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everyday situations

Books about everyday situations for readers of all ages.

Cover of The collected short fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman

The collected short fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman

Bruce Jay Friedman

Ages 14–18humorsocial customs

Cover of Someone farted

Someone farted

Bruce Eric Kaplan

Ages 4–8humorembarrassment

Cover of Loo Queue

Loo Queue

Nicholas Allan

Ages 2–6countinghumor

Cover of Rats on the roof and other stories

Rats on the roof and other stories

James Marshall

Ages 5–10humoranimals

Cover of Loo

Loo

Alan MacDonald

Ages 6–10humorembarrassment

Cover of Help!

Help!

Allan Ahlberg

Ages 3–7vocabularylanguage learning