Description

A mixture of how-to and history, this book sets out the rules of joke-making and joke-telling (with lots of hilarious examples) and explores our fascination with japes, jibes, jokes and jesters. How did April Fools’ Day come about, anyway? Why is a punch line called a punch line? And why on earth do we find things funny in the first placeDescriptionPsst! It’s true! This is the best book on JOKES you’ll ever read!Knock knock.Who’s there?Max.Max who?Max my brain bulge to read this book!Discover the secrets of riddles, hoaxes and tongue twisters. Invent side-splitting jokes in easy-to-follow steps. Tickle your bunny phone with the truth about trifle towers, and start your own laughter epidemic!Pester your pals with a pack of perfect punchlines.Awards2007 Finalist for the New Zealand Post Book Awards for nonfiction; Shortlisted for Storylines Notable New Zealand Books 2007Included in the UK Guardian booklist of must-read books for boys in May 2007.About Sharon HoltSharon Holt was born in Auckland and grew up there. She left school at 16 and trained and worked as a teacher before applying for journalism school. In recent years she has written a number of educational books for Learning Media in NZ and Thomson Learning in Australia.