From what I’ve seen, the illustrations seem to perfectly pair with the story’s style. I was intrigued to learn the illustrator maintained a blog throughout the writing/drawing process. It can be found here and provides a unique, behind-the-scenes view into the publication process. The New York Times review has a suggested age range of between 3 and 8 years old.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
another review
This week, I read a few reviews (here and here)
of yet another children’s book that I hope to check out. It’s called I’m Bored
and it’s written by one of my all-around favorite persons, Michael Ian Black.
The book tells the story of a young girl who protests that she is bored, and so
she picks up a potato to play with. The potato, in turn, tells her that he is
bored and would rather play with a flamingo than with a kid. Annoyed, the girl
walks off to go play. In comes a flamingo, who then complains to the potato
that he is bored. The message here is
clear: people who complain they are bored are no fun to be around, and you’re
better off thinking up ways to occupy your time. Not a bad message to send in
my opinion!
From what I’ve seen, the illustrations seem to perfectly pair with the story’s style. I was intrigued to learn the illustrator maintained a blog throughout the writing/drawing process. It can be found here and provides a unique, behind-the-scenes view into the publication process. The New York Times review has a suggested age range of between 3 and 8 years old.
From what I’ve seen, the illustrations seem to perfectly pair with the story’s style. I was intrigued to learn the illustrator maintained a blog throughout the writing/drawing process. It can be found here and provides a unique, behind-the-scenes view into the publication process. The New York Times review has a suggested age range of between 3 and 8 years old.
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We read this at story time the other day for the 4-7 year olds and they were chuckling along and then filling in the dialogue as the story progressed. I liked the messy illustrations and how they paired with the emotions of the words and the kids seemed to like it, too!
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This book looks great! I know the Urbana Free Library recently got a copy so I'll have to make a point of reading it. Seems like a clever plot to help kids realize that they can create their own fun and choose to stop boredom when it happens. I enjoyed watching the "music video" on the NYT link as well. Obviously I can't be sure of this yet, but it sounds like a great option for a read-aloud (preschool story time, perhaps). I think kids will really enjoy defending their creativity. Thanks for the info!
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