	Volume 3, No. 2	April/May 2002

April Fool's Day

Do you remember, not so long ago, the great fun that April Fool's Day brought? Silliness like putting salt into the sugar bowl ... telling someone his shoelace was untied, then laughing when he looked. Those childish pranks may have become more elaborate as the years passed. Or they may have become more sophisticated and "real." Be it a joke, hoax, or urban legend, Parkland Library can satisfy your craving for the humorous, "mythstical," or bizarre. Check into a few of the titles located in our reference section or check out those in the circulating collection.

Hoax n. An act intended to deceive or trick.

	Encyclopedia of Hoaxes / edited by Gordon Stein REF AG 6 .E62 1993
	Hoaxes and Scams : A Compendium of Deceptions, Ruses, and Swindles / Carl Sifakis REF HV 6757 .S57 1993

Joke n. A mischievous trick; a prank.

	Asimov Laughs Again : More than 700 Favorite Jokes, Limericks and Anecdotes / Isaac Asimov PN 6231 .J5 A84 1992
	A Dictionary of Wit, Wisdom & Satire / Herbert V. Prochnow REF PN 6081 .P7
	Hometown Humor, U.S.A. : Over 300 Jokes and Stories from the Porch Swings, Barber Shops, Corner Cafes, and Beauty Parlors of America / edited by Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler PN 6162 .H645 1991
	Leo Rosten's Carnival of Wit / compiled and manicured by Leo Rosten. PN 6147 .L46 1996

Urban legend n. An apocryphal story involving incidents of the recent past, often including elements of humor and horror, that spreads quickly and is popularly believed to be true.

	Chicago Sketches : Urban Tales, Stories, and Legends From Chicago History / June Skinner Sawyers F 548.35 .S29 1995
	Curses! Broiled Again! : The Hottest Urban Legends Going / Jan Harold Brunvand GR 105 .B688 1989
	Encyclopedia of Urban Legends / Jan Harold Brunvand REF GR 105.34 .B78 2001
	The Vanishing Hitchhiker : American Urban Legends and Their Meanings / Jan Harold Brunwand GR 105 .B72 1981
	Too Good to be True : The Colossal Book of Urban Legends / Jan Harold Brunvand GR 105 .B715 1999
	Urban Legends : The As-Complete-as-One-Could-be Guide to Modern Myths / N. E. Genge GR 105 .G45 2000
	Urban Legends : The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True! / Richard Roeper GR 105 .R64 1999