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Please, Open This Book!
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Books are made to be opened. Especially this one. But, guess what...
Someone closed this book! Who would do that?
Luckily, you can fix this. All you need to do is open it. You can do that. Can't you?
We need your help!
Please, Open This Book!
They warned you, but you just couldn't listen--now, the creators of Warning: Do Not Open This Book! are back with their zany monkey crew ...more
Someone closed this book! Who would do that?
Luckily, you can fix this. All you need to do is open it. You can do that. Can't you?
We need your help!
Please, Open This Book!
They warned you, but you just couldn't listen--now, the creators of Warning: Do Not Open This Book! are back with their zany monkey crew ...more
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Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
October 6th 2015
by Simon Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
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The monster characters were nice enough and I like books that encourage participation but this had very little to say other than don't close the book we (the monsters) will get stuck inside.
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Oct 27, 2015
Panda Incognito
rated it
it was ok
Recommends it for:
Adults who will think it's funny.... and future psycopaths
Recommended to Panda by:
Disturbed coworker
Shelves:
read-in-2015,
picture-books
Tonight at the library, my coworkers and I were disturbed by this picture book, and eventually, someone put it in the Halloween/scary books display. I'm giving it two stars because the atmospheric art style succeeded and the animals were cute, but it was a rather alarming story.
This unoriginal breaking-the-fourth-wall picture book shows animals in distress, pleading with you not to close the book. "I get that," said one coworker, "but they were showing how they were INJURED AND MAIMED from someo ...more
This unoriginal breaking-the-fourth-wall picture book shows animals in distress, pleading with you not to close the book. "I get that," said one coworker, "but they were showing how they were INJURED AND MAIMED from someo ...more
Love the black pages. It made me sad to close it!
I'm kinda sick of meta-books.
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Ha ha! Funny and very meta. The animals in the story don't want you to keep reading and finish the book, closing them in there.
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Review originally posted on Le Book Chronicles
I really enjoyed this kid’s book. I thought it was very funny and kids would love it! I wouldn’t really recommend for kids over maybe 9 because it is aimed for the younger kids. But then again, I enjoyed it so why not? From a teacher's perspective I feel like there's a lot you can do with this book that I think students would really engage with. The illustrations were funny and very vibrant against the black pages, kids would definitely love them
It’s ...more
I really enjoyed this kid’s book. I thought it was very funny and kids would love it! I wouldn’t really recommend for kids over maybe 9 because it is aimed for the younger kids. But then again, I enjoyed it so why not? From a teacher's perspective I feel like there's a lot you can do with this book that I think students would really engage with. The illustrations were funny and very vibrant against the black pages, kids would definitely love them
It’s ...more
Perfect, perfect second book. Laughed aloud in the bookstore and had to buy it. Love the brown mushy banana.
OMG So cute and so funny Love this writer and illustrator team
Nov 30, 2019
Abigail
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liked it
Recommends it for:
Anyone Who Enjoyed the First Book With These Characters
In this follow-up to his meta-fictional picture-book debut,
Warning: Do Not Open This Book!
, in which the narrator warns the reader of the dangers posed by monkeys, toucans and an alligator if they open the book, Adam Lehrhaupt once again depicts those various creatures, who are now begging the reader not to close the book they are holding. They show the damage done - monkeys in the dark, an injured alligator, an almost ruined banana - by the reader's last 'visit' with them, and continue to
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GR Level: E
Lexile: 300-600
Grade Level: 2nd grade
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Date: October 6th, 2015
Pages: 34
Genre: Children`s metafiction
Summary:
Please, Open This Book, sequel to Warning, Do Not Open This Book, is a work of Metafiction that encourages children to be a “book opener” instead of a “book closer”. In this book, the characters plead the reader to leave the book open so they don’t get trapped inside. Throughout the course of the book the main character, a red mo ...more
Lexile: 300-600
Grade Level: 2nd grade
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Date: October 6th, 2015
Pages: 34
Genre: Children`s metafiction
Summary:
Please, Open This Book, sequel to Warning, Do Not Open This Book, is a work of Metafiction that encourages children to be a “book opener” instead of a “book closer”. In this book, the characters plead the reader to leave the book open so they don’t get trapped inside. Throughout the course of the book the main character, a red mo ...more
I don't get what's the purpose of writing such books?! I mean it's only about "don't close the book, we all animals will die. Just keep the book open!"
Now, what are we learning from it? I understand not every other book is for gaining knowledge but some are for entertainment too. But that entertainment should be sensible as well. If this is the kind of books we are producing now, then I can also write one meaningless & purposeless book too, like this one & get an easy fame! :/
Seriously, I canno ...more
Now, what are we learning from it? I understand not every other book is for gaining knowledge but some are for entertainment too. But that entertainment should be sensible as well. If this is the kind of books we are producing now, then I can also write one meaningless & purposeless book too, like this one & get an easy fame! :/
Seriously, I canno ...more
What happens when you open a book?
I really wanted to close this one...Other books do this better. It is unfortunate because the animals and illustrations are wonderful. I just wish that they were in a different story--one that wasn't the same as all the other "fourth wall is broken!!!" books. ...more
I really wanted to close this one...Other books do this better. It is unfortunate because the animals and illustrations are wonderful. I just wish that they were in a different story--one that wasn't the same as all the other "fourth wall is broken!!!" books. ...more
This book was so good that I didn't want to close it! It's been open for days and all the characters are now gone. It's just a bunch of blank pages. This is a library book too, and I'm pretty sure they're going to charge me for losing all the characters...
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Jul 07, 2015
Mary Catherine
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I see myself reading this over and over and over and...
Genius technique and genuinely hilarious! Loved it.
Such a fun look at what happens inside of a book when you close a it, it left me tempted to never close another book again!
Would be great for Kindergarten
Cute book! If you enjoy solipsistic kids' picture books, this is this year's entry!
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Another sad, sloppy, unimpressive attempt at breaking the fourth wall.
Maybe slightly less tedious than the first one.
This book is mildly disturbing, and I'm pretty sure if anyone had read it to me as a child I would have been traumatized.
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Jan 21, 2020
Viviane Elbee
added it
The characters in this book speak directly to the reader, pleading for the reader to keep the book open so they can enjoy hanging out and eating bananas instead of being cooped up in dark pages. There were some funny jokes.
Hilarity ensued. If you liked The Book with No Pictures, this is for you.
1st grade
This book did not live up to my expectations like others from this author have. It felt too repetitive from the first book in the series. I think children would still enjoy this book but you definitely do not need both in your collection.
I started reading this book to my 5-year-old tonight and then thought to myself, "Oh boy, this might not go well..." This book features monkeys that are explaining how relieved they are that you opened the book, because the last person who closed the book did all this damage to the animals and their world. Basically, the gist of the book is "Don't close the book or you'll crush us!" Frankly, it's a little disturbing. And with my son, it could have gone either way. He might have genuinely gotten
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Upon opening this book, one is introduced to an entire world that lives inside the pages of the book. The inhabitance of this book are delighted to have someone open the book and give them a little light, but they spend every page trying to convince the reader to never close the book again.
I absolutely loved this book!! Even as an adult, I would unashamedly read this book over and over again. This book is funny and I love that the animals in the story really get to connect with the reader.
This ...more
I absolutely loved this book!! Even as an adult, I would unashamedly read this book over and over again. This book is funny and I love that the animals in the story really get to connect with the reader.
This ...more
This book can be funny, but it's not one of my favorite 4th-wall breaking picture books.
I'm going to fondly call this book "nightmare inducing." The characters plead not to keep going,
a la The Monster at the End of This Book, but the physical harm that comes to the characters takes on a darker tone due to the grim illustrations. The lesson of this book is - don't ever close a book - which isn't going to sit well with adults. And the fact that this lesson is punctuated by abused animals is har ...more
I'm going to fondly call this book "nightmare inducing." The characters plead not to keep going,
a la The Monster at the End of This Book, but the physical harm that comes to the characters takes on a darker tone due to the grim illustrations. The lesson of this book is - don't ever close a book - which isn't going to sit well with adults. And the fact that this lesson is punctuated by abused animals is har ...more
I love it when books go meta like this. I can tell that this could be really fun when read aloud in the right way to the right audience. I think I'm too emotional for it though- I just really felt bad for the animals in the book! If a child with a super high emotional intelligence level reads it, they may find themselves in the same boat as me. *shrug*
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Miss 3 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.
Unsurprisingly, we read this three times in a row. This is both a direct continuation 'Don't Open this Book' and a standalone. I don't like it as much as the first book; thankfully the emotional manipulation and injured animals didn't put ...more
Unsurprisingly, we read this three times in a row. This is both a direct continuation 'Don't Open this Book' and a standalone. I don't like it as much as the first book; thankfully the emotional manipulation and injured animals didn't put ...more
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