A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School...

Excuses #2

by Davide Calì, Benjamin Chaud

First, some giant ants steal breakfast.

Then there are the evil ninjas, massive ape, mysterious mole people, giant blob, and countless other daunting (and astonishing) detours along the way to school. Are these excuses really why this student is late? Or is there another explanation that is even more outrageous than the rest? From Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud, the critically acclaimed author/illustrator team behind I Didn't Do My Homework Because . . . comes a fast-paced, actionpacked, laugh-out-loud story about finding the way to school despite the odds—and the unbelievable oddness!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Humor, School, Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure

44 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Davide Calì is a Swiss-born Italian writer of picture books and graphic novels, primarily for children and young adults. He lives in Italy. His work has been published in twenty-five countries and translated into many languages.

Reviews

[Maede]

+ چرا دیر اومدی؟
- راستش، داستانش طولانیه...

این کتاب حتی از قبلی هم خلاقانه‌تر بود! کلی هم اشارات کوچیک به داستان‌های قدیمی داره. نقاشی‌هاش هم که دیگه نگم. اینو دوست دارم که توی تمام این داستان‌ها سگش کنارشه

از اینجا بخونیدش
Maede's Books
۱۴۰۳/۱/۳

[Sara]

چقدر به داستان های معروف دیگه رفرنس داشت!
آیا کتاب قبلی هم همینطور بود و توجه نکرده بودم؟

[Roya]

این 4 روز، اینقدر کتاب کودک خوندم که از اکانت گودریدزم خجالت می‌کشم🚶‍♀️

[Hediyeh]

نقاشیاش رو خیلی دوست داشتم🍎

[Mahshad Sabri]

واقعا کتاب خنگولی بود، نقاشی‌هاش رو خیلی دوست داشتم، خیلی.😍 چرا بچه که بودم ازین کتابا نداشتیم؟
کتاب‌های ما خیلی جدی بودن، تنها کتاب نیمه خنگولی که یادم‌ میاد مجموعه‌ی می‌می‌نی با شعرهای ناصر کشاورزه :(

[Zeynab]

من: بچه‌ها کتاب چطور بود؟

یکی از‌ فسقلیا:_«خیلی خنگول بود!»


دقیقا همین :)

[Simay Yildiz]

Günışığı Kitaplığı sayesinde gerçekten birbirinden sevimli çocuk kitapları okuyorum! Davide Cali ile de yine onlar sayesinde tanıştım. İsviçre doğumlu, İtalyan yazar Davide Cali, meğerse çocukların ve gençlerin dünyasını yıllardır renklendiriyormuş ve kitapları 25’ten fazla ülkede yayınlanıp, pek çok dile çevrilmiş. Benim kendisiyle tanışmam, dilimize yeni çevrilen Okuldaki Hayalci Dizisinin ilk iki kitabı olan Ödevimi Yapamadım Çünkü Acayip Şeyler Oldu ve Okula Gelirken Çok Komik Şeyler Oldu ile oldu. Zaten kitapların isimlerinden bile ne kadar sevimli oldukları anlaşılıyor, değil mi?

Davide Cali hikâyelerini görsel bir şölene çeviren isim ise Fransız illüstratör Benjamin Chaud. Onun da altmıştan fazla kitabı yayınlanmış ve kendisini biraz stalk’ladığımda gördüm ki çizimleri gerçekten inanılmaz sevimli ve ağırlıklı olarak çocuk kitapları için çizim yapmış. Çizim yaptığı kitapların sadece kapaklarına bile bakınca insanın eline alıp, içinde kaybolası geliyor!

Devamı: https://bit.ly/2SkycHG

[Donalyn]

Deceptively simple. This sophisticated story reminds me of children's books of the 1960's & 70's-- witty, a little dark humor, starring kids a LOT smarter than adults.

3 stars from Emma. She wished the book was larger, so she could see the illustrations.

[Quasar]

This was a very strange book...the only thing I can think of is that the author and illustrator got drunk one night and started telling stories as if they were 9 year old kids living in a surreal French film. To be fair, the author and illustrator are actually French...
I'm going to try it out on my kid book club to see if they find it entertaining or inspiring, because if anyone will, it's a group of 7 to 10 year olds who like books.

[nazanin]

نمیتونم انتخاب کنم این داستانش بهتر بود یا اینکه چرا مشقاشو ننوشته🥲

[Bree Hill]

I need a copy for my classroom.
I loved the conflict our main character finds himself in. Very “this is my story and I’m sticking with it. “ and I need a universal gadget belt!

[Mohammad Reza]

"How am I supposed to believe this story?"

[Mehsi]

Een jongetje is te laat op school en hij heeft al een berg verklaringen klaar voor waarom.

Ik wist dat ik dit boekje waarschijnlijk wel leuk zou vinden, maar dat ik hem zo leuk vond? Nee dat had ik niet verwacht. Ik heb echt gelachen en gegiecheld en ik vond het heerlijk om te lezen. Iedereen is wel eens te laat gekomen, maar ik wed dat niemand zo'n geweldig verhaal had als dit jochie.

Ontmoet ons jochie, hij is erg laat voor school en zijn juf vraagt hem waarom hij te laat is. Nou, dat kan dit jochie in detail vertellen. Vanaf het moment dat hij wakker werd en ging ontbijten, want daar ging het al fout. Ja, echt. Hij is nog niet eens op weg naar school maar nu zijn er al dingen die kapot gaan en die ervoor zorgen dat hij dus misschien niet op tijd kan komen. En daarna begint een doldwaas avontuur om naar school te komen. En wat we daar tegen komen? Nou, geloof me je zult genieten want we komen verschillende verhalen tegen die iedereen kent. Echt waar? Ja, echt. Het jochie komt gewoon Roodkapje tegen. En nog wat andere karakters. Maar wordt ook gevraagd door de president om de schaken tegen een stel slechte aliens. En dat zijn maar een paar dingen, maar ik wil niet teveel verklappen.

Ik moet zeggen dat ik bij twee dingen extra moest lachen omdat ik die niet verwachtte. Dat zijn een punt ergens dichtbij het einde en het einde zelf. Die vond ik echt geweldig gedaan want je gaat steeds uit van een zeker standpunt en dan wordt dat omgegooid.

De tekeningen waren ook best leuk gedaan, een apart en ietwat ouderwets lijkende stijl maar hij past wel goed bij het verhaal.

Al met al een leuk boek met veel humor en ik vond het erg leuk hoe het het hele "excuses maken als je te laat bent" tot een speciaal verhaal wordt gemaakt met allerlei verrassingen.

Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/

[Hameed Younis]

أشياء عجيبة حدثت في الطريق إلى المدرسة:

في أحدى الصباحات، تأخّر صبي عن الذهاب إلى المدرسة، وحين استفسرت معلمته عن سبب تأخره، أبتكر لها عشرات الأعذار لو أنها لم تصدّقه، ويالها من أعذار; نمل عملاق تناول فطوره! نينجا تحاول قتله أمام الباص! آلة الزمن أخطئت وأرسلته إلى عصر الديناصورات! كان طفلاً كسولاً ومهملاً، ولا يمكن مجاراته وتصديقه. لكن لا أحد ينكر أن بمقدوره إقناعك بهذه المجموعة الملّونة من الأعذار الرائعة
ربما تبدو القصة في الظاهر كوميدية وساخرة بسبب جمال عقل الطفل ولا محدودية مخيلته الإبداعية. لكنها تجعلنا نتساءل السؤال الأهم: (من أين تأتي الأفكار العظيمة؟)، أنا بدوري لا أعرف ما الإجابة الوافية لهذا السؤال. لكنني أعرف أن الأفكار لا تولد من العدم، إنها مزيج مركّب من شتات المعلومات والانطباعات والتأثرات والتأثيرات
يذكر مارك توين في أحدى رسائله –تشبه إلى حدٍّ ما فكرة بورخيس- أن "جميع الأفكار مستعملة ومستهلكة في السابق، وإنها مسحوبة -بوعي أو بلا وعي- من ملايين المصادر الخارجية"، فلا تولد الأفكار من العدم قطعاً، ولا بدّ للمفكّر أن يستحضر –أثناء خلقه الإبداعي- جميع المصادر التي سبق لهم أدركها

لقراءة القصة كاملة على الرابط المرفق
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[Sue Morris]

In the same style as I Didn’t Do My Homework Because . . . (HERE), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School . . . contains hilarious excuses why this young boy is late for school. Will the teacher believe these excuses any more than she believed why he did not do his homework? Will you believe?

Would you believe the boy missed breakfast because giant ants stole it from him? Would you believe a huge—and I mean HUGE—ape mistook the school bus for a banana? Would you believe the boy meet a girl wearing a red coat and needing help finding her grandmother’s house in the woods? No?

The illustrations are great. The title page shows the first book lying on the floor, open as if the boy had . . . (continue at Kid Lit Reviews)
http://kid-lit-reviews.com/2015/03/28...

[Negar]

نقاشی هاش. :}
+ادیشن فارسیش موجود نبود گویا که اونو داد کنم. :/

[Tayebe Ej]

کتاب قراره طنز باشه ولی خب فک میکنم طنز داستان حداقل توی ترجمه منتقل نشده، در کل سر کلاسهام بچه ها خیلی ازش استقبال نکردن

[Elahe]

خیلی باهاش ارتباط گرفتم و اینکه تمام سال‌های مدرسه با تاخیر می‌رفتم بی‌تاثیر نیست:)))
خیلی‌هاش در کنار تصاویر باید خونده بشه و کاش از کودکی با این کتاب‌ها بزرگ شده بودم.

[Dolly]

Funny story about the adventurous saga a young boy describes to his teacher that he experienced on his way to school, making him late.

I discovered this book along with I Didn't Do My Homework Because... at the same time at our local library.

The main difference I saw in the two books is that this book followed a continuous trail of adventures and calamities that conspired to make the boy late to school whereas the other book contained single phrases that would be funny excuses simply on their own.

The book is very short, but is entertaining and so creative. The illustrations are wacky and really complement each excuse.

We enjoyed both of the books, but I think I prefer the other book better for helping to stimulate spontaneous creativity and witty ideas, which is what I was going for. Our oldest is part of a local high school team for Odyssey of the Mind and they have a Spontaneous Verbal Problem that they must complete during the competition.

[Relyn]

I think I just didn't have the right sense of humor for this book. I didn't like it - at all. I thought it was ridiculous without being whimsical. I didn't like the illustration style. Well, I just plain didn't like it. I didn't have it, but I definitely didn't like it.

[Nouru-éddine]

He seemingly did not lie!

[Phoebe]

A hoot and a half.

[Nafise Beheshti]

موقع خوندن این دست کتاب‌ها باید دکمه "طنز" ذهنتون رو روشن کنین و بخونین. تصویر سازی و داستانش بانمک بود. به نظرم برای بچه‌ها حدود ده ساله‌‌ای که زیاد اهل مطالعه نیستن مناسبه.

[Rhiannon's Reading Corner]

Mixing family life and fairytale, this book is a comedic story of how a boy became late for school. The rambling nature of the story, with increasingly unbelievable events delaying his commute, depicts children’s storytelling in a way entertaining for both children and adults.

While there were no big issues with this book, there also weren’t any pros for me - just another kids story. There is no diversity in this book, with an entirely white cast of characters.

AGES 2-5

[Narges Shegeft]

Reminded me of “Adventure time” 🥹

[Candace]

A boy explains to his teacher why he didn't make it to school on time. Each excuse becomes more astonishing. Will the teacher believe the boys reasons for being late to school, or will she see them as outlandish excuses?

This delightful book will have children laughing-out-loud. Each hilarious excuse becomes harder and harder to believe. The illustrations are imaginative and creative. A fun book for middle grade readers.

[Cat]

I loved, loved, loved the illustrations in this book but I couldn't get into the story.

[The Half-blood Reader]

Another amusing book.

[Elyssa]

Funny!

[Jen]

2 1/2-3.