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Je Ne Lirai Pas Ce Livre (2000)

by Cece Meng(Favorite Author)
3.72 of 5 Votes: 4
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review 1: i really liked this book. It is so cute how the boy will do anything to avoid reading his book. I love that it continues with each new thing, the previous reasons are repeated. then it becomes this long reason why he will not read his book. i would definitely read this book to my students or children because it is cute and a fun story line. plus if you had a child who did not like reading, this would be a fun book to show them.
review 2: Delay tactics open the story: A boy refuses to read his book, saying, "I have to floss my teeth and wash behind my ears and feed my fish." His real reason? "Reading is hard and I don’t read fast and sometimes there are words I don’t know." Eleven spreads detailing increasingly silly and extreme scenarios demonstrate his res
... moreolve through cumulative text displaying an absurdity reminiscent of Michael Ian Black’s Purple Kangaroo (illustrated by Peter Brown, 2010): "I will not read this book even if you hang me upside down / by one toe / over a cliff / while tickling my feet in a rainstorm..." The boy ultimately says he will read the book if he is dropped from his imagined, precarious position hanging from the cliff—"But only if you catch me." The last page depicts mother, boy and book together, as Ang’s illustration cleverly incorporates elements from the preceding spreads. less
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Alina
This one is great! I'm very excited to read it for storytime and will post back...
dhara
Made both of my daughters giggle, but I wasn't that impressed.
firafowzi
Cute story of a boy who doesn't want to read his book.
Javajunkie
Cute.
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