What's So Funny?: Making Sense of Humor

What's So Funny?: Making Sense of Humor
ISBN-10
1101664843
ISBN-13
9781101664841
Series
What's So Funny?
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
64
Language
English
Published
2011-06-09
Publisher
Penguin
Author
Donna Jackson

Description

Everyone loves to laugh, and to hear and see funny things-but what makes something funny in the first place? What is humor? This book explains why our brains think something is funny, what happens to us physically when we laugh, why you can tickle your friend but not yourself, and so much more. Plenty of jokes and silly anecdotes are included, and hilarious line drawings appear on almost every page.

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