Neil Gaiman makes The Graveyard Book not only a book where the reader jumps out of fear but also a book where the reader laughs out loud. For example, in the very beginning the book has a scene where the child gets out of his bed and makes it to the graveyard by himself. Neil Gaiman says that the child was bored and wanted to do something to interest him. So the toddler gets out of the crib and walks to the top of the stairs. Neil Gaiman wanted to bring humor into the book here and says that the toddler goes down the stairs by sliding down each stair on his bottom. The reader reads this and laughs to themselves. Of course the toddler would do that. The toddler´s diaper soon falls off so there the reader imagines a toddler with nothing but a