BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
When 2 kids are asked why they didn't do their solar system homework, they explain how busy their afternoon was, and why, no matter how often they tried to start, they didn't get their homework finished.
A Funny Thing Happened After School is magic! The story is perfectly normal, mom picked the kids up in her car, stopped at work, got some gas etc. but, the illustrations reveal that mom is an alien, her car is a spaceship, she works in outer space and the kids have a very unusual, quite remarkable day. Benjamin Chaud's illustrations are whimsical and fun. I called in the grandkids and read them the story first without showing them the pictures, and then again with the pictures - a completely different story! They were delighted! Oh, how much fun this would be in a classroom, letting the students create their own story in pictures of a fantastic/ordinary day.
Lisa Librarian
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