Cringe-worthy Hilarious Jokes: All You Need to Know About the My Dad Thinks He’s Funny Series

Dad jokes: they make us groan, cringe and roll our eyes, deep deep down we secretly love them!

Welcome to the My Dad Thinks He’s Funny series by Katrina Germein and Tom Jellett! It’s a favourite of ours here at Better Reading Kids, and you can’t help but laugh at how sidesplittingly hysterical these cringe-worthy dad jokes are. The third book in the series, My Dad Thinks He’s Super Funny, is out now.

The series is well-loved and has received a host of awards and recognition: Highly Commended in the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2011; shortlisted in the Reading and Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards 2011; Highly Commended in the Australian Book Design Awards, 2011.

Adults and children alike will relish the accuracy of this hysterical book for readers aged 5+. With Father’s Day just around the corner, it would make the perfect gift for dads and father figures!

Here, we’ve listed all three books in the series:

Book one — My Dad Thinks He’s Funny

My dad doesn’t like babysitting. He says no one should sit on babies. My dad doesn’t eat seafood. He says there’s something fishy about it. My dad doesn’t lie in bed. He says you should always tell the truth. My dad thinks he’s funny.

Book two — My Dad Still Thinks He’s Funny

My dad says, “I’ve told you fifty million times, don’t exaggerate.” Dad is back by popular demand with more hilarious material. And yes, My dad STILL thinks he’s funny.

Book three — My Dad Thinks He’s Super Funny

When is a joke a Dad joke? When it’s fully groan. When someone rolls their eyes at Dad, he just rolls them back. Dad is up to it again. His audience has grown by one, and family life continues to provide an endless supply of fresh and brilliant comedic material for Dad. At least he seems to think so.

The brains behind the book

Author: Katrina Germein

Germein began writing books by accident when a story in her head wouldn’t go away. She wrote it down to set it free. This story went on to become Katrina’s first picture book Big Rain Coming. Katrina has continued to write books for children ever since, including the highly popular My Dad Thinks He’s Funny. She lives in Adelaide with three children, one husband (who thinks he’s funny) and a black and white dog named Sunny.

Illustrator: Tom Jellett

Tom Jellett is an Australian illustrator based in Sydney. Tom has been an editorial illustrator for News Limited, working on The Australian, The Weekend Australian and The Daily Telegraph. He has also illustrated a number of books for children, including Australia at The Beach by Max Fatchen, The Littlest Pirate series by Sherryl Clark and the My Dad Thinks He’s Funny series Jellett was also included in Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2012, 3×3 Children’s Show No. 9, and was also Highly Commended in the 2013 Illustrators Australia Awards.