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Betsy Bird

Funny girl : funniest. stories. ever. / edited by Betsy Bird. - New York: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017. - 205 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Paperback edition published: New York: Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2018.

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

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

9780147517838 (pbk.) 9780451477316 (hc.)


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