April Fools Stories for Kids

April Fool's stories for kids offer a fun way to celebrate the holiday. For example, April Fool! Watch Out at School is a clever story featuring Gilbert and friends. The book describes a variety of funny April Fool's Day pranks the children are trying to pull on each other. Untied shoelaces, plastic spiders, and gummy worms in apples are sure to bring a smile to your child's face.

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April Fool's stories for kids are especially appealing to young readers when they feature children trying to play pranks on the grownups in their lives. Told in rhyming verse, this cute story describes how the children try their best to convince Grandpa that the cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens on the farm are out running amok while he's calmly enjoying his breakfast.

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Michael Le Souffle and the April Fool takes place in France, where a rooster named Michael Le Souffle wants to play tricks on a grouchy pig known as Mayor Melon de Plume. The story uses several French terms, but a glossary is included in the back of the book to help kids improve their vocabulary.

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April Fool! is a great choice for children who are just beginning to read independently. The text is simple and the story of siblings trying to come up with the perfect prank is very easy for young children to relate to.

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Fans of the Arthur series of books will enjoy this tale about Arthur's struggle to remember his magic tricks for the April Fool's Day assembly at school.

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Why do we have an entire holiday devoted to silly pranks? If your children are wondering about the origin of April Fool's Day, encourage them to pick up a copy of this book.

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April Fools' Day to Z Day: Holidays from A to Z is a great choice for older children who are curious about the origin of their favorite holidays. It's not exclusively an April Fool's story for kids, but this is a title curious readers will be able to enjoy throughout the year.

For more humorous reading ideas, check out the LoveToKnow Children's Books slideshow Really Funny Poems for Kids.

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