I Don't Want to Read This Book
by Max Greenfield (Author) Mike Lowery (Illustrator)
From actor Max Greenfield (fan-favorite "Schmidt" from television's New Girl) comes a hilarious picture book for every child who thinks they don't like to read books (and all the kids--and grownups--who do).
Words, sentences, and even worse, paragraphs fill up books. Ugh! So what's a reluctant reader to do? Max Greenfield (New Girl) and New York Times bestselling illustrator Mike Lowery bring the energy and laugh-out-loud fun out for every child (and parent) who thinks they don't want to read a book. Joining the ranks of favorites like The Book With No Pictures and The Serious Goose, this clever and playful read-aloud breaks the fourth wall and will have all readers coming back for laughs again and again!
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Publishers Weekly
This humorous picture book by Greenfield follows a familiar premise: the narrator, a reluctant reader, does not want to read the book in their hands. What follows is a meta text filled with curious asides and snarky ruminations on words, sentences, paragraphs, and more, both on an individual level and structurally: "Some words are just plain RIDICULOUS," one page reads in handwriting-like text. "Take the word DOUBT for example," the next page continues: "What is a 'B' doing in there " A goldenrod box reads, pointing to the word in question. "If no one can HEAR the B why do we have to SEE it " Lowery's art, done in pencil and digital media, evokes a child's notebook, with plentiful simple doodles, word art, underlines, boxes, and more against colorfully eye-catching pages and graph paper-evoking grids in this visually compelling narrative. Ages 4-8. (Nov.)
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"I Don't Want to Read This Book . . . is in the same family as books like The Book With No Pictures and The Serious Goose. A funny read-aloud, it breaks the fourth wall and engages young readers who are normally reluctant to pick up a book." —People Magazine
"Hilarious and thoughtful."—Parents Magazine
"Invites reluctant readers on a wry, irreverent adventure, with exuberant drawings and graphics, and lots of winks to kids who will wink back." —Romper
"Genuinely funny . . . A feisty manifesto and appealing visual experience." —Kirkus Reviews
Mike Lowery is an author and New York Times bestselling illustrator who has worked on dozens of books for kids. Some of his favoirites are The Gingerbread Man is Lost series by Laura Murray and the Everything Awesome series which he also wrote. He likes to collect weird facts and other bits of knowledge and he draws them every morning in his sketchbook. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and two kids.
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV009080 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Words
Picture books
Books and reading
Humorous fiction
Obstinacy
