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Title: Boy Wonders
Author: Calef Brown
Narrator: Greg Steinbruner
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-22-13
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7
Publisher's Summary:
A #1 New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, Calef Brown has penned numerous hit books for young people and has been featured in publications like Newsweek, Rolling Stone, the New Yorker, and more. Packed with humor and clever wordplay, Boy Wonders is the perfect book for inquisitive listeners whose favorite question is Why?
In humorous poems sure to delight children, Brown poses puzzling queries like Is water scared of waterfalls? and Are phones annoyed when no one calls?
Members Reviews:
Another "Wonder"ful book!
Another fantastic addition to our Calef Brown library. My 4yo son is a major fan of Mr. Brown's art and poetry and this book did not disappoint. Although there are no poems, per se, he loves all the questions this book raises. Each page begins with a question filled with double entendres and alliterations and rhymes and leaves the complexity of answering them to you. And if the content goes over your younger ones head, never fear: the art is a feast for the imagination. Don't hesitate to illuminate your child's mind with this tongue twisting, mind-bending edition from one of the most creative children's authors today!
Five Stars
Perfect condition and just as amazing of a story as I remember! Thank you!
Common Core Friendly
Brown's title is the perfect book to use with kindergarteners or first graders to get them thinking about asking good questions!
Playing with words
I was captivated almost from the beginning of this simultaneously witty and silly book, although it goes somewhat over the heads of my almost-three and almost-five-year-olds. It is a verbal playground which plays with both the sounds and the meanings of words. My daughters find it intriguing and they enjoy the sounds of the poetry, but I have to explain a lot for them to fully understand it, by which time much of the impact is lost.
I'm sure you've received emails with a collection of one-liners to ponder, such as "Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?" This book contains a number of such lines, although appropriate for children. In fact, I've seen one line from the book in those emails: "If I'm too tired, am I a bike?" But there are plenty of lines that I haven't seen before such as, "Do clouds get jealous during storms and steal each other's thunder?"
I like how this book interweaves playing with meaning and playing with sounds. "If mud in a puddle makes it muddled, / do kiddie pools become piddled?" Many of the questions and word plays rhyme, and there are also several places where the author slips in some almost-rhymes with a wink and a grin: "Just for the sake of argument, / suppose I became an Argonaut. / Would I say "Arrgh" a lot, like a pirate? / WOULD THEY REQUIRE IT?
As delightful and whimiscal as I find the text, however, I'm not as enraptured by the illusions. The pictures are bright, colorful and basically engaging, but the quality looks like something I could do. People/faces are especially simplistic, as if drawn by an eight-year-old. I suppose that the boy narrator is also supposed to be the illustrator, and the drawings are intentionally child-like, but it doesn't quite work - it comes off simply like a skilled adult trying to draw like a child.
Nevertheless, I recommend this book for elementary age kids.