8 Top humor books like Down in the Dumps #1: The Mystery Box by Wes Hargis

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Down in the Dumps #1: The Mystery Box

By: Wes Hargis

3.57

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

Down in the Dumps #1: The Mystery Box has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publ…

If you liked the humor plot in Down in the Dumps #1: The Mystery Box by Wes Hargis , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Heidi Heckelbeck Has a Secret (Heidi Heckelbeck, #1) by Priscilla Burris, Wanda Coven

1. Heidi Heckelbeck Has a Secret (Heidi Heckelbeck, #1)

By: Priscilla Burris , Wanda Coven

4.07

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Introducing Heidi Heckelbeck!Heidi and her brother Henry have always been homeschooled—until now. B… read more

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2. The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

By: Donalyn Miller

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

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3. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

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4. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

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  • humor
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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5. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

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6. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

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7. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

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"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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8. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

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"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

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9. Squished: A Graphic Novel

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.17

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

From the Eisner-nominated duo behind the instant bestseller Allergic comes a fun new graphic novel … read more

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10. Pony

By: R.J. Palacio

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A story about a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with only a ghost as his companion, and a myst… read more

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  • adventure
"Even if we can’t see it, the sun never stops shining."

-R.J. Palacio, Pony

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11. Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1)

By: Wendy Mass

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Can a virtual reality headset help change the way twelve-year-old Addie looks at things? Introd… read more

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12. Smaller Sister

By: Maggie Edkins Willis

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Maggie Edkins Willis's Smaller Sister is a debut middle grade graphic novel about body image, confi… read more

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13. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza

By: Mac Barnett

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As seen on The TODAY Show! New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning… read more

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  • humor
  • adventure
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14. You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more

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"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"

-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights

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15. Iveliz Explains It All

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Library Binding

How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more

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"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

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16. Witches of Brooklyn: S'More Magic

By: Sophie Escabasse

4.24

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

You can take a witch out of Brooklyn . . . and put her in the woods? As if learning magic wasn’t ha… read more

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  • humor
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17. The Windeby Puzzle

By: Lois Lowry

3.53

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author Lois Lowry transports readers to an Iron Ag… read more

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18. Chef's Kiss (Chef's Kiss, #1)

By: T.J. Alexander

3.69

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

A high-strung pastry chef’s professional goals are interrupted by an unexpected career transition a… read more

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19. Catastrophe (Wednesday and Woof, #1)

By: Sherri Winston

4.00

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Wednesday and her service dog, Woof, are the best detectives in the Midwest! But can they sniff out… read more

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20. Ham Helsing #1: Vampire Hunter (Ham Helsing, #1)

By: Rich Moyer

3.87

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The monster hunt is on! A rip-roaring graphic novel adventure about the latest in a famous family o… read more

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  • humor
Cover of On the Corner of Chocolate Avenue: How Milton Hershey Brought Milk Chocolate to America by Tziporah Cohen

21. On the Corner of Chocolate Avenue: How Milton Hershey Brought Milk Chocolate to America

By: Tziporah Cohen

4.24

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The story of sweet success behind the Hershey's Kiss! The invention of America's quintessential mil… read more

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22. Sloth Sleuth

By: Cyndi Marko

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

On an island crawling with crime, everyone's a suspect. Luckily, its resident sloth can solve crime… read more

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  • humor
Cover of New Pup on the Block (Wednesday and Woof, #2) by Sherri Winston

23. New Pup on the Block (Wednesday and Woof, #2)

By: Sherri Winston

4.16

Format: 95 pages, Kindle Edition

Could a friend really have taken Wednesday's brother's prized possession? Wednesday and her service… read more

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24. Heidi Heckelbeck and the Wild Ride

By: Wanda Coven

4.28

Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition

Heidi and Lucy Lancaster take their friendship on a wild ride in this thirty-fourth Heidi Heckelbec… read more

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25. The Paper Museum

By: Kate S. Simpson

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In a world where paper is obsolete and magic is all but forgotten, Lydia has moved into the Paper M… read more

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26. Meg and Greg: Frank and the Skunk (Meg and Greg, 2)

By: Elspeth Rae

4.71

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A decodable book featuring four phonics stories specially designed to help children of all abilitie… read more

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27. A Smart, Smart School

By: Sharon Creech

3.67

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech delivers a companion to the New York Times bestselling picture b… read more

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  • humor
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28. Tiny Spoon vs. Little Fork

By: Constance Lombardo

3.93

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Take silly seriously! A fall-off-your-high-chair funny picture book starring a spoon, a fork, and t… read more

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  • humor
Cover of Down in the Dumps #1: The Mystery Box by Wes Hargis

29. Down in the Dumps #1: The Mystery Box

By: Wes Hargis

3.57

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

Down in the Dumps #1: The Mystery Box has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publ… read more

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  • humor
  • adventure
Cover of Welcome to the Island (Isla of Adventure #1) by Dela Costa

30. Welcome to the Island (Isla of Adventure #1)

By: Dela Costa

3.91

Format: 126 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet the ever-curious Isla Verde, a young girl with a secret—she can speak with animals—in the firs… read more

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31. Listen to the Earth: Caring for Our Planet

By: Carme Lemniscates

4.04

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This nonfiction picture book offers a new and original story of climate change and how to respond t… read more

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Kwame Alexander

4.63

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4.44

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Roberta Flack

4.09

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