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That's Not Funny!
One day, just for a joke, Hyena puts a banana skin in Giraffe's path. When Giraffe slips, a chain of unfortunate events begins which involves all the other animals. Hyena laughs at their misfortune. But the other animals have the last laugh. Illustrations.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
September 1st 2010
by Andersen Press USA
(first published 2010)
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This is a very nice book, very funny with lots of nice illustrations.
It is about a naughty hyena who decides to play a trick on a giraffe by placing a banana skin in his path. The giraffe slips on the banana skin and hits his head on a tree, which causes a coconut to fall on the head of a hippo, who then steps on a snake who in turn bites another animal and the sequence goes on.
The hyena in the mean time is having a great laugh. However, he forgets about the banana skin and slips himself, h...more
This is a very nice book, very funny with lots of nice illustrations.
It is about a naughty hyena who decides to play a trick on a giraffe by placing a banana skin in his path. The giraffe slips on the banana skin and hits his head on a tree, which causes a coconut to fall on the head of a hippo, who then steps on a snake who in turn bites another animal and the sequence goes on.
The hyena in the mean time is having a great laugh. However, he forgets about the banana skin and slips himself, h...more
That’s not funny!
Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds
Good cover, like the title, it’s got funny in it. We all like something to be funny.
I’d guess the setting is the African plains, great drawings, wide variety of characters (different animals) all with their own page so could be used for learning and recognising names of animals. The story seems to be based on those that laugh last laugh longest (loudest), as well as thinking about the consequence of your actions.
I enjoyed the book and it could b...more
Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds
Good cover, like the title, it’s got funny in it. We all like something to be funny.
I’d guess the setting is the African plains, great drawings, wide variety of characters (different animals) all with their own page so could be used for learning and recognising names of animals. The story seems to be based on those that laugh last laugh longest (loudest), as well as thinking about the consequence of your actions.
I enjoyed the book and it could b...more
When Hyena put a banana peel in Giraffe’s path, he set off a chain of events that he found extremely funny. When Giraffe slips on the banana peel, he knocked into a tree. Which in turn caused a coconut to fall onto Hippo’s head. Hyena kept laughing and laughing, even as Hippo stumbled around very dizzy and stepped on Snake. Snake bit Ostrich, Ostrich kicked Rhino, and it went on and on. Until finally Hyena was laughing so hard that he stepped on his own banana peel, hit the same tree, bonked him...more
The kids in my Silly Saturday storytime enjoyed this book much more than I did. It is cumulative and slapstick. The naughty Hyena plays a trick on Giraffe and then laughs as each of the animals are effected (and each rather negatively). Some kids may laugh along with Hyena, but more will wish ill upon him, and get their wish. Although I wanted Hyena to get his comeuppance as well, 2 wrongs don't make a right. Still, it was a hit, so I may use it again.
Silly story of a naughty hyena, who LOVES to laugh at all the animals when he puts a banana peel on their path to step on. The jokes on him when after a long series of mishaps, Hyena lands in "a huge, steaming heap of Elephant's POO!" Colorful illustrations really bring the African plains to life. Pair this with "Why Do Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears" or any of Eric Kimmel's Anansi books for a fun storytime.
A hyena plays a banana peel joke that starts a chain of events that eventually gives hyena what he deserves for laughing at all the other savanna animals. Children's sense of justice will be satisfied and they'll love the "potty" humor at the end. A great story from the award winning authors of "Who's in the Bathroom."
Mikään ei ylitä Pikkumyyrää joka tahtoi tietää kuka kehtasi kakkia kikkaran hänen päähänsä jo kielellisen taituruuden vuoksi, mutta tämä piti lukea moraalimielessä.
Ja kyllä, edelleen ammattikuntani häpeäksi nautin opetuksesta: Jos kerjää turpiinsa, saa turpiinsa.
Hyvä kuvitus, mutta sen tiesi jo tekijöitä vilkaisemalla.
Ja kyllä, edelleen ammattikuntani häpeäksi nautin opetuksesta: Jos kerjää turpiinsa, saa turpiinsa.
Hyvä kuvitus, mutta sen tiesi jo tekijöitä vilkaisemalla.
My favorite thing about this book is the cover! It is a cute story of a practical joke gone bad and has repetitive text for the kids during a read aloud. Inside illustrations are not as cute as the cover but ok. I don't think I would add this unless it showed up in a book fair.
It all starts with Hyena laughing and laughing after he places a banana peel in Giraffe's path and Giraffe slips and hits a tree and a coconut falls and hits Hippo, and Hyena laughs even more. The practical joke gets out of hand until it comes right back to Hyena.
This book while proposes it should be funny, is not hilarious. However, little kids do enjoy the shennanigans that make up the bulk of the (I say this loosely) "story." Entertaining, but not the best book ever.
While amusing, this one lacks the streamlined humor that helps a book function well for storytime. It just feels all around lacking, and little patronizing.
Literacy skills:
Vocabulary-Teaches names of a variety of animals that they would not see in their day to day life.
Vocabulary-Teaches names of a variety of animals that they would not see in their day to day life.
This was cute, though I felt sorry for Hyena ((even though hyena started it all) I wish it ended differently
The hyena antics went on a few pages too long for my taste but the ending was worth it!
Silly humour. Cumulative tale. Can see little ones finding it hilarious.
It was okay, not as funny as we thought it was going to be.
I liked the repetition but the poo part didn't fit.
great illustrations - nice come-uppance for hyena
I think this would be great for Story time. Repetition, manners, Cause and Effect relationships, Jungle Animal theme and vocabulary, and a poop joke. Good for preschool to early school age.
Apr 08, 2013
Emma
marked it as to-read
Jan 26, 2013
Jatin
marked it as to-read
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Jeanne Willis was born in St Albans and trained as an advertising copywriter at Watford College. She worked for various agencies creating press adverts and TV, cinema and radio commercials. She is now a full-time writer and has published over 80 books. Her hobbies include gardening, reading (non-fiction), natural history and collecting caterpillars. Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, includ...more
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