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28 Smart and Witty Literature Jokes for Kids

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April 13, 2022 //  by Brittney Hallmark

Literature lovers will get giggles when they read these funny and puny jokes! This list of 28 literature jokes is a great way to take a moment and relax and catch a laugh or two! Enjoy these one-liners, riddles, and other fun quips.

1. Why should you never mess with a Gladiator who knows his English literature?

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First, he'll Beowulf at you, then he'll Shakespeare.

2. I once held a Ph.D. in the field of literature.

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And then he asked me to put him down.

3. What did the math book say to the literature book? 

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You're so full of great stories, I'm just filled with problems.

4. Many people think that Edgar Allan Poe was a raven madman.

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5. Dad listen, I'm Sherlock Holmes's new sidekick.

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You're what son?

6. Why did Shakespeare write in pen?

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Because pencils confused him—2B or not 2B?

7. I've taken up speed reading. Last night I read Harry Potter in 20 seconds.

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I know it's only 2 words but it's a start.

8. Quasimodo had no information, but the detective took him to a crime scene anyway.

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Seems he had a hunch.

9. That Charlotte Brontë, she’s a breath of fresh Eyre.

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10. I just finished reading Great Expectations

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It wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be.

11. Snow White.

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Can't say fairer than that.

12. Great Eggspectations.

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A classic novel by Charles Chickens.

13. I visited Charles Dickens's house of birth.

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His kitchen spice rack had the best of thymes and the worst of thymes.

14. What outdoor game does Jekyll like?

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Hyde and seek.

15. Why was Cinderella thrown off the basketball team?

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She ran away from the ball.

16. Writing fairy tales can be a Grimm business!

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17. What's a bee's favorite novel?

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The Great Gats-bee.

18. Why does Sherlock Holmes love Mexican restaurants?

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They give him good case ideas.

19. What did they yell at Edgar Allan Poe as he was walking into a tree?

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Poe a tree!

20. I used to be a bookworm. Then I discovered books on tape.

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Now I'm a tapeworm.

21. Honestly, everyone should just leave writing poetry to the prose.

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22. What’s Emily Dickinson’s favorite reindeer?

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Dasher.

23. Why are writers always cold?

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Because they're always surrounded by drafts.

24. How did Charlotte Brontë make it easier for everyone to breathe? 

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She created Eyre.

25. What was Socrates’ favorite thing to mold?

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Playdough (Plato).

26. What kind of dinosaur writes romance novels? 

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A Brontësaurus.

27. Why did the reader give up on Pride and Prejudice? 

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The characters were too Austentatious.

28. What makes Civil Disobedience such a great work? 

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Thoreau editing.

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