brother Tom, aka The Great Brain, a silver-tongued con artist with a genius for making a profit. Whether he's charging admission to see Papa's new water closet, the first in town; getting rid of the mean new schoolmaster; or teaching a boy with a peg leg that he is not useless, Tom's great brain turns every situation to his advantage. …More

Judd Moon is just an average sixth grader, until his politically savvy best friend convinces him that he has what it takes to be president. Told in first-person narrative, this cleverly conceived satire will have readers laughing all the way to the Electoral College. The fact that they can't help but learn a thing or two about the election process is purely coincidental. …More

Whether it's waking up to find toads in their shoes, becoming trapped on the roof, or searching for cheese when their cow makes only lemonade, the Pepin family always seem to get into the most bizarre scrapes. …More

The bestselling creator of "The Dangerous Book for Boys" introduces the explosive, magical, and adventurous world of the Tollins. Complete with thrilling stories of danger, glorious drawings, maps, and diagrams, this is the definitive guide to these remarkable little flying creatures. …More

Hilarious, inventive, and rodent-friendly, this fantastic first novel by acclaimed picture book author Jonell features a lonely girl, a cantankerous talking rat, and a nanny who is doing very bad things. Includes a fun flip-book feature. …More

An exciting new series begins. Greg Heffley is thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary. …More

"A rollicking story of Pippi who lives without any grownups in a little house at the edge of the village. The matter-of-fact way in which her absurd adventures are related is one of the chief charms of this story."--"The Horn Book." …More

She's smart, sassy, and totally unique! She's Anastasia Krupnik!
To Anastasia Krupnik, being ten is very confusing. For one thing, she has this awful teacher who can't understand why Anastasia doesn't use capital letters or punctuation in her poems. then there's Washburn Cummings, a very interesting sixth-grade boy who doesn't even know Anastasia's alive. Even her parents have become difficult. They insist she visit her ninety-two-year-old grandmother, who can never remember Anastasia's name. On top of all that, they're going to have a baby -- at their age! It's enough to make a kid want to do something terrible. If she didn't have her secret green notebook to write in, Anastasia might have never make it to her eleventh birthday.

A young girl describes how her school friend made over a million dollars by creating and marketing a cheaper and better toothpaste. …More

Wayside School was supposed to be built with 30 classrooms all next to each other in a row. Instead, the classrooms were stacked one on top of the other--30 stories tall! Here are some hilarious and fun stories about the school, the teachers, and the students. …More

From eating too much chocolate, Henry breaks out in brown bumps that help him foil some hijackers and teach him a valuable lesson about self-indulgence.  …More

The young Bellweathers-fourteen-year-old Spider, thirteen-year-old Ninda, and the ten-year-old triplets, Brick, Spike, and Sassy-and their equally peculiar parents have brought constant chaos to the once-peaceful village of Eel-Smack-by-the-Bay. Still, no one has suffered more than their loyal butler, Benway, who has finally had enough. He is secretly writing his tell-all memoirs, packing his bags, and planning his move to a tropical location, Far, Far Away. But when the siblings discover Benway is preparing to leave their lighthouse home, they band together to prove how much he's needed, as only Bellweathers can. . . . …More

Mark Hopper is the smartest student in the sixth grade, and he knows it. When another Mark Hopper moves to town (the same age, with similar looks), the old Mark Hopper makes trouble for the new Mark Hopper, in this comedy about the importance of having a good name. …More

In this terrific debut, the Pulitzer Prize-winning "New York Times" columnist introduces a charming cast of middle-school newspaper reporters that stands up to authority to expose a school scandal. …More