You may know some chicken jokes, but how about bug jokes? This volume in the "Funny Bone Jokes" series offers riddles, knock-knock jokes, limericks, tongue twisters, fun facts, and more about different animals. Chapters cover cats, dogs, birds, ocean animals, chicken, jungle animals, farm animals, snakes, insects, and bears. At the end, there are instructions for writing your own joke book, along with a bibliography, listing four books, two web sites, and an index. The jokes are age-appropriate, if corny. For instance: "Why are fish so smart? Because they live in schools." The clip art illustrations, which are all in dull shades of gray on a grayish background, are not very appealing: the cartoon drawings and occasional small photos are nothing special, and the lack of color does not help. Still, if public and school libraries find themselves in need of more themed joke collections, this may be worth considering. Other titles in the series include Gross Body Jokes, Food Jokes, Weird Science Jokes, Ha-Ha Holiday Jokes, and Sports Jokes.

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