Hornswoggled! : a wacky words whodunit by Crute, Josh 

BTSB Prebound(Page Street Kids, 2021)

BTSB #: 251835 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.8 LG

Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Plays on words - Fiction Humorous fiction Animals - Fiction

Summary: A madcap mystery about a rascally trickster and their equally "tricky" and fun words!

Over, bear! under, where? by Hedlund, Julie 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel, 2021)

BTSB #: 434041 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   
Lexile: 120 AD F&P: G

Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: English language - Compound words Plays on words - Fiction Animals - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: Two animal friends at a park encounter a seemingly scary creature, but not everything is as it seems, and wordplay adds to the fun.

Parfait, not parfait by Rothman, Scott 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 767681 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   
Lexile: 40 AD

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Plays on words - Fiction Humorous stories Rhyme - Fiction

Summary: Humorous illustrations and simple text takes the reader on a journey of words that rhyme (or do not) with "parfait."

Was it a cat I saw? by Bontje, Laura 

BTSB Prebound(Amicus Ink, 2024)

BTSB #: 133907 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   


Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Lost children - Fiction Problem solving - Fiction Plays on words - Fiction

Summary: Hannah, a girl who only speaks in palindromes, helps a group of children find a missing cat, and when they also become lost Hannah saves the day with a forward-and-backward thinking solution.

Words are magic! [Step Into Reading. Step 1]by Avant-garde, Zaila 

BTSB Prebound(Random House, 2024)

BTSB #: 076297 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-6   
Lexile: 110 F&P: G

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Vocabulary - Fiction Plays on words - Fiction

Summary: Scripps National Spelling Bee champion Zaila Avant-garde teaches young readers about the joy of learning new words.

Wordy book by Paschkis, Julie 

BTSB Prebound(Enchanted Lion Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 702657 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   


Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Questions and answers - Fiction English language - Vocabulary - Fiction Plays on words - Fiction

Summary: Explores how playing with a word's sound, form, and context can shape its meaning.

Worser by Ziegler, Jennifer 

Paperback(Holiday House, 2023)

BTSB #: 980549 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.2 MG F&P: Z

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Change - Fiction Vocabulary - Fiction Plays on words - Fiction Cerebrovascular disease - Fiction Aunts - Fiction Mothers - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Bookstores - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: William Wyatt Orser's life is turned upside down after his mother has a stroke, but the socially awkward, word-loving twelve-year-old finds glimmers of hope when he discovers friends who share his love of wordplay and books.

Worser by Ziegler, Jennifer 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2022)

BTSB #: 980788 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.2 MG F&P: Z

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Change - Fiction Vocabulary - Fiction Plays on words - Fiction Cerebrovascular disease - Fiction Aunts - Fiction Mothers - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Bookstores - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: William Wyatt Orser's life is turned upside down after his mother has a stroke, but the socially awkward, word-loving twelve-year-old finds glimmers of hope when he discovers friends who share his love of wordplay and books.