Book Review #21

 This Book Will Not Be Fun

Author: Cirocco Dunlap
Illustrator: Olivier Tallec
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2017
ISBN: 978-0399550614

Reading Level: 3 - 7 years

Main Characters: Mouse, Flying Word-Eating Whale, Glow-in-the-Dark Fung Fu Worm, & other impossible creatures.

Plot: A mouse wearing reading glasses and reading a book explains that this book will not be fun, unless you think a Flying Word-Eating Whale, a Glow-in-the-dark Fung Fu Worm, & other impossible creatures are fun!

Settings: The characters inside the book appear to come to life outside of the book. 

Genre/Theme/Style: Children’s Picture Book. Children’s Humor.

 5 Roars! 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁

Critical Analysis:

This is a great book to read to children about the joys of opening a book and finding something you did not expect. It has the element of surprise to keep the reader entertained.

"Tallec’s adroit caricatures and talent for building visual drama are a welcome pairing with the monologue voiced by the 

scholarly rodent." 

~~ Kirkus Reviews

Why 5 Roars? I gave this book 5 roars because the students at the library where I work at beg for this book over and over. They never get tired of it! Even our older students get a kick out of hearing it read.

“I don’t know why you’re still here. Even this flying whale is bored, bored, bored.” 

~~ Mouse, This Book Will Not Be Fun.

Illustrations: The illustrations are bright and lively and hold the reader's attention. 

Awards: Children's and Teen Choice Book Award Finalist

Connections: A great way to engage children in the book is to ask them to draw and color what they think an impossible creature would look like. It is a simple way to allow them to participate in the story.