Please, Open This Book!
by Adam Lehrhaupt (Author) Matthew Forsythe (Illustrator)
Recipient of the Wanda Gag Read Aloud Book Award They told you, but you just couldn't listen--so the creators of Warning: Do Not Open This Book! are back with a zany monkey crew, and they need your help! In Warning, Do Not Open This Book!, which School Library Journal called "more fun than a barrel of monkeys," turning pages meant increased chaos and delight. Now the tables have turned, and opening the book is the only way to save the group of monkeys who are trapped between its pages. This irresistibly entertaining rescue effort puts power in the hands of the page-turner, and giggles into everyone!
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In Warning: Do Not Open This Book! Lehrhaupt begged readers not to allow the animals in that book to escape; now, the animals plead with children to leave this book open, so they aren't trapped inside. Lehrhaupt's humor is sharper this time around, even edgy--a toucan and gator wear bandages, suggesting that shutting a book doesn't just trap characters, it injures them. Set against black backgrounds, Forsythe's digital artwork is equally attuned to the slightly sadistic mood. As book's end approaches, he delivers an extreme close-up of a dewy-eyed monkey making its desperate plea to readers: "We'll be good. Promise." Ages 4-8. Author's agent: Alexandra Penfold, Upstart Crow Literary. Illustrator's agent: Judith Hansen, Hansen Literary. (Oct.)
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