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Jan 16, 2012

Ivan rated it:

I watched an ebook version of this story (in the Tumble Book Library ). The voices were childlike (obviously acted by adult) and the pace was slow. I feel an adult reading this to kids could make it more entertaining with a little physical acting than just audio acting.
I've not seen a child react to this book, but to me the climax and solution were hard to swallow. Two kids with nothing to do decide to do nothing. But after realizing that nothing was actually something they decide to DO More...

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Aug 07, 2009

Tasha rated it:

Frankie and Sal have done it all: played every sport, painted pictures, baked cookies, played board games, and read every comic book. So they decide to do something they have never done before! Nothing! They try again and again to do nothing at all, but it doesn’t work. When they pretend to be statues, Sal has to swat away the pigeons. When they think of themselves as trees, Sal imagines that Frankie’s dog pees on him. When they are tall buildings, Sal is scaled by King Kong. In the end, More...

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Jan 25, 2012

Ricky rated it:

I loved this book! When I read it to my students, I loved it even more. Let's Do Nothing! is a fun book that students can read whenever they need a laugh. The illustrations added so much more creativity to the text. I also found the book to show how imagination can be fun and exciting. It made my students laugh and want to join in with the characters.

Let's Do Nothing! is about two boys named Frankie and Sal that have done everything in the world that they become bored. Instead of fi More...

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Jul 02, 2011

Kristen rated it:

Let’s Do Nothing!
Reading Level: Picture Book
Genre: Humor
Illustrator: Tony Fucile

This is a wonderful and humorous picture book. Tony Fucile is the author and illustrator of the book and is well known for designing the cartoons of many animated movies (The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles). The pictures do a wonderful job catching the boys’ imagination while they are ‘doing nothing’ and are very creative. The book begins with what y More...

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Jun 29, 2011

Jill rated it:

Published- Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
Illustrated by Tony Fucile
ISBN- 0-7636-3440-9
Reading Level- Kindergarten- 2nd grade
Genre- Humor
Awards- Red Clover Award 2011

This is a very endearing story about two young friends who decide to do nothing, but one of them just can’t seem to get it right. He gets landed on by birds, peed on by a dog, and scaled by king kong. You’ll have to read the book to make sense of that, but I liked it a lot. This book More...

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Mar 06, 2010

Kendra rated it:

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May 13, 2011

Valerie rated it:

I bought this at the scholastic book sale and I just absolutely love it. It is so funny. I think I like this book because it is a story about two boys who are discussing all the things they have done. They decide they have done everything and decide that maybe they should do nothing. They run into some major pitfalls as they struggle to do absolutely nothing. In the end, they finally conclude that there is no way anyone can do nothing, so they decide that doing something is the way to go!! More...

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Jan 13, 2010

Sarah rated it:

I LOVED this book a whole bunch. It is perfect for those summer camp visits for the k-4 graders. Hilarious!

Also, this was our mock caldecott winner.

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Aug 18, 2009

Gwen the Librarian rated it:

Great, humorous picture book that celebrates the imagination. Sal and Frankie have done it all. Now they're going to try to do nothing. But Frankie can't quite do nothing because if he imagines he's a statue, he also imagines pigeons all over him. If Frankie imagines he's the Empire State Building, he imagines King Kong climbing up him and he just has to react! Finally, the boys realize that even when you're doing nothing, you have to do something because you're always breathing.

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Sep 16, 2009

babyhippoface rated it:

Is it possible to do absolutely nothing at all? When Frankie and Sal have done everything they know to do, what's left? Doing...NOTHING!

I really like this book from Disney animator Tony Fucile. Frankie and Sal are so adorably realistic--especially that Frankie. What an imagination on this kid! When he pretends to be a statue, he imagines the pigeons landing on him and has to shoo them away. When he pretends to be a tree, he imagines Sal's dog peeing on him. When he pretends to be th More...

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Oct 21, 2011

Winta rated it:

This book has a great hook! (I've never read a book that starts off the way this book does). The two boys feel like they've done everything possible and begin to wonder what they could do next. The taller boy then decides they could do Nothing! After many failed attempts of trying to do nothing by the shorter boy, the taller boy realizes that "there's no way to do nothing!" The boys then run off to do something. Through teacher guided discussion, children of all ages can learn that the More...

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Sep 26, 2010

Theresa rated it:

ISBN-978-0-7636-3440-7 c2009
I loved this humorous picture book about two boys who have played all the games and activities they can think of and now are just going to practice doing nothing! Unfortunately Frankie in the story cannot stop his imagination from doing nothing and thus the hilarity of the story begins! The illustrations are fantastic and tell a good portion of the story. I read this book a few times and found it to be very enjoyable each time!It's tops on my list of humorous More...

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Nov 03, 2009

Diana rated it:

What a great book! Following the antics of Frankie and Sal, two young boys who feel like they have done everything, Fucile shares their attempts to do nothing. As Frankie suggests different situations that will lead to their nothing state, Sal finds it difficult to remain nothing. Eventually the activity leads to the discovery that their attempts were futile, and they set out to do something. It is laugh out loud funny, and the playful cartoon characters will draw kids into the story.

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May 23, 2011

Matthew rated it:

This book is a lot of fun. The tale of two boys attempting complete inaction and failing over and over again is pure comedy gold. Frankie plays the fall guy to Sal's straight and they just keep trying until they have a eureka moment and decide that people just weren't meant for this kind of thing. Action is an innate characteristic of being human. I really loved the illustrations as they did as much of the emotional storytelling as the text did the narrative. Great piece of work.

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Mar 13, 2010

Heidi rated it:

I love, love, love this book. I love reading it to myself. I really loved reading it out loud. I loved making sounds to go with it. I loved watching the children's faces as I read it. I loved the voices I was able to do with it. I love the humor. I love the cheerfulness of the illustrations.

I just love it. There might not be some who will think it as great as I did. But it fits right into my humor of late. And I loved it.

Perfect lead in to the craft part of storytime, to

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Jan 12, 2012

Sydney rated it:

Made me laugh out loud during class while reading. A great way to get children to put themselves in different situations. After reading this you could suggest they imagine themselves as different objects and then describe what kinds of things could happen to you while you were that object. Also use as an opening to a science lesson about how it really is impossible to do nothing because so many things are happening inside your body without you really knowing about it.

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Feb 15, 2011

Jackie rated it:

Frankie and Sal have done it all...read every comic book, played every board game, played every sport, baked enough cookies to feed a small country. Now what do they do? That's it! Let's Do Nothing! But do they know how very hard it is to do nothing at all? Just try it.

When Sal and Frankie come to the realization that doing nothing is not fun...they decide what they really need to do.

Illustrations are priceless. Complications from doing nothing are hilarious.

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Dec 16, 2011

Mary rated it:

This adorable little book is about two little boys who try their hardest to do nothing. They soon find that it's impossible to do nothing, so they decide that it's time to do something.
I would use this book to be technical with the children. When you say lets find something to do, you already are doing something, your breathing,blinking, and moving all the time. It would be cute to see the look on their faces.

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Jan 11, 2010

Treasa rated it:

Two boys think they have done everything they can possibly do. So what should they do now? Inspiration hits: they should do nothing, which is the only thing they haven't done.

This book puts a fun spin on the age-old childhood problem of "there's nothing to do."

The illustrations combined with the amusing dialogue make for a fun picture book about two friends with amazing imaginations.

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Aug 16, 2009

Suzanne rated it:

Two young boys decide they've done everything and are bored. So they decide to do nothing. They sit like statues, pretend to be tall buildings, and trees. But they find that no matter how hard they try, they can not do nothing!

Can use for making predictions. Also can use as writing prompt-what would you do if you wanted to do nothing? What would it feel like, look like, smell like, etc?

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Jan 28, 2012

Laura rated it:

Of the books nominated for CYRM for 2012 this is my favorite read aloud. The kids love the great imagery of the boys pretending to be statues, trees, and skyscrapers. The pictures are so entertaining. Another hit for my students is the fact that this book has an epilogue of sorts before the title page. The kids loved that it seemed like a movie this way.

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Aug 25, 2011

Mrs. rated it:

It's the literary version of Phineas and Ferb.... and instead of doing something, these two boys decide to do nothing! But they quickly find out if you have an active imagination, it's really hard to do nothing. Imagine trying to sit and do nothing, but then you think you are a statue and pigeons are landing on you! You have to get them off, and then suddenly you're not doing nothing!! You'll laugh along when you see just how hard it is to do nothing!
This book is a 2011-12 Monarch nomin More...

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Apr 08, 2011

Emily rated it:

What do you do when there's nothing to do? You do nothing. I think all students who have had a summer break can relate to this story. One figity little boy tries his hardest to do nothing but is not very successful even though his friend gives him many suggestions as to how to do it. In the end they decide to go do something.

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Jan 26, 2011

Jen rated it:

Frankie and Sal have done everything in the book so they decide that something they haven't done is nothing. The pictures in this book are great as the boys decide to do nothing and be statues and giant redwoods to name a few. I loved the expressions on the boys' faces as they come up with all the things they can do to do nothing.

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Mar 24, 2011

Lauren rated it:

This story was super funny. The little boys in this story had a very vivid imagination. I would have my class do nothing just to see how it feels however i know thatit wont even last 10 seconds especially with younger children. After doin nothing for awhile we would write about how they felt and why people shouldn't do nothing.

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Jul 25, 2009

Kelly rated it:

I passed by this book on more than one occasion and didn't bother to pick it up because I thought I wouldn't like it. I really thought it was going to be a preachy book about poor kids with over-scheduled lives. Not so. (Not really.) I liked these boys and the art was fun. My bad for judging a book by its cover.

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Jan 31, 2012

Mary rated it:

Recommended by kids for NYRA 2013, the book tells a cute story of two boys using imagination in an attempt to find something to do. I really liked the illustrations describing the imagination of the boy with the classes. This book may work for school-age storytime, for younger (K-1) elementary-school kids.

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Jun 09, 2009

Esther rated it:

I will usually rate a children's book highly if I find that it surprises me. Usually to surprise me it needs to be refreshingly witty or in other words make me laugh or smile. I was surprised by this book and really did enjoy it. This is mostly due to Sal letting his imagination get the better of him :)

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Jun 17, 2010

your neighborhood librarian rated it:

"Even when his body is motionless, Frankie's imagination is still motoring along. Love that kid. Frankie and Sal may be my favorite pair of boys since Righty & Lefty, or Trouble Gum."

Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2009/1...

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Feb 16, 2012

Lindsey rated it:

I really had to find a place for this book in my bookshelves because I love it so much. Children are notorious for getting bored. Early finishers in the classroom might enjoy reading this. I also love it because it really sparks creative and pushes readers to think outside the box!

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