The World's Best Short Stories: 127 Funny Short Stories About Unbelievable Stuff That Actually Happened Paperback – September 23, 2023

Bought for a gift

Not sure if its the World's Best Short Stories

Such a great book for "tweens". My gra.ndson has read and reread this book. Easy to read stories for kids that fuss at reading long stories. These are short enough to hold their interest and funny

I sent this to my grandson who lives in a different state. I read a couple of stories but not all of them. The cover looks very kid friendly. He is 15 yrs old so I figured this would be fine. I'm not sure if it was as stated or not by his mother....who claimed some stories were in appropriate. Knowing her, it was probably just her wanting to find fault.

I enjoyed reading this excellent interesting book. I learned from this book some facts that I did not know before reading this book. Some of the interesting facts that the author of this book mentions in this book include the following information: Some foods started out with different names than they have today. Candy corn used to be called chicken feed. Eggo waffles were originally froffles. Cotton candy was originally called Fairy Floss. McDonald's Big Mac was originally named the Aristocrat or Blue Ribbon Burger. In the year of 1943, the U.S. Government made the decision that sliced bread was not to be sold in the United States. It was because of the wrapping the bread came in. You need to use wrapping if you slice bread in advance. This was during World War II with rationing of some items. In the 1800s, it was very rare for any person to reach the age of 50 with their natural teeth. It wasn't until the 1870's decade that human teeth stopped being used as dentures.

Stories are short, good for stocking stuffer.

Some good stories, some "so so"

Bought for my daughter’s stocking this Christmas. She says the stories are “for adults”, but they haven’t seemed inappropriate- just different than she’s used to reading…but bonus…she’s actually reading (it usually takes some convincing)!