Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more words they can comprehend about a funny story or a joke, the more they'll enjoy it.

There’s no such thing as free kittens.

When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there's some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in finding out what a word means, because it's the punch line to a joke.

A good friend will help you plant your tulips. A great friend will help you plant a gun on the unarmed intruder you just shot.

I like all things grammatical, and I had already written several books about parts of speech, and even the alphabet, so everything that makes up a sentence and even a word was covered except for punctuation.

Whatever story you're telling, it will be more interesting if, at the end you add, "and then everything burst into flames.

When a kid says "smell my hand," it almost never smells like cinnamon.