Happy Limerick Day

What is a limerick? A limerick is a poem with five lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another. Lines 3 and 4 have five to seven syllables and also rhyme.

The following limerick is from Enslow's April Fool's Day Jokes to Tickle Your Funny Bone:

When logging onto the Internet
It's almost always a very safe bet
That the fake "news" you'll find
Will be old and behind—
Or it won't quite have happened yet.

This title, and the others in the Funnier Bone Jokes series, are available from your preferred vendor, local bookstore, enslow.com, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. They are available in library, paperback, and eBook format.

Age-appropriate joke books for upper elementary school readers

Geared toward the language arts curriculum and part of Enslow's spring 2013 list, Funnier Bone Jokes is a series of 48 page titles, with each title corresponding to a different holiday. All six titles in this series are available in library and paperback editions, as well as a multi-user eBook and as a library/eBook combo.

Each title defines the words joke, limerick, and tongue twister, and includes fun facts geared toward that particular title's subject. Readers also get helpful hints for designing their own cards. Other holidays featured in this series are April Fool's Day, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, Christmas, and Halloween. This series continues in the same fun way that Enslow's Funny Bone Jokes were written. That series was published in 2011.

These titles are available through your preferred vendor, your local independent bookstore, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.

Age-Appropriate Jokes for April Fool's Day

Last night, we gave a paperback copy of Enslow's new April Fool's Day Jokes to Tickle Your Funny Bone to a young boy. He shared a few of the gags with the assembled siblings, friends, and stray adults. (Think of it as a very informal focus group.) Everyone had a good time, which was the point.

Here are a couple of samples from this new Enslow book:
Q: Why did the fool bring his computer to the dentist?
A:  It had a megabyte.

Q: What do ducks like to watch?
A: Duckumentaries.

Q: How did the fool find the flea bite on her body?
A: She started from scratch.

These and many other age-appropriate April Fool's Day jokes are available in author Amelia LaRoche's 48-page book.The title, part of Enslow's "Funnier Bone Jokes" series, is available in paperback for $7.95 from Enslow Publishers. It may also be ordered from your preferred vendor, Barnes and Noble, or Amazon. A library-bound edition of April Fool's Day Jokes to Tickle Your Funny Bone is available directly from Enslow for $15.95; that price represents a 25% school/library discount from Enslow's list price. An e-book edition is also available; call Enslow Publishers for more information about this and other e-book titles.

  

Christmas Joke of the Day!

Question: What's red and white and red and white and red and white? 

Answer: Santa rolling down a hill! Author Ameilia LaRoche has fun with corny, funny and silly jokes in Ho-Ho-Ho Christmas Jokes to Tickle Your Funny Bone! from our new Funnier Bone Joke series.