Gray is exhausted from coloring expansive spaces (elephants, rhinos and whales). Red is overworked, laboring even on holidays. Although the closing pages beg the implied child reader to “please please please please / please / choose a book with pictures” for subsequent reading, it’s likely that this request will be ignored.Ī riotously fresh take on breaking the fourth wall.ĭuncan wants to draw, but instead of crayons, he finds a stack of letters listing the crayons’ demands in this humorous tale.
Nonsense words, silly words to be sung and even a smattering of potty talk for good measure all coalesce in riotous read-aloud fare. Employing direct address, it pleads with the implied child listener to allow him or her to stop reading. Furthermore, the text implies (or rather, demands) a shared reading transaction, in which an adult is compelled to read the text aloud, no matter how “COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS” it is. What this book does have is text, and it’s presented through artful typography that visually conveys its changing tone to guide oral readings. has brown hair and blue eyes,” in order to keep with the book’s central conceit. The jacket flap even eschews a glossy photo, instead saying “B.J. It doesn’t even seem fair to call it such, since it has nothing to do with his Emmy Award–winning writing for The Office or the fame his broader career has afforded him. Television writer, actor and comedian Novak delivers a rare find, indeed: a very good celebrity picture book. The book begins by confirming what we’re all thinking that a book with no pictures must be boring and serious.This book may not have pictures, but it’s sure to inspire lots of conversations-and laughs. And it gives them the opportunity to laugh at their reader, who inadvertently has become the ‘butt’ of all the jokes!Īs long as you are prepared to play the fool for your children (which parent isn’t?!), this book will be a go-to book in your household for many years. This book involves them it makes them laugh they will know it by heart after a few read-throughs because it captures their imagination and their humour. Most books you read to your child and they listen. The book contains what few books do, the spirit of engagement. But as the pages turn, the odd emphasised word changes colour, font, and size, and these words are the words that stand out to your young readers Boo Boo Butt being one of my favourites. The cover is white with a large black serif font. This book contains no pictures, as the title suggests, but it is full of imagery and creativity.
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