What's So Funny?: Making Sense of Humor

Donna M. Jackson

ISBN 10: 0670012440 / ISBN 13: 9780670012442

Published by Viking Books for Young Readers, 2011

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What's So Funny?: Making Sense of Humor
• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670012440
• ISBN 13: 9780670012442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Ted Stearn
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

A Junior Library Guild Selection

Q.  What do you call a dinosaur that's scared to tell a joke?
A.  A nervous rex

Who doesn't love to laugh, or to hear and see funny things?  But what makes something funny in the first place?  What exactly is humor?  Using fun facts, anecdotes, and more than a few silly puns, Donna M. Jackson explores the wide-ranging world of humor, explaining why our brains think something is funny, why you can tickle a friend, but not yourself, how to tell a joke like a professional comedian, and so much more.

Illustrated with Ted Stearn's hilarious drawings, What's So Funny? is a behind-the-scenes look at humor that will tickle your brain and your funny bone--after explaining what that is, of course.

About the Author

Donna M. Jackson is an award-winning author of many nonfiction books for young readers.  Her work includes The Bone Detectives, The Name Game and, most recently, The Elephant Scientist -- named a 2012 Robert F. Sibert Honor book, a 2012 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Book, and an NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade book. She lives and laughs with her husband, Charlie, and their family near the Colorado's Rocky Mountains.