The book that no one wanted to read / Richard Ayoade ; illustrated by Tor Freeman.
Material type: TextPublisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First US editionDescription: xiv, 108 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781536222166
- 153622216X
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | AYOADE, RICHARD | Checked out | 06/29/2024 | 33111011045628 | |||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | AYOADE, RICHARD | Available | 33111010975999 | ||||
Children's Book | Northport Library | Children's Fiction | AYOADE, RICHARD | Available | 33111009466661 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From actor-author-broadcaster-comedian-filmmaker Richard Ayoade comes a book narrated by . . . a book. Quirky, smart, and genre-busting, this is the saga of a book that nobody wants to read--until the day it meets YOU.
The life of a book isn't easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns!). And this narrator should know--it's the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets irritated when readers bend its pages back, and it finds authors quite annoying. But it does have a story to tell. Through witty direct address and charming illustrations, readers meet a book that has never been read, with a cover the boring color of a school lunch table and pages so dry they give bookworms indigestion. But what happens when this book meets you, a curious reader? Multitalented author Richard Ayoade and award-winning illustrator Tor Freeman bring to life a hilariously subversive take on the nature of books and reading, with a heartening theme of finding the courage to tell our own stories. Readers of all ages will be delighted by the myriad bookish references and laughs on every page.
"Laugh out loud funny and full of heart - Noel Fielding, Host of the Great British Baking Show."-Cover.
"The life of a book isn't easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns!). And this narrator should know--it's the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets irritated when readers bend its pages back, and it finds authors quite annoying. But it does have a story to tell. Through witty direct address and charming illustrations, readers meet a book that has never been read, with a cover the boring color of a school lunch table and pages so dry they give bookworms indigestion. But what happens when this book meets you, a curious reader? Multitalented author Richard Ayoade and award-winning illustrator Tor Freeman bring to life a hilariously subversive take on the nature of books and reading, with a heartening theme of finding the courage to tell our own stories. Readers of all ages will be delighted by the myriad bookish references and laughs on every page."-- Publisher marketing.
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