Start: 10/08/2009 7:00 pm
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MAC BARNETT & ADAM REX: GUESS AGAIN! 7PM
The rhyming text in Mac Barnett’s and Adam Rex’s debut picture book,
Guess Again! asks readers
to fill in the blank to guess what the picture is -- but turn the page and what’s revealed is anything but obvious!
Today the author and illustrator of
Guess Again! stop by to read and discuss their new book.
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9781416955665
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, 9/2009
A funny, absurdist take on guessing game books from the team behind
Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem, these silly rhymes avoid
easy answers (a robot who hatches from an egg and cries “Cheep Cheep!”
on the first page hints at the brand of humor in store). Beside a black
silhouette of what appears to be a rabbit, Barnett's opening entry
encourages readers to give a traditional answer to a four-line stanza:
“His floppy ears are long and funny./ Can you guess who? That's right!
My.” But turning the page, readers see not a bunny, but “Grandpa Ned,”
shown standing on his head, his floppy gray socks providing the
rabbit's lopped ears. What seem to be white sheep on a mountaintop are
actually abominable snow monsters, Grandpa Ned appears again in a tree
like the Cheshire cat and a dragonlike shadow that terrifies a knight
belongs to a dentist. The playful tone is enhanced by cutouts, flaps
and a triple-page foldout, but knowing the answers to the amusing
visual/linguistic jokes may limit the book's potential for rereadings.
Still, readers should find this twisted good fun. Ages 4–8.
Location:
Street: Changing Hands Bookstore, Inc.
Additional: 6428 S McClintock Dr
City: Tempe , Province: Arizona Postal Code: 85283
Country: United States
