This spring's newly published crop of picture books includes some laugh-out-loud funny installments. (After all, if your toddler is going to be obsessed with reading the same book 45 million times, it might as well be a book that makes you chuckle too, right?)

Barnacle Is Bored by Jonathan Fenske
The barnacle is grouchy, and rightfully so: He can’t move, and he envies all the free-wheeling fish around him. But the sudden appearance of a moray eel changes his perspective.

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Wolf Camp​ by Andrea Zuill
Homer the dog heads off to Wolf Camp to learn to embrace his inner howling, loner wolf. Perfect for kids who may be a bit nervous about heading off to camp themselves this summer.

Alan's Big Scary Teeth by Jarvis
A lesson in humility and honesty, served up in the form of an alligator who’s afraid to look silly—but he learns there are far worse things in the swamp.

Stories from Bug Garden​ by Lisa Moser
A beautiful array of insects inhabits the pages of this set of poems and funny vignettes, which read almost like interconnected short stories.

Frankencrayon by Michael Hall
A messy red scribble threatens to ruin the crayons’ big plans to put on a play, but Frankencrayon (literally; he’s three crayons smashed together to make one) inadvertently saves the day.

Swap! by Steve Light
Ahoy… pirate book ahead! Told in few words and delightfully detailed illustrations, this story leads readers through a series of barters that allow the protagonists to build a new ship.

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