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Walker Books
On sale:
April 2010
Price:
$16.99
Format:
Hardcover
Size:
8.5 x 11 in
Pages:
40 pp
Ages:
4-8
Grades:
K-3
ISBN-13: 9780802798374
ISBN-10: 0802798373
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Book Description
A beloved punmeister puts his funny where the farm is
Kevin O'Malley is going for joke with a tongue-and-chicken barn yarn that's sure to appeal to fans of his New York Times bestseller, Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share. Turning the Grimm's fairy tale The Brementown Musicians on its funny bone, O'Malley has revised the classic story of four animals who part ways with their respective farmers to explore their artistic sides, this time sending them in search of belly laughs . . . and a great location for a comedy club. When they foil a band of robbers using their joke-telling talents, the animals— including one determined comedi-hen—finally prove they can kill the crowd with laughter.
★“Clever, well executed, and loaded with laughs. Purchase and enjoy--kids will crack up.”–School Library Journal, starred review
“This adaptation of the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale “The Bremen Town Musicians” will provoke both groans and guffaws. The nonstop comedic wordplay and puns are even more hilarious than those in O’Malley’s Gimme Cracked Corn & I Will Share (2007). With a high joke-per-page ratio, this is, as Hen would say, an ‘udderly’ ‘egg-straordinary’ ‘bawk.’”— Booklist
“Pun follows pun in this brisk narrative, and jokes appear within the story, in conversational balloons, and on the endpapers. Visual humor complements the verbal slapstick. O’Malley’s illustrations suggest reading the book aloud, but to really experience life on the funny farm, let a group of children read this one themselves. It should crack them up.”—The Horn Book
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