The Happy Hocky Family!

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Title The Happy Hocky Family
Author Lane Smith
Cover artist Lane Smith
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Children's literature
Publisher Puffin books
Released 1996
Pages 64
Size and weight 4.3 oz.
ISBN ISBN 0-14-055771-7

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.