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Please, Open This Book!

Please, Open This Book!

by Matthew Forsythe (Illustrator), Adam Lehrhaupt (Author), Matthew Forsythe (Illustrator)

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    Picture Book 2015

    $6.69
Synopsis

A group of zany monkeys ask the reader to rescue them from the book by reading it and turnings its pages. And before long the reader will realize that once all the pages are turned and read, the monkeys are trapped again. Until next time!

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Format: Picture Book
 Pages: 40
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Published: 22 Oct 2015
ISBN 10: 1442450711
ISBN 13: 9781442450714

Media Reviews
As the manic animals from Warning! Do Not Open This Book! (2013) return, now exhorting readers not to close the book. A monkey with a lantern illuminating ink-black pages rejoices: You opened the book. We're saved! Illustrating many of the terrible things that can happen when a book is closed, Forsythe produces an alligator in a cast, a toucan with a bandaged beak, and a frightened lemur peeking from a box. A battered banana is proffered as further evidence. Stalling readers from reaching the book's end, the narrator offers to change the story. We'll write something with a hero and heroine. You'll like it. It will be a good story! Amusingly, the earth-toned, digitally composed illustrations depict a gorilla hunkered over a typewriter; strewn about are drafts whose only word is banana. More bribes (that banana, now half-eaten) naturally won't deter readers from turning the pages. The panicky monkey laments: One more page and... // THIS BOOK WILL BE // ...CLOSED! This anguished word winds up on the back cover, with small-print instructions: You can fix this. Flip it over and.... The metafictive silliness will require the suspension of disbelief: if a closed book could hurt its characters, wouldn't a page turn inflict some minor injury? -- Kirkus * August 1, 2015 *
InWarning: Do Not Open This Book! Lehrhaupt begged readers not to allow theanimals in that book to escape; now, the animals plead with children to leavethis book open, so they aren't trapped inside. Lehrhaupt's humor is sharperthis time around, even edgy-a toucan and gator wear bandages, suggesting thatshutting a book doesn't just trap characters, it injures them. Set againstblack backgrounds, Forsythe's digital artwork is equally attuned to theslightly sadistic mood. As book's end approaches, he delivers an extremeclose-up of a dewy-eyed monkey making its desperate plea to readers: We'll begood. Promise. -- Publishers Weekly * September 28, 2015 *
Recepient of the 2016 Wanda Gag Read Aloud Book Award
Author Bio
Adam Lehrhaupt has travelled to six continents, performed on Broadway, and lived on a communal farm. He firmly believes that opening a book is a good thing, even if there are monkeys in it. Adam currently lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two sons. This is his first book. Visit him at adamlehrhaupt.com. Matthew Forsythe is an award-winning comic book artist and illustrator. His first children's book, My Name Is Elizabeth! by Annika Dunklee, was a named a 2011 New York Times Notable Children's Book. His illustrations have appeared in many publications including the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Los Angeles where he is the Lead Designer on the animated series, Adventure Time on the Cartoon Network. Visit him at comingupforair.net.