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| Original Title: | Pssst! |
| ISBN: | 0152058176 (ISBN13: 9780152058173) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Alabama Library Association Children's Book of the Year for 2-3 (2008) |
Adam Rex
Hardcover | Pages: 40 pages Rating: 4.11 | 928 Users | 186 Reviews
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| Title | : | Pssst! |
| Author | : | Adam Rex |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 40 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 2007 by Harcourt |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Picture Books. Animals. Humor |
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A child, a visit to the zoo, animals--sounds like good, simple all-American fun. But there’s something different about this zoo. These animals want things. Unusual things. What will they do with them?Laughs, jokes, and surprises abound in this graphic picture book about a feisty, all-too-helpful little girl and her role in aiding and abetting zoo-animal shenanigans. Adam Rex once again reveals the hilarious hidden life of creatures we thought we knew well.
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Ratings: 4.11 From 928 Users | 186 ReviewsWrite-Up Epithetical Books Pssst!
I think for me, Adam Rex is like Michel Gondry - one of those people with really unique ideas who I hope always get to do their own thing - and whether or not each project is entirely perfect, whatever he makes, you know it's going to be interesting, beautiful and like nothing else out there.
A beautiful and fun book to read to your kids!
Featured at An Abundance of BooksUsing a mix of colored pencils and paint (can't tell the type, only that the style is awesome), Rex tells the story of a little girl off to visit the zoo. Everything is going along in typical zoo fashion when she suddenly hears someone say "Pssst!". She looks around and all she sees is the gorilla. Surely not... yep, it's the gorilla. He's got a very simple request: he broke the tire on his tire swing and would like her to pick up a new one for him. Actually two,
Lincoln's critique: she should have been freaked out all these animals talked.....thats the bigger thing.
A really fun book with humor extending throughout, from the inner covers featuring slightly different variations on the zoo map, a humorous author write up, and even a small joke on the end credits page. The interactions with all of the creatures are quite fun, and even the monochrome transitional scenes are full of plenty of wonderful visual humor. My only disappointment is that I first flipped through the book and therefore caught a glimpse of the animals' end goal. I think the result would
Boys like noise. It's a generalization, but when I hear loud tractor noises, block banging and Hot Wheels traffic jams coming from the kindergarten, it's more often Billy than Sally who is conducting the orchestral din. Walk by a construction site and survey who has stopped to watch the cranes and jackhammers disturbing the peaceful horn-honking urban landscape. Guys, I'll bet. (I wonder if anyone has studied horn honking. Wouldn't be surprised if there is a clear gender gap.)So think of the
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