Do Not Open This Book
- Subject
- Humorous Stories
- Age
- 3-5 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 40
- Publisher
- Scholastic Press
- Size
- 23.8 cm × 28.6 cm
- ISBN
- 9780439698399
In the spirit of the bestselling classics DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS! and THE MONSTER AT THE END OF THIS BOOK comes a riotously funny, interactive picture book from a hot new team."Excuse me, but who do you think you are, opening this book when the cover clearly says, DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOK? The reason you weren't supposed to open this book is because it is not yet written!...You think it's easy to put words together? Hah! Now go away--I need time to think."So begins Pig's valiant attempt to pen his masterpiece. But he is constantly interrupted by the reader who is seduced at every turn into foiling his efforts ("please go away" "please do not turn the page")--until at last we reach the final page & discover that together, Pig & the reader have indeed created a book.
About the creators
Michaela MunteanAuthor
Michaela Muntean is the author of dozens of books, including the first title in the Pig series, Do Not Open This Book! Michaela has had stints as an editor at Workman Publishing Company, Parents Magazine, and Western Publishing Company for whom she wrote over 65 Sesame Street and Golden Book titles, including Panda Bear's Paintbox and Theodore Mouse Goes to Sea. Michaela currently lives in Ghent, New York, with her husband, Nik Cohn. You can visit her online at michaelamuntean.com
Pascal LemaitreIllustrator
Pascal Lemaître is the illustrator of many books for children, including Do Not Open This Book!, and the New York Times bestsellers Come with Me by Holly M. McGhee and the Who’s Got Game? series by Toni and Slade Morrison. He lives with his wife and daughter and divides his time between Brooklyn, New York, and Brussels, Belgium.
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What reviewers said
PW 1/9/06 StarredReverse psychology drives this voice-bubble monologue, whose curmudgeonly narrator-a pink pig in a purple stocking cap-implores readersnot to turn the pages. He appears on the inside flap, sniping, "Excuse me, but did you read the front cover of this book- Are you always so rude-" Next, readers interrupt him in his woodshop, where ladders, pylons and boxes of "dangerous words" and "nouns" suggest a work in progress. "The reason you weren't supposed to open this book is because it is not yet written," he frowns, as disorganized scraps flutter about, each labeled with a single…
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