Funny girl : funniest. stories. ever.

Author

Betsy Bird

Call Number

• J FUNN (CEN, OSH, WSQ)

Publication Information

New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.

Physical Description

xv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Summary

Presents a collection of humorous stories from over two dozen contemporary female writers, as well as autobiographical essays, comics, poems, and comic strips.

Contents

• Introduction / by Betsy Bird
• How to tell a joke / by Delaney Yeager and Mackenzie Yeager
• In which young Raina learns a lesson / by Raina Telgemeier
• Dear grandpa: give me money / by Alison DeCamp
• Grandma in oil country: a true story / by Ursula Vernon
• One hot mess / by Carmen Agra Deedy
• Fleamail / by Deborah Underwood
• A most serious recitation of the poem "Trees" / by Cece Bell
• Things could be verse / Kelly DiPucchio
• Swimming is for other kids / Akilah Hughes
• Dear Bella and Rover / Deborah Underwood
• Thumb incident / Meghan McCarthy
• Desdemona and sparks go all in / Rita WIlliams-Garcia and Michelle Garcia
• 7 things I thought were (think are) funny but were really kind of sad, and that all happened to my little brother / Lisa Brown
• Babysitting nightmare / Shannon Hale
• Dear Bella and Rover (again) / Deborah Underwood
• Can we talk about whiskers? / Jennifer L. Holm
• Brown girl pop quiz: all of the above / Mitali Perkins
• Over and out / Lisa Graff
• Doodle / Amy Ignatow
• Fleamail pawed-cast / Deborah Underwood
• How to play imaginary games / Leila Sales
• Great Expectations / Christine Mari Inzer
• A public service announcement about your period from Sarah T. Wrigley, Age 12 3/4 / Libba Bray
• Smart girl's guide to the Chinese zodiac / Lenore Look
• Bad luck dress / Charise Mericle Harper
• World's most awkward mermaid / Sophie Blackall
• Tell your future with Mad Libs®
• My life being funny (and how you can do it, too) / Adrianne Chalepah.