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Jackson, Donna M.

What's So Funny?: Making Sense of Humor

64 pp. | Viking | June, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-670-01244-2 $16.99
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Ted Stearn. Loosely organized chapters lightly explore the psychology of humor and jokes, physiological effects of laughter, gender and age differences in what people find funny, and the possibility of humor in other species. The information provided is basic and stretched rather thinly, and the exemplary jokes, while plentiful, aren't very funny (neither are the cartoon illustrations). Reading list, websites. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton

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