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Animal Crackers Fly the Coop
Kevin O'Malley is going for joke with a tongue-and-chicken barn yarn that's sure to appeal to fans of his New York Times bestseller, Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share. Turning the Grimm's fairy tale The Brementown Musicians on its funny bone, O'Malley has revised the classic story of four animals who part ways with their respective farmers to explore their artistic sides...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
April 13th 2010
by Walker Childrens
(first published 2010)
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May 27, 2012
Paul Hankins
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Kevin O'Malley creates here a picture book that I would have loved as a kid.
Donalyn Miller found the connection to The Bremen Town Musicians as did I while reading this wonderfully imaginative work by O'Malley that provides a "ladder" as well as a send-up of the Grimm Brother's original. This natural ladder invites a side-by-side read that would bring the Grimm Brothers to younger readers. Extending the ladder would bring us right to A TALE DARK AND GRIMM.
The reason I would have loved this as...more
Donalyn Miller found the connection to The Bremen Town Musicians as did I while reading this wonderfully imaginative work by O'Malley that provides a "ladder" as well as a send-up of the Grimm Brother's original. This natural ladder invites a side-by-side read that would bring the Grimm Brothers to younger readers. Extending the ladder would bring us right to A TALE DARK AND GRIMM.
The reason I would have loved this as...more
Kevin O'Malley is going for joke with a tongue-and-chicken barn yarn that's sure to appeal to fans of his New York Times bestseller, Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share. Turning the Grimm's fairy tale The Brementown Musicians on its funny bone, O'Malley has revised the classic story of four animals who part ways with their respective farmers to explore their artistic sides, this time sending them in search of belly laughs . . . and a great location for a comedy club. When they foil a band of rob...more
Well, Kevin O'Malley has finally done it. Do you know Kevin? The author of Bud, Little Buggy, and Lucky Leaf, Kevin cannot NOT perform. At readings and signings, he cannot NOT stop and doodle a drawing for a kid. My kids still repeat jokes they heard him tell years ago.
As talented a storyteller and artist as Kevin is, this jokester compulsion has resulted in books that have been progressively more saturated with puns and jokes, until, with Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share, I thought he could...more
As talented a storyteller and artist as Kevin is, this jokester compulsion has resulted in books that have been progressively more saturated with puns and jokes, until, with Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share, I thought he could...more
The book, "Animal Crackers Fly the Coop" will have children rolling on the floor laughing. The animals tell jokes throughout the story that Primary children can retell to their friends. The jokes are very simple and easy for children to remember and retell. The animals throughout the story are very recognizable by all children. Most of the story is told in dialogue between the animals. The text of the story is very simple and words are very short. Some of the words involve the sounds that the an...more
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I'm sure I missed some of the puns and didn't get some of the jokes, but that's ok. There are *so* many I laughed several times each page. One thing about that, though, is that there is no time to build the tension to a full pay-off - and so I'm not surprised I never actually laughed out-loud. I found the ending to be just what I predicted - but that's ok.
Oh, and a reader does *not* have to know the Brementown Musicians story to appreciate this.
Love the bright clean exuberant illustrations! Wil...more
Oh, and a reader does *not* have to know the Brementown Musicians story to appreciate this.
Love the bright clean exuberant illustrations! Wil...more
Good for a laugh! This book has a ton of jokes, puns, and silly animals. The premise is based on the folktale Bremen Town Musicians. In this fractured tale the hen is a comedian rather than musician. She takes flight away from her farm after the farmer threatens her. In her flight she meets other animals who are also not very good at their jobs on the farm. They join the hen and strike out to be comedians too.
Good book and can be used with a wide range of students K-4
Good book and can be used with a wide range of students K-4
I love Kevin O'Malley and his books are hilarious. That said, can a book be "too" funny? This book has a lot going on-- lots of playing with words and figures of speech. The result seemed a little choppy to me. The illustrations are fantastic. I think this would work really well for sharing one-on-one, but not so good for reading aloud.
This book is full of the kind of humor that makes my wife groan. I loved it. One liners and terrible puns abound. Fozzie Bear should probably pull material from this book for his next act. Four animal comedians crack a joke on nearly every page. It doesn't get any better. Read. Laugh. Groan. Whatever. This is comedy gold.
This book is a parody on the Grimm fairytale "The Bremen Town Musicians." I didn't know this before checking the book out; by way of coincidence I read that story to my children just last week!
This book is hilarious - filled with puns (which my 10-year-old understood) and silly animals (which my six-year-old loved).
This book is hilarious - filled with puns (which my 10-year-old understood) and silly animals (which my six-year-old loved).
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This is a fun story about four animals who band together and start a comedy club. It's a silly story, filled with punny jokes and illustrations and dialogue that give the book a graphic novel feel. Our girls liked it, but I had to explain a few of the puns. Love that there's a library joke included!
I did not love this book. I think this one is better suited for older kids, because of the complex humor, idioms, and other allusions that very young readers just won't know. A fun book that is certainly very clever, but just not a book of the day for the ECS.
A version of the Bremen Town Musicians but these animals are inspired to be comedians rather than musicians. Very punny and full of silly jokes that kids (and some of us grown-ups) will love.
I always will read the good ole farm animal books. I cant believe this book is intended for ages 4-8. Some of the one-liners had me laughing out loud more than my 8 year old brother!
Too "punny" for words! O'Malley milks the jokes from every animal in this book. Students who understand puns will appreciate the humor in this book which goes from one joke to the next.
This book is more than chock full of puns! Super silly and hilarious. Probably wouldn't be as good for a read-aloud, but great to read with someone who loves silly jokes as much as I do!
Kids will enjoy the humor in this one. It is full of plays on words and silly jokes. The hen, who simply must be a comedi-hen, leads the humor, meeting lots of animal jokes along the way.
YES YES YES
six star book
as wonderful and corny the over-the-top jokes are, the caldecott worthy art is their equal
six star book
as wonderful and corny the over-the-top jokes are, the caldecott worthy art is their equal
Cute re-telling of the Bremen Town Musicians, but with cornball jokes thrown in.
Some humor that only older students and adults can appreciate.
Lots of humor, but primary grades might not understand the humor.
possible Beehive.
Very funny. Kids will get some of the humor.
Very funny. Kids will get some of the humor.
Chock full of jokes and puns that school-age kids will love.
I love stories with animals, and this one is funny.
Han, Cow, Dog, and Cat want to start a comedy club...
A rather odd story with extremely dry humor.
*textbook
*textbook
The puns in this book are sooo bad... :) Milk of amnesia!
This woud be a good book to teach about puns.
A clever, fun book. There are some good jokes.
This is a cute book with jokes from animals.
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