Duluth librarian Laura Fournier has compiled this list of laugh-out-loud books to go along with the library's "Go Bananas at Your Library" summer reading program
Picture books
* "Gladys Goes Out to Lunch" by Derek Anderson. Gladys the gorilla is tired of eating nothing but bananas, until the day she smells something wonderful that lures her from the zoo in search of a new treat. Includes a recipe for banana bread.
* "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type" by Doreen Cronin. When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.
* "Mmm, Cookies!" by Robert N. Munsch. After Christopher plays a trick on his mom and dad by serving them cookies made of clay, they engage his teacher in a way to get back at him.
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* "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" by Mo Willems. A funny pigeon tries everything to get you to let him drive the bus while the bus driver is away.
Juvenile fiction
* "The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog" by John Erickson. Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes.
* "Fair Weather" by Richard Peck. In 1893,13-year-old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago to visit Aunt Euterpe and attend the World's Columbian Exposition, which, along with an encounter with Buffalo Bill and Lillian Russell, turns out to be a life-changing experience for everyone.
* "How to Eat Fried Worms" by Thomas Rockwell. Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.
* "Don't get Caught in the Teachers' Lounge" by Todd Strasser. Wilson, Dusty and Kyle sneak into the teachers' lounge for sodas, with unexpected consequences.
Juvenile nonfiction
* "The New Kid on the Block" by Jack Prelutsky. Humorous poems about such strange creatures and people as Baloney Belly Billy and the Gloopy Gloopers.
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* "The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups" by David Wisniewski. A humorous revelation of the real reasons why adults tell children to do things, such as "Eat your vegetables," "Comb your hair" and "Don't blow bubbles in your milk."
