Really, Really Bad School Jokes by Walton, Rick; Andriani, Renee Williams

Year 1998
Pages 29

Worth buying if: You enjoy school humor, puns, and punchlines designed to earn an affectionate groan.

Skip it if: You want a sustained story with characters, plot, or a developed setting.

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Summary

This 29-page Candlewick Press collection centers on school jokes and the comic pleasure of punchlines so bad they become funny. Rick Walton is credited as author, with Renee Williams Andriani also listed in the record.

Why this book now

Pick it up when you need a brief, low-stakes break built around school-themed silliness.

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Rick Walton’s Really, Really Bad School Jokes delivers a quick dose of deliberately groan-worthy humor for classroom-minded readers.

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Best for readers who...

Good fit if you want...

  • You enjoy school humor, puns, and punchlines designed to earn an affectionate groan.
  • You prefer a short joke collection that can be dipped into rather than read straight through.
  • If you enjoy slow-burn romance, the prose pauses to examine inner life.

Maybe skip if...

  • You want a sustained story with characters, plot, or a developed setting.
  • You prefer subtle, polished comedy over intentionally bad jokes.
  • You only want something with very current references and examples.

Mood / Vibe Tags

Silly School humor Groan-worthy Quick laughs Quick read

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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780763604202

Worth buying if: You enjoy school humor, puns, and punchlines designed to earn an affectionate groan.

Skip it if: You want a sustained story with characters, plot, or a developed setting.

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Reading commitment

Quick Easy to move through

At 29 pages, this is a very short reading commitment, suited to quick browsing or a few jokes at a time.

What stands out here

This catalog record identifies the 1998 Candlewick Press edition at 29 pages, with Rick Walton and Renee Williams Andriani named in the record.

Best way to approach it

Read it in brief bursts, pausing after each joke to enjoy—or resist—the deliberately bad punchline.

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