A Big Bunch of Nonsense

A BIG BUNCH OF NONSENSE is the funny activity book for silly kids and tweens who like to make up jokes, sing silly songs, draw ridiculous pictures, and read poems to pineapples.

Created by the folks who bring you The Journal of Nonsense magazine, A Big Bunch of Nonsense features over 91.357546 pages of hilarious activities, ridiculous recipes, quizzical quizzes, and detailed instructions on how to take care of your pet salad. It's the perfect book for silly kids aged 6-12 or serious tortoises aged 78-147.

Learn how to write jokes!
Discover how fish make tacos!
Pretend to be a sound effects machine!
Invent new words!
Take a quiz to find out if you're a dinosaur!
Tell stories about a turkey!
Solve the case of who stole the cookie jar!
Make mistakes on purpose!
Write poems about frogs!
Spot the difference between a bear and a human!
Make up rules for a board game!
Find out how to become older than your older sibling!
Doodle on an ostrich!
Act like you're being controlled by a remote!
Complete a word search that has no real words!
Sing about birds!
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When Emmy-nominated comedy writer and Junior Library Guild-selected children's book author Ethan T. Berlin couldn't find a funny print magazine to buy for his own children, he decided to make one! Thus was born The Journal of Nonsense, a magazine dedicated to helping kids hold on to and nurture their innate creativity and silliness. Then, when The Journal of Nonsense editor Ethan T. Berlin couldn't find an activity book that was based on The Journal of Nonsense magazine, he decided to make one! Thus was born A Big Bunch of Nonsense, an activity book dedicated to featuring amazing stuff from The Journal of Nonsense.