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Title:

Please, open this book!

Author:

Lehrhaupt, Adam, author.

Forsythe, Matthew, 1976- illustrator.

Summary:

The animals appearing in a book, excited to be "saved," beg the reader not to close them in again.

General Note:

"A Paula Wiseman Book."

Physical Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Books and reading -- Juvenile fiction.

Animals -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Forsythe, Matthew, 1976-

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,

Publication Date:

2014

ISBN:

9781442450714

Publication Information:

New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2014.

Call Number:

P LEHRHAU

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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!

"These monkeys are a RIOT! And their books are funny, too!" --Ame Dyckman

Author Notes

Adam Lehrhaupt's first picture book, Warning: Do Not Open This Book! , received the E.B. White Read Aloud Honor Award, was an ALA Notable Book, and a HuffPost Notable Book. School Library Journal called it, "More fun than a barrel of monkeys." He is also the author of Please, Open This Book! , which was named a Wanda Gag Comstock Read Aloud Honor Book, and Idea Jar . Adam has traveled to six continents, performed on Broadway, and lived on a communal farm. He currently lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with his wife, sons, and two bizarre dogs. Visit him online at AdamLehrhaupt.com.

Matthew Forsythe is the author-illustrator of Pokko and the Drum , a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a recipient of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, and a Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book. He is also an illustrator for animated films and television. His credits include Adventure Time , The Midnight Gospel , and Robin Robin , a stop-motion animated musical from Aardman Animations and Netflix. Visit him at ComingUpforAir.net.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

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.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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