Marshall Cavendish's book sets are top picks for elementary-level libraries and these new releases are especially recommended as staples for any serious collection, promising lasting reference and relevance. Melissa Stewart's 'The Gross and Goofy Body' enlivens physiology for kids, offering humorous yet scientific surveys of body functions in just under 50 pages each.

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

Wherever there is an italic, the hickory descended. It fell about as regularly and after the fashion of the stick beating upon the bass drum during a funeral march. But the beast, although convinced that something serious was impending, did not consider a funeral march appropriate for the occasion. He protested, at first, with vigorous whiskings of his tail and a rapid shifting of his ears.

We may not all be born comedians, but most people are naturally humorous, says Doni Tamblyn, comic-turned-trainer and president of HumorRules LLC. Tamblyn's humorous techniques have brought serious results to clients such as Chevron, Wells Fargo, AstraZeneca, and other Fortune 500 companies, universities, and government entities. Now she offers these techniques to you in one intriguing, information-packed, and very funny book!

For Patrick McManus fans, this is American humor at its best, warm and reaffirming in its commentary on everyday life in the USA. George S. Irving lends to McManus's vignettes a lively presentation, coloring in the cartoonish quips with character voices galore and more energy than the big fish that got away. MOSQUITO BAY provides over an hour of the humorous stories that have made McManus a literary satirist whom critics have enthusiastically likened to Mark Twain. R.A.P. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine

This study presents the origins of more than 300 common words and phrases, each including or pertaining to names of places.
"Toposaurus" is filled with amusing histories on a wide variety of toponyms, each meticulously researched and guaranteed to enlighten and amuse the reader.