This book was a riot. I was the person on the train, head buried in this book, snorting from laughter without ever taking my eyes off the page until I nearly missed my stop. After reading some reviews I had braced myself. I thought I would be more offended. Yet somehow this man weaved humor, in...
Suffice to say I DON’T GET IT.I am so incredibly grateful I read Black’s second novel first. Otherwise, I NEVER would’ve given his penmanship a second chance. Not only was “My Custom Van” utterly not funny, it made no sense to me whatsoever. The book is a collection of arrogant, strange short-sto...
Picture BookBlack, M. (2012). I'm bored. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.I'm Bored is a book about a little girl who is bored. She then meets a potato and asks the potato if it would like to play with her. The potato tells her that it is bored and the little girl tries to show ...
Oh my! What a funny, subversive book. Bear wants to climb, but he needs help. His buddies form an animal pyramid, but a certain part of their anatomies keep getting in the way.I can see boys rolling on the floor laughing at such forbidden images as...'turkey tushy' and'hound dog heinie.!' I can s...
This was such a cute book! When I heard the title I wasn't sure what to think but as I was reading it I found that I just loved it! It is such a cute idea for a story, but also can be used as more than a story. I think that this book would be really good for doing a lesson on persuasive writing. ...
The premise is that the narrator monkey is able to tell what the reader is thinking of. Were you thinking of a purple kangaroo? Well, I bet you are now! The book jacket recommends it for ages 4-8, but I suspect even older kids would enjoy this as a silly read aloud. Some of the vocabulary is ...
This started out well for a preschool crowd, but I think it might be bit too much for them to process by the end? Perhaps. I'll keep it in mind and see how my group is doing. Until then, I can definitely use this at the school-age outreach storytime that I'm doing tomorrow. I think they would get...