humorous stories, american

Tom Sawyer and his friends take a trip by balloon to Egypt; Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn must solve a murder mystery.

A collection of five humorous ghost stories.

A collection of the humorous works of Mark Twain, including stories, tall tales, lectures, speeches, and excerpts from "The Innocents Abroad, " "Life on the Mississippi, " and other long works.

A collection of sixteen humorous stories, grouped under the headings "All in the Family," "That's What Friends Are For," and "Classrooms and Corridors.".

Collection of humorous stories in which traditional fairy tales transformed into wacky parables filled with puns, wit and irony, and twisted to have silly and unexpected endings.

Presents a critical look at the use of humor in the canon of young adult literature and discusses how humor can be employed to address adolescent issues with grace and wit.

Retells classic stories and fairy tales that relate to today's society.

A collection of short stories by Jean Shepherd that capture the agony of coming of age in America.