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Once Upon a Banana
Such a little banana causing such a big pile of trouble How could it be? First the grocer, then the painter, next the bicycle messenger, and then -- oh, no -- not the baby in the carriage An entire town turned upside down, all by a banana peel
Caldecott Medal-winning artist David Small and award-winning author Jennifer Armstrong have created a roller-coaster ride of a
...moreHardcover, 48 pages
Published
October 24th 2006
by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
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This is one of those books that I just don't "get" although I can find nothing especially wrong with it. Judging from the cover art, I thought this would have been an '80s book so I was surprised to find it published in 2006. The premise is a fun one--all the havoc that one banana peel left on the sidewalk can have on the city--but the illustrations were a bit hectic and the lack of words (the text is mostly just signs around town) left me feeling a bit lost. I imagine this would be...more
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Another children's book I'd like to own! The story of the crazy chaotic string of events that occured because of a banana peel thrown on the ground. The best part is there were no words except for a few creatively displayed on different sign posts. The kids had so much fun exploring each page for the crazy event that would happen next. So Creative!
A monkey drops his banana peel in the street instead of the trash can and all sorts of havoc erupts. An almost wordless books tells the story through street signs and giggles. Once Upon a Banana has delightful, colorful watercolor illustrations by David Small.
Used for "Going Bananas:Fruit" storytime-April, 2010.
Used for "Going Bananas:Fruit" storytime-April, 2010.
This is a picture book told in a series of domino events... each page is caused by an event on the page before. My four year old loved that he got to tell the story; interestingly, he associated the opposite gender of what I did for nearly every character, leading us to some interesting gender related conversations.
This book is basically wordless, and can be enjoyed on many levels. My four-year-old laughs at the physical comedy and my six-year old likes to predict and map out the route of the hilarious antics depicted, all because of one banana peel.
I didn't like it. It's a picture book and yet the art isn't that great. There's too much going on in every picture. It's definitely for older children that can look through it on their own and "read" the story themselves.
This wordless picture book is a hit with my daughter, who enjoys telling the story herself and laughing as the silliness unfolds. There are words on the street signs, so she does get to practice some reading as well.
Wordless picture book, and so fun. We are having a great time telling stories about what happens on each page. My plan is to ask the children to write words to the story and then compare the different outcomes.
I liked this -- it's a sort of wordless book. There's a lot of detail in the pictures for kids to explore. And - they will need to search for the signs in the pictures - they rhyme! So it's a fun book!
This is a very easy book. one to two words per page that rhyme. Should be used for pre -k and k students. Good pictures that allow students to have an imagination and create their own stories.
A picture book. The only text is environmental print. Tells a story about disater. Good to use to teach inferring about what is going on and prediciting what will happen next.
better for one-on-one than storytime, even tho the book is large format. Rube Goldberg cause and effect situations, nearly wordless, but requires problem-solving skills.
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A virtually wordless but hilarious story about the consequences of not using a trash can to throw away a banana peel.
Not a good choice of read-aloud.
Not a good choice of read-aloud.
This is an adventure from start to finish and the pictures make you giggle the whole time. A fun read for a child with a big imagination. Ages 4+
This story told almost entirely in pictures is fantastically hilarious and extremely well-plotted. I love it. My sons LOVE it. A winner!
The signs in this book rhyme, there is also a lot for a younger child to see on the page. I like that aspect of it.
Another book chosen by my daughter. This book was a picture book and the pictures were okay but not great.
One of my favorite illustrators, but this wordless picture book was a little too chaotic.
Pretty cute and whimsical wordless story, fun illustrations with interesting details.
A wordless book in which a monkey, going after a banana, causes shenanigans on Broadway.
I loved that the text of this book was mostly signs around town. Very creative!
What a fun book! A story told through pictures and only a few rhyming street signs. Most of the time with Tira was spent talking through how each event in a series of wacky accidents came to be.
Puzzle/picture book with no text. Fun to follow.
This is a really funny story of how one small action can cause mass chaos, all told in pictures. It was really fun to go throught the sequence of pictures and find all the details, and see how each character ends up.
Another wordless book that the kids like a lot, involving the disasters ensuing from a single dropped banana peel. It's a little too slapstick for me, but maybe I'm excessively disapproving of the joys of absolute mayhem.
Wordless story of the consequences of a monkey dropping a banana peel in the city. Idea is cute but found the illustrations a little confusing. Had to explain story line to 2nd grader.
This book is good for talking about how one action can effect many people around you without you even knowing it. It makes you cautious of your actions.
wordless story of a monkey and banana. series of events--lead to more events that charmingly land the story full-circle in the most unique of ways!
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Davis Small is one of my favorite illustrators. Great characterization and humour in this book.
Silly book that will make kids laugh. It is on a recommended book list for 1st grade readers
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Jennifer Armstrong learned to read and write in Switzerland, in a small school for English speaking children on the shores of Lake Zurich. The school library had no librarian and no catalog – just shelves of interesting books. She selected books on her own, read what she could, and made up the rest. It was perfect. As a result, she made her career choice – to become an author – in first grade. Whe...more
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