| The Happy Hocky Family! | |
| Author: | Lane Smith |
| Cover Artist: | Lane Smith |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Children's literature |
| Publisher: | Puffin Books |
| Release Date: | 1993 |
| Pages: | 64 |
| Isbn: | 0-14-055771-7 |
| Oclc: | 35453853 |
| Followed By: | The Happy Hocky Family Moves to the Country! |
The Happy Hocky Family! is a children's book by author and illustrator Lane Smith. Written in a style similar to the Dick and Jane books, it tells a series of short, typically single page, stories about the Hocky family, which includes the two parents, three children, their dog, and occasionally their cousin.
The book is not a typical picture book in that the humor in it tends to be slightly dark and sarcastic, as in the works of Jon Scieszka.
A sequel, The Happy Hocky Family Moves to the Country!, was released in 2002.[1]