Humor is the capacity to perceive, appreciate, or express what is funny, amusing, incongruous, ludicrous, etc.
Humor is the healthy way of feeling a "distance" between one's self and the problem, a way of standing off and looking at one's problem with perspective.
by Julia Donaldson
by Giles Andreae
by Simms Taback
by Giles Andreae
by Tad Hills
FREAKY FRIDAY
Rodgers, Mary
A thirteen-year-old girl gains a much more sympathetic understanding of her relationship with her mother when the two switch bodies.
HARRIS AND ME: A SUMMER REMEMBERED
Paulsen, Gary
Pig wrestling and mouse hunting are just two of a young boy's raucous escapades the summer he lived on his cousin's farm.
HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.
KNIGHTS OF THE KITCHEN TABLE
A magic book transports three boys back to the days of King Arthur in the first book of the "The Time Warp Trio."
THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
Milo, a little boy who didn't know what to do with himself, goes through the phantom tollbooth, behind which lies a strange land and even stranger adventures.
SQUASHED
Ellie is determined that Max, her 600 pound pumpkin, will win the big weigh-in at the County Fair.
THE TWITS
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted a family of monkeys.
Reasons for teaching with and about humor
http://radicalpedagogy.icaap.org/content/issue8_2/shatz.html
Writing with humor:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writeit/humor/teacher/humorwriting.htm