Laughter Is the Best Medicine

Tuesday’s Greenwich Time ran a feature entitled "Ha, Ha, Ha! Laughter is the Best Medicine." Did you know that some of the healthful consequences of a good giggle are reduced stress, increased oxygen intake, a boost in immune function, and the release of endorphins, the body’s feel-good hormones? Did you?

Check out a cheerful, chuckle-full book on your next visit to Perrot’s Youth Services Department. You’ll find jokes and gags a-plenty in our non-fiction collection at J 793.7, silly songs at J 784.6, poems with punchlines in J 811, and lots of laughs in our picture book and juvenile fiction collection, including The Dumb Bunnies series by Dav Pilkey (writing as Sue Denim-- get it??), about a family of bird-brained bunnies who do the most outrageous things, and Mo Willems’s Pigeon books, featuring a fine feathered friend with a funny streak. Let us help you find one that tickles your funny bone!