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Billy Twitters And His Blue Whale Problem (2009)

by Mac Barnett(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0786849584 (ISBN13: 9780786849581)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Hyperion Books

review 1: While the book is imaginative and fun, and I love the comparing of ordinary items to the size of the whale, I believe it is important to have a theme or emotional plot in a story. And Billy gets this whale because his mom threatens him with it when he disobeys. So what's the message? I wouldn't share this with a child because of the lack of clarity and what it might teach. He was fine dealing with his consequence. He moved into the whale...which is much bigger and so you don't see the mess in his room. Can you tell I taught elementary school for 35 years?
review 2: What a fantastic read-aloud for a broad range of ages (I'd say PK-5th grade)! I stumbled across this book by accident at the public library and brought it home to read to my 3 year old. We thoroughly... more enjoyed it. It was filled with scientific facts about blue whales, alongside a humorous story about a boy who is saddled with a pet blue whale as punishment. The illustrations are nice and somewhat reminiscent of some of David Shannon's works. Mac Barnett... never heard of him before this book, but I'll definitely be looking to see what else he's done. less

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