16 Comedic/Humorous Fiction Chapter Books for Kids by POC (People of Colour) Authors

In this week’s episode, RJ mentioned doing a lot of humour fiction readers’ advisory for young readers. “My child likes Diary of a Wimpy Kid – what else do you recommend?” is a perennial request. To help other library workers who work with youth diversify their recommendations, here are 16 humorous/comedic kid’s chapter books by authors of color. We also did a booklist of titles for adults.

Also: most of these books are the first in a series, so there’s even more titles to check out!