Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. Ever. Paperback – May 8, 2018

My 10yr old daughter and I read this together and it was hilarious. Laugh out loud funny at times which is so unexpected yet so welcomed!!! Fun way to try out new authors!!!

The young lady I purchased the book for (8 years old) loved it. After dinner on the day I gave it to her she read stories from it to her mom, dad, sister, and 2 brothers. Her mom said it was a great family time of togetherness. I also got a large home made thank you card from her. 😊

As with most short story collections that I've read, the quality of the stories varied. I enjoyed some of the stories a lot more than others. Some I found rather odd such as A Most Serious Recitation of the Poem "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer, Rendered Most Seriously (and with the utmost care) By The Hand of Cece Bell with a pasted in picture of Benjamin Franklin debating with a pig, amusing but really odd. There were several stories that were quite informative (sort of) such as How to Tell a Joke by Delaney Yeager and Mackenzie Yeager or Brown Girl Pop Quiz: All of the Above by Mitali Perkins.My favorite stories were In Which Young Raina Learns a Lesson by Raina Telgemeier, which revolves around young Raina's unfortunate (but hilarious) encounter with a bee. Also, Dear Grandpa: Give Me Money by Allison DeCamp and One Hot Mess by Carmen Agra Deedy left me with sore ribs from laughing so hard. In the Dear Grandpa story, a young girl writes letters to her grandpa demanding money and her grandfather writes back. In One Hot Mess, a young Cuban American girl explains why her mother always sets the tub on fire when they move into a new place.A couple of stories may concern some adults/young readers because of the topics, but are funny because of the truth they contain. The first such story is Over and Out by Lisa Graff which revolves around Riley's attempts to rescue her sister's fancy bra from a toilet tragedy which could result in her demise. A Public Service Announcement About Your Period from Sarah T. Wrigley, Age 12 3/4 by Libby Bray presents the advice of a young person about getting one's period which is irreverent but funny.Other stories include a brief appearance from Babymouse (Jennifer Holm and Matthew Holm) as well as an amusing presentation of the Chinese Zodiac. Some stories cover only a couple of pages, others a dozen pages.The stories also vary in presentation, with most of the stories being regular prose, but others being in comic format, and still others combining text and illustration. I think what I enjoyed most about the book was the clear message that girls can be funny and let their senses of humor shine.

awesome

I can’t say enough about how much my daughter (and I) love this book. My almost-10-year-old is a funny girl who bores easily of the typical books targeted at her age range. Aside from the Wayside books, this is the only non-graphic novel text she has read over and over again. And boy does she laugh! We need a Funny Girl, Volume 2.

Loved, loved, loved this collection of short stories by contemporary female children's authors! I couldn't put it down and read through it in one sitting. I have already shared two of the stories with one of my fifth grade classes, who loved the stories as much as I did. I appreciate the variety of formats - including graphic novels and letters for example - and the laugh-out-loud humour. We need more of such books!

When reading the sample pages for this book my 8 year old daughter and I were all giggles. For Christmas I surprised her with this book and she was so excited. However, I quickly realized that the topics presented on other pages were for older children. Topics mentioned include: infatuation with boys and drug references (presented in terms of a "don't do drugs" class). My daughter doesn't even know what drugs are and I am grateful for her innocence. As long as I read her the book and skip/change words the book is fun so far, but I would't have bought it had I read other parts of the book. Disappointed.

I wasn't sure whether this would be appropriate for her or not as she's obsessed with graphic novels and rarely ventures on her own into chapter books, but she finished this in one night and absolutely loved it.