Showing posts with label Benjamin Chaud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Benjamin Chaud. Show all posts
Friday, 11 October 2019
ReadItDaddy's Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 11th October 2019: "Grown Ups Never Do That!" by Benjamin Chaud and Davide Cali (Chronicle Children's Books)
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October 11, 2019
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Oh these two! They always hit us in the funny bone with all their books, and if you've loved their previous brilliant stories (such as "The Truth About My Unbelievable Summer") then you're in for a real treat with our Picture Book of the Week choice this week, the fabulous "Grown Ups Never Do that!" by Benjamin Chaud and Davide Cali.
One of my favourite phrases is "I used to be a people person, but people pretty much ruined that for me" and this book gives you a hilarious - if slightly depressing insight into all the things that adults spend ages and ages nagging kids about not doing, then go ahead and do themselves - quite often on a regular basis.
Humans (particularly adults) you see are a useless lot when it comes down to an analysis of their behaviour.
They're bratty and spoilt.
They throw tantrums.
They're horribly, horribly clumsy.
They cry!
This book gleefully pokes fun at us all, but does at least come round to a wonderfully positive ending. But if you're a kid, and you've ever been moaned at almost daily, this is like sweet, sweet revenge!
We love how there are usually hapless kids in each page spread, looking on agog as their 'grown ups' misbehave in the most spectacular ways.
Sum this book up in a sentence: Utterly brilliant, poking fun at adults - who are supposed to be the ones setting an example to their kids.
"Grown Ups Never Do That!" by Benjamin Chaud and Davide Cali is out now, published by Chronicle Children's Books (kindly supplied for review)
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One of my favourite phrases is "I used to be a people person, but people pretty much ruined that for me" and this book gives you a hilarious - if slightly depressing insight into all the things that adults spend ages and ages nagging kids about not doing, then go ahead and do themselves - quite often on a regular basis.
Humans (particularly adults) you see are a useless lot when it comes down to an analysis of their behaviour.
They're bratty and spoilt.
They throw tantrums.
They're horribly, horribly clumsy.
They cry!
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| Hands up those adults among you who have ever walked into a lamp-post while gazing lovingly at your phone. |
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| Oops! Temper temper! |
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| Lego. On the floor. Worse than bear traps! |
"Grown Ups Never Do That!" by Benjamin Chaud and Davide Cali is out now, published by Chronicle Children's Books (kindly supplied for review)
Friday, 29 June 2018
ReadItDaddy's First Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 29th June 2018: "The Truth about my Unbelievable School" by Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud (Chronicle Books)
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June 29, 2018
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The Truth About my Unbelievable School
The tall-tale telling kid from the superb "The Truth About my Unbelievable Summer" is back - and this time he doesn't need to stretch the truth, reality is weird enough as it is...!
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Friday, 22 July 2016
ReaditDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 22nd July 2016 - "The Truth About My Unbelievable Summer" by Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud (Chronicle Children's Books)
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July 22, 2016
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The Truth About my Unbelievable Summer
Our first Book of the Week this week - what do you do when you're put on the spot on that first day back at school...
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