I Will Not Read This Book

I Will Not Read This Book
Author: Cece Meng
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547049714

A child adamantly refuses to read a book, regardless of the increasingly outrageous circumstances that might occur. In this book illustrated with wit and whimsy by Ang, Meng delivers once again with this story of how the ultimate reluctant reader becomes a book lover. Full color.

I Don't Want to Read This Book Aloud

I Don't Want to Read This Book Aloud
Author: Max Greenfield
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2023-09-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593616596

Another hilarious picture book from actor Max Greenfield, author of I Don't Want To Read This Book and This Book Is Not a Present, dedicated to introverts of all ages, about the horrors of reading aloud. Nobody in the world actually enjoys reading aloud, do they? Impossible! After all, any number of terrible things could happen: you might come across a word you don't know how to pronounce. Or get distracted by a volcano eruption and lose your place. Even worse, you might accidentally hear the sound of your own voice! Actor Max Greenfield (New Girl, The Neighborhood) and New York Times bestselling illustrator Mike Lowery, the duo behind I Don't Want To Read This Book and This Book Is Not a Present, are back with another side-splitting picture book that's sure to have kids shouting for repeat read-alouds.

Don't Read This Book!

Don't Read This Book!
Author: Jill Lewis
Publisher: Egmont Books (UK)
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2009
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781405236423

The King is about to star in a brand new story, but - wait a minute! What's this? The story has disappeared! You'd better go and do something else insteada What? You're still here? Well, then you'll see the King frantically galloping through Storyland to piece together the fragments of his story, with some very unlikely interventions (and help) and some very familiar faces doing some very unfamiliar things. And look out for the pea. He's the real star of this show!

This Book Will Not Be Fun

This Book Will Not Be Fun
Author: Cirocco Dunlap
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 17
Release: 2017-06-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399550631

*A 2018 Children's and Teen Choice Book Award Finalist! A mouse who acts as a careful custodian of his book tries to guarantee his reader some peace and order in spite of escalating chaos. For fans of The Book With No Pictures and This Book Just Ate My Dog! A book is no place for tomfoolery, and this mouse assures us that his book is to be no exception. Just please ignore that Word-Eating Flying Whale, and—oh, no, the lights have gone out. Wait, what is THAT?! Nothing to fear. Everything is under control. . . . Readers will delight as this charming yet uptight mouse is challenged and subverted by gloriously imaginative creatures that are like nothing you’ve ever seen. Will our little mouse succumb to the attractiveness of their overwhelming exuberance? Newcomer Cirocco Dunlap delivers an on-point debut picture-book text that dances outside the boundaries of its pages. Olivier Tallec breathes extra lunacy into this nutty little world with his absurdist palette and amusing forms.

Please Don't Read This Book

Please Don't Read This Book
Author: Deanna Kizis
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2021-01-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593116836

In this laugh-out-loud book that begs readers to break the rules, silliness and hilarity reign supreme! Perfect for fans of The Book with No Pictures. Wait--are you reading this book? Even though the cover asked you not to? Well, if you're going to read it, then you'll have to follow the rules, or you're going to have WAY too much fun. And you don't want to have FUN, do you? DO YOU?! That's what I thought. So definitely, positively, DO NOT read this book! Join along for zany antics, silly sounds, and endless fun in this breaks-the-fourth-wall book that will have readers coming back time and time again--regardless of what the title says. Praise for Please Don't Read This Book: "Inviting of energetic engagement and laughter." --Kirkus Reviews "A brilliant job of engaging even the most reluctant reader, showing how much fun a book can be." --New York Journal of Books "'Please Don’t Read This Book!' is hard to resist — and that’s clearly the plan." --The Virginian-Pilot

Do Not Open This Book

Do Not Open This Book
Author: Andy Lee
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781338668988

"Originally published in Australia by Lake Press Pty Ltd." -- Verso.

I Am Every Good Thing

I Am Every Good Thing
Author: Derrick Barnes
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0525518770

An upbeat, empowering, important picture book from the team that created the award-winning Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. A perfect gift for any special occasion! I am a nonstop ball of energy. Powerful and full of light. I am a go-getter. A difference maker. A leader. The confident Black narrator of this book is proud of everything that makes him who he is. He's got big plans, and no doubt he'll see them through--as he's creative, adventurous, smart, funny, and a good friend. Sometimes he falls, but he always gets back up. And other times he's afraid, because he's so often misunderstood and called what he is not. So slow down and really look and listen, when somebody tells you--and shows you--who they are. There are superheroes in our midst!

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
Author: Pierre Bayard
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2010-08-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1596917148

In this delightfully witty, provocative book, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that not having read a book need not be an impediment to having an interesting conversation about it. (In fact, he says, in certain situations reading the book is the worst thing you could do.) Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne, and Umberto Eco, he describes the varieties of "non-reading"-from books that you've never heard of to books that you've read and forgotten-and offers advice on how to turn a sticky social situation into an occasion for creative brilliance. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read-which became a favorite of readers everywhere in the hardcover edition-is in the end a love letter to books, offering a whole new perspective on how we read and absorb them.

No Reading Allowed

No Reading Allowed
Author: Raj Haldar
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2020-11-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1728239265

A new, hilarious picture book for kids from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of P IS FOR PTERODACTYL! What makes this picture book for kids be THE WORST read aloud book ever? Try reading these sentences aloud: The mummy prepared farro for dinner. The mummy prepared pharaoh for dinner. Sounds the same, right? But they're totally different! Kids will laugh at the irreverent, super silly humor and witty illustrations that provide context clues and help explain the outrageous sentences. While kids are cracking up at you repeating yourself, they also will be learning about homonyms and homophones! There's also a glossary to help explain the sound-alike words. This hysterical book for kids is sure to delight parents, teachers, and anyone who loves to laugh at the absurdity of the English language. "Those who love wordplay are the natural constituency for No Reading Allowed: The Worst Read-Aloud Book Ever, a picture book that's bright with comic scenes... [and] brilliant pairings of picture and word (and word with word)."—The Wall Street Journal "If you're a logophile (=word nerd), grammar geek, or a bookworm, and especially, if you're a teacher or homeschooler, snag a copy of No Reading Allowed for yourself and a friend. This will be a hot holiday gift for us word nerd folks!"—Imagination Soup

The Book with No Pictures

The Book with No Pictures
Author: B. J. Novak
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2014-09-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0803741715

A #1 New York Times bestseller, this innovative and wildly funny read-aloud by award-winning humorist/actor B.J. Novak will turn any reader into a comedian—a perfect gift for any special occasion! You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except . . . here’s how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words say . . . BLORK. Or BLUURF. Even if the words are a preposterous song about eating ants for breakfast, or just a list of astonishingly goofy sounds like BLAGGITY BLAGGITY and GLIBBITY GLOBBITY. Cleverly irreverent and irresistibly silly, The Book with No Pictures is one that kids will beg to hear again and again. (And parents will be happy to oblige.)