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Weed Wit and Humor?
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knock
Who's there?
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Yule who?
Yule make your students happy if you update this well used
and loved section of the library media collection!
Suggested
Dewey Numbers to Check:
Begin
checking this topic at the start of your 800 section. Most
titles will be found in the 808.7s (rhetoric of humor and
satire), but also scan the 810s for humor that is nationality
specific and also the 820s for humorous rhymes and verse.
Do a quick check if you have time, but your reference section
is most likely missing wit and humor. However, the AV collection
should be checked.
Specific
Criteria for Weeding:
A
lot of the humor and jokes that you thought were really
funny when you were in elementary school probably would
still be funny to today's kids. But, reading them out of
the same book that has circulated for 20, 30, or even 40
years would not be funny. A well-loved book of jokes leads
a hard life. Replace titles when the condition negates the
content. Check to see if some of these old titles have been
reprinted with more recent publication dates. Many have
been and this is a good sign that the humor included in
the title has staying power with today's students.
Review
all your wit and humor books to see if they have a gender
or nationality bias that you want to avoid in your collection
today. Also, some topics from years ago might be outdated
due to interest as well as sensitivity. Look at any illustrations
as well as the text to determine the message sent by the
humor.
 Finally,
don't be overly concerned with the age and grade levels
when purchasing wit and humor titles. You can bend a little
and purchase at a level lower than you usually do for most
topics. Your students won't be insulted. Even adults tend
to enjoy some humor at a level more like their shoe size
instead of their age! Relax and laugh.
Consider
Weeding Titles Like These:
- 1,000
jokes for kids of all ages, 1974.
- 101
hamburger jokes : meaty jokes to be devoured with relish,
c1978.
- 2,000
insults for all occasions, 1977.
- 2,000
new laughs for speakers : the ad-libber's handbook, 1969.
- 3,500
good jokes for speakers, 1975. LCCN 74029354
- 500
best Irish jokes and limericks, 1970. LCCN 73088448
- 5600
jokes for all occasions, c1980. LCCN 80020984
- American
humor and whimsey [filmstrip], 1978.
- Anything
for a laugh, a collection of jokes and anecdotes that you,
too, can tell and probably have, [1946]. LCCN 46011832
- Asian
laughter; an anthology of oriental satire and humor. [1971].
LCCN 73157272
- An
encyclopedia of modern American humor, c1954. LCCN 58006366
- Bennett
Cerf's bumper crop of anecdotes and stories, mostly humorous,
about the famous and near famous, 1959. LCCN 59000182
- The
book of Negro humor, [1966]. LCCN 65024461
- The
book of updated proverbs, 1967. LCCN 66024242
- A
carnival of modern humor, [1967]. LCCN 67011020
- Civil
War humor, [c1963]. LCCN 63025506
- The
comic image of the Jew; explorations of a pop culture phenomenon,
[1971]. LCCN 71146161
- Encyclopedia
of black folklore and humor, 1972. LCCN 73167601
- Encyclopedia
of Jewish humor; from Biblical times to the modern age,
[1969]. LCCN 68021429
- An
encyclopedia of modern American humor, [c1954]. LCCN 58006366
- Gag
galaxy : outer space jokes and riddles, 1980. LCCN 79092768
- The
history of Negro humor in America, [1970]. LCCN 70076028
- Holy
laughter; essays on religion in the comic perspective, [1969].
LCCN 70084978
- The
home book of Irish humor, [1968]. LCCN 68015417
- Knock
knocks you've never heard before, 1977. LCCN 76030386
- Laughing
on the outside : the intelligent white reader's guide to
Negro tales and humor, c1965. LCCN65015349
- The
life of the party : a new collection of stories and anecdotes,
1956.
- The
modern handbook of humor, 1967. LCCN 67019907
- The
modern treasury of humorous verse. (What cheer) An anthology
of American and British humorous and witty verse, gathered,
sifted, and salted, c1945. LCCN 52000537
- Podium
humor : a raconteur's treasury of witty and humorous stories,
1975. LCCN 74015832
- Shake
well before using : a new collection of impressions and
anecdotes, mostly humorous, 1948. LCCN 48009486
- Space
out! : Jokes about outer space, 1984. LCCN 84005650
- Speaker's
encyclopedia of humor : stories, quotes, definitions, and
toasts for every situation, c1961. LCCN 61009710
- Teen-age
treasury of good humor, 1960. LCCN 60012751
- Toaster's
handbook; jokes, stories, and quotations, 1938 [c1916].
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