Squids Will Be Squids

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Squids Will Be Squids

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Category
Picture Book
Illustrator
Publisher
Puffin Books 2003
Good for Reluctant Readers?
Curriculum
Language Arts Curriculum

Ah, the wondrous Aesop has met his match! This is a collection of invaluable fables each with a moral. Take the grasshopper who comes home and goes out to play, leaving just a little bit of homework to do after dinner. That little bit turns out to be an assignment to rewrite these twelve Greek myths as Broadway musicals complete with set design. The mother of said grasshopper screams , “How long have you known about this?” and our hero replies, “I don’t know.” The moral of the story: Don’t answer “I don’t know” to “a hopping mad grasshopper mom.” Sounds good. They’re all short and hilarious and as always the illustrations are a treat. In fact, if you talk to Jon Scieszka, he’ll tell you that our kids are incredibly visual and they are very keen observers and get much more from the picture book than we ever would have at their age. Cool!

48 pages 978-0142500408 Ages 8-12

Keywords: fables, humor, fun, animals, Language Arts Curriculum, 8 year old, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 yearold

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Sure we'd all love to be able to go around telling stories about all the weird, scary, and just-plain-annoying people that we know. But the truth is, no one likes a gossip. Here, the irrepressible Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith have found a way around that problem-they just make like Aesop and change all the people to animals or food, add a moral to each story, and call the stories fables!

With tales like "Little Walrus," in which too much of the truth is a dangerous thing, the cautionary "Slug's Big Moment," wherein Slug is so caught up in herself that she doesn't see the steamroller behind her, and "Straw and Matches," which illustrates quite clearly why you should never play with matches (because they cheat), the eighteen fables in this uproarious collection are sure to delight readers both young and old.---from the publisher

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