Please, Open This Book!

by Adam Lehrhaupt (Author) Matthew Forsythe (Illustrator)

Please, Open This Book!
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

Recipient of the Wanda Gag Read Aloud Book Award They told you, but you just couldn't listen--so the creators of Warning: Do Not Open This Book! are back with a zany monkey crew, and they need your help! In Warning, Do Not Open This Book!, which School Library Journal called "more fun than a barrel of monkeys," turning pages meant increased chaos and delight. Now the tables have turned, and opening the book is the only way to save the group of monkeys who are trapped between its pages. This irresistibly entertaining rescue effort puts power in the hands of the page-turner, and giggles into everyone!


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Publishers Weekly

In Warning: Do Not Open This Book! Lehrhaupt begged readers not to allow the animals in that book to escape; now, the animals plead with children to leave this book open, so they aren't trapped inside. Lehrhaupt's humor is sharper this time around, even edgy--a toucan and gator wear bandages, suggesting that shutting a book doesn't just trap characters, it injures them. Set against black backgrounds, Forsythe's digital artwork is equally attuned to the slightly sadistic mood. As book's end approaches, he delivers an extreme close-up of a dewy-eyed monkey making its desperate plea to readers: "We'll be good. Promise." Ages 4-8. Author's agent: Alexandra Penfold, Upstart Crow Literary. Illustrator's agent: Judith Hansen, Hansen Literary. (Oct.)

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Adam Lehrhaupt
Adam Lehrhaupt's first picture book, Warning: Do Not Open This Book!, received the E.B. White Read Aloud Honor Award, was an ALA Notable Book, and a HuffPost Notable Book. School Library Journal called it, "More fun than a barrel of monkeys." He is also the author of Please, Open This Book!, which was named a Wanda Gag Comstock Read Aloud Honor Book, and Idea Jar. Adam has traveled to six continents, performed on Broadway, and lived on a communal farm. He currently lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with his wife, sons, and two bizarre dogs. Visit him online at AdamLehrhaupt.com.

Pauline Gregory is a Devon-based illustrator, living by the sea. She specializes in children's literature. Following her passion, Pauline graduated from Plymouth College of Art with an honors BA in illustration.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781442450714
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Publication date
October 06, 2015
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV047000 - Juvenile Fiction | Books & Libraries
JUV002000 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
Library of Congress categories
Humorous stories
Animals
Books and reading
Recepient of the 2016 Wanda Gág Read Aloud Book Award

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