The Big Book of Laughter

About the book

This wonderful and heartfelt book reminds us of a simple truth: laughter is universal. No matter our age, language, or the time we live in… there’s always a reason to laugh! With humor and playful complicity, this book celebrates the magic of laughing together and shows just how valuable it is to learn to laugh at ourselves and face life with a lighthearted spirit.

Excerpt

A baby’s first laugh makes the whole family laugh.

The baby laughs because everyone is laughing.

Making others laugh is the funniest thing there is.

Dad figures out how to make the baby laugh. 

That makes him laugh.

The sister laughs because dad is laughing because the baby is laughing.

Staring at yourself in the mirror for several minutes can be scary or funny. 

If it’s funny, the fear slips away.

Fear fears funny faces.

Suddenly bursting into laughter with a stranger can turn an ordinary day into a special one.

Laughing with friends during recess sets off all the bells in every school.

Laughing with a friend in the back of the classroom while the teacher is talking has to be a very, very, very quiet operaTIOHAHAHA.

Teachers get less angry if you say something funny in the middle of being scolded.

Well, not all of them. But most of them.

Half of them?

A word mispronounced by accident can cause a lot of laughter.

A word mispronounced on purpose can cause a lot of laughter.

A word mislaughed by accident can cause a lot of joy after.

Lauf in German means race.

Laug in Icelandic means bath.

Lough in Irish means lake.

Lauk in Norwegian means onion.

What a laugh (in English).

Laughing cures tummy aches. Laughing too hard can give you a tummy ache. 

Choose your own tummy ache.

Many things happen to a laughing face.

All of them good.

Most of them.

When someone laughs in their sleep, the person sleeping next to them:

1)        wakes up

2)        is surprised

3)        is happy

4)        laughs

Moms know all the tricks to make their kids laugh, and they know exactly when and how to use them.

Sometimes they forget, and their kids—who’ve already picked them up—remind them.

A grandma can be a very funny person.

A grandpa can be a very funny person.

Funny grandparents make for very funny grandchildren.

Faces change, but people don’t.

You can always recognize a person by their laugh.

 

 

Translated by Lucía Ronco - Edited by Marita Propato