Pencils on Strike: A Funny, Rhyming, Read Aloud Kid's Book For Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, or Early Readers

by Jennifer Jones

Teaches respect to all people and things. A hilarious, rhyming, read loud book that's perfect for the first or any day of school.
The classroom pencils have had enough!
We're more reliable than the pen, because with us you can correct, But has that earned us more respect? Of course not! Hasn't happened yet! We also write on different surfaces without making such a mark, But has that brought us glamour and attention? No! We're always in the dark.
Buy this book for a good laugh, nighttime snuggle, or your favorite teacher.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

34 pages, Hardcover

Published September 28, 2021

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Reviews

[Lady Melee · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a hard review to write because I really don't like anything about this book, and don't enjoy leaving bad reviews.

The illustrations are extremely simple, the rhyming seems extremely forced, but my least favorite thing about this book is that it screams "written by a neurotypical for neurotypicals".
This book reminds of all of the adults saying "can't you just" to me as I grew up neurodivergent, "can't you just pay attention, can't you just hold still, can't you just stop chewing your pencil. " I know I'm probably alone in thinking this but just because a child nervously chews or bends a pencil doesn't mean they don't deserve a pencil.

[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn’t really like this one. So many things wrong…word choice, rhythm that’s off kilter, perfect ending out of nowhere, etc.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book to my 6 year old grandson and he lost interest about 3/4 of the way through. His main comment was that was the shortest strike in history!

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is perfect for the first day of school for younger ages in order to teach them about the importance of trying to take care of your school supplies. By giving these pencils voices, it forces students to view these items past physical objects. While giving them emotions isn't realistic it is helpful when trying to teach children certain things in a more exciting way and it encourages comprehension of the topic.

[Paloma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Keywords: respect, hilarious, rhyming, responsibility
Summary: The pencils have had enough! They are tired of not being respected as they are important and simply go on strike.
Prompt: This is a cute read aloud that can be done within the first couple of weeks or whenever during the school year. This story teaches a value lesson of learning to respect not only their items/materials, but their classmates and teachers items/materials and also being responsible.

[Corinna Motola · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good idea, poor execution. The illustrations are very well done, and the plot is pretty decent. I’d love to be able to use with my students. However, I can’t get over the meter. I love rhyme, but there needs to be a regular rhythm to it, or it just gets uncomfortable. Also, it says, “We all banned together…”. This should be “We all banded together”.

[Mark F Davies · Rating 3 out of 5]

it rhymes, but the meter is off

Books that don't rhyme are good. Books that rhyme and have a good meter (eg. Iambic pentameter) are good. Books that try to rhyme, but have a poor (or no) meter are terribly hard to read out loud to my child. This book falls into the last category.

[Kathryn · Rating 2 out of 5]

As a read-aloud, the rhymes just didn't work for me. The rhythm was off and not consistent. I don't know how a child would rate this. I read it to myself. The pictures are bright, it's about school, etc.

[Rhonda Worgess · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

I was exactly like those kids now that I read this book I use my pens a pencils with care you should to!

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pencils on Strike by Jennifer Jones – This is on kindle unlimited. The whole series has been cute so far, and I could see it being really fun in a classroom. Happy Reading!

[Timothy Morrison]

Office supplies of the world, unite

[Bismah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good

[Gina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to teach kids about how to treat pencils with respect. I love the illustrations and the way the story was written. Very easy to follow.