# Essential Compendium of Dad Jokes: The Best of the Worst Dad Jokes for the Painfully Punny Parent - 301 Jokes! - Hardcover

by **Thomas Nowak** (Editor), **Karl Whiteley** (Illustrator)

**_The Essential Compendium of Dad Jokes_ features 301 wonderfully cringe-worthy dad jokes--including the classics, twists on the classics, and fresh new material.**

**For the first time ever, the best of the worst dad jokes are compiled in one pun-filled place.** With original illustrations throughout, this extensive collection is sure to provide hours of silliness for the whole family. After all, no matter how groan-inducing dad jokes are, they will always have a special place in the joke arsenal.

\- Contains dozens of sidebars with interesting tidbits, joke-telling pointers, and profiles of legendary dad jokers  
\- Features jokes from "I'm on a seafood diet,, I see food and I eat it" to "I used to hate facial hair . . . but now it's growing on me"  
\- Great for fathers, patient mothers, tolerant children, and anyone else who loves a pun

**They make us cringe, chuckle, and roll our eyes, but we all love a wonderfully corny dad joke.**

**_The Essential Compendium of Dad Jokes_ is so bad it's good, ensuring loads of laughter for the whole family.**

\- A hilarious gift for dads and dads at heart, as well as pun and dumb joke lovers  
\- Perfect Father's Day gift or new dad gift  
\- Add it to the collection of books like _101 So Bad, They're Good Dad Jokes_ by Elias Hill, _Jokes Every Man Should Know (Stuff You Should Know)_ by Don Steinberg, and _Dad Jokes: Terribly Good Dad Jokes_ by Share The Love Gifts

### Author Biography

Thomas Nowak has never heard a dad joke he didn't love to hate and is a firm believer that each and every dad joke gets better the more it's told.

**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 1 x 7.1 x 5.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** March 03, 2020

## Details

- **Price:** 16.95 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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