There were good pieces in here, but on the whole it felt like it was too forced, like grownups trying too hard to make a kid laugh. ( )

short stories/girl middlegrade-tween humor. Not the funniest stories I've read, but a nice collection from diverse authors encouraging girls to express and revel in their comic selves. ( )

Cute. Some of the stories are hit and miss and the novelty of the dog/cat advice column runs out rather quickly. My absolute favorite stories were the one with the money-hungry granddaughter (tho slightly-meanspirited), the babysitter stuck with the cookie-crazed toddlers, the germ-burning momma, and the Raina Telgemeier comic. ( )

An amusing collection of stories in various formats (narrative prose, Q&A, comic/graphic novel, letters, Mad Libs, lists) by many funny women. Many of these stories could be embarrassing or humiliating, but their authors see the humor of the situation, so the reader does too.

From "Dear Grandpa: Give Me Money" by Alison DeCamp

Also, here's a little hint from the old guy: money can't buy you happiness. It's true it can buy you sea salt caramel ice cream with chocolate sprinkles, and that is really close to happiness. But in the grand scheme of things, ice cream melts and people who only like you for what you have (and not who you are) are worse than melted ice cream. (20)

From "Babysitting Nightmare" by Shannon Hale

For four-year-olds, they were really good at explaining what "tired" was and why they didn't have it. (109) ( )

Meh. There were very few stories in here that I actually found funny. ( )