The Book With No Pictures
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4.8 • 36 Ratings
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- £8.99
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- £8.99
Publisher Description
You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except . . . here's how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words say . . .
BLORK. Or BLUURF. And even if the words include things like BLAGGITY BLAGGITY and MY HEAD IS MADE OF BLUEBERRY PIZZA!
That's the rule. That's the deal.
Brilliantly irreverent and very, very silly, The Book With No Pictures will delight kids and have them begging for more. From award-winning US comic writer and actor, B.J. Novak.
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Actor Novak's expert sense of comic timing is on full display in his first picture book, which, true to its title, only contains words on a white background. Different font types, sizes, and colors signal important changes in tone and voice to whomever is reading the story aloud (and the book's jokes rely on a readaloud setting). "It might seem like no fun to have someone read you a book with no pictures," Novak writes early in the book, his words set in a black serif font that all but demands a serious, James Earl Jones style voice-over. Then the kicker: "Here is how books work. Everything the words say, the person reading the book has to say. No matter what." Cue sound effects ("BLUURF") and nonsense statements ("I am a monkey who taught myself to read") designed to make a laughingstock of the adult reader while keeping children howling, even as the reader's "voice" lodges its protests ("Wait a second is this whole book a trick?"). A strong first showing for Novak that's sure to deliver big laughs. Ages 4 8.
Customer Reviews
Me
We have this book 📖 at school I love it 😍 it’s such a cool 😎 fun good book 📚
In love
This book has made my daughter laugh her head off!she read this book and as you know it is WORLD BOOk DAY and she read it at school,I love it to it made her read it after and I laughed so hard happy tears flew down our cheeks,,
Teacher in training
The children at my school absolutely loved it because their teachers were had to read aloud exactly what the book said, the staff got a good laugh from it too. It's a very funny book, definitely worth a read.