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Great Goofy Stuff to Read, Eat, and Do
It's fun to read and do lots of different stuff full of silliness and imagination. In these recommended books for kids ages 0-9, you'll read about silly characters and learn to make green gooey goop and art you can eat. It's fun to play and goof around with books!

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Clorinda

By: Robert Kinerk
Illustrated by: Steven Kellogg

Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader

This delightful, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny story of Clorinda, a cow who discovers ballet, is told through jaunty illustrations and rhythmic, rhyming text.

Cooking Art: Easy Edible Art for Young Children

By: Mary Ann Kohl & Jean Potter
Illustrated by: Ronnie Roseman-Hall

Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader

Art is meant to be enjoyed, and sometimes even eaten! Create, then consume, the attractive, tasty, and nutritious treats featured in this fun recipe book.

Ed Emberley's Great Thumbprint Drawing Book

By: Ed Emberley

Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader

Make a thumbprint, add a few lines, and voila! you get an instant cartoon! This easy-to-follow book helps even the youngest make fascinating, funny creatures.

Emeril's There's a Chef in My Soup!

By: Emeril Lagasse
Illustrated by: Charles Yuen

Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader

The celebrity chef shares his thrill in making kitchen creations in this lighthearted but informative and oversized cookbook. It's ideal for beginner cooks.

Kids Cooking: A Very Slightly Messy Manual

By: The authors of Klutz
Illustrated by: Jim McGuinness

Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader

Dr. Seuss could have come up with the names of these lip-smacking delights! Frozen Bananoids, Soap Bubbles Supreme – the recipes may have peculiar names, but they are familiar to and enjoyed by children and adults alike.

Lotions, Potions, and Slime: Mudpies and More

By: Nancy Blakey
Illustrated by: Melissah Watts

Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader

This collection of creative activities involve science, art, cooking, and more. Concocting these concoctions will provide hours of ooey, gooey fun.

Poultrygeist

By: Mary Jane Auch
Illustrated by: Herm Auch

Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader

When rude roosters continue to disturb the other farm animals, only Clarissa the cow and Sophie the pig take action to stop the raucous fowl. Their tale creates lots of laughs for readers.

Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

By: Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by: Marc Brown

Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader

What better way to introduce children to things fantastic or real than through these 200 short poems? Engagingly illustrated, this classic book features a variety of rhymes both old and new.

The Whingdingdilly

By: Bill Peet

Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader

Ole Scamp learns to like himself better once he’s changed by a peculiar witch. This wacky story uses comic illustrations to convey a positive message in a lighthearted, Seussian way.

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book?

By: Lauren Child

Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader

Though Herb enjoys reading, he doesn’t appreciate how important it is to treat books with care. Then he falls asleep and finds himself in a book of fairy tales that he has changed. Readers who are familiar with the standard tales will delight in this fresh, funny, and fractured book.