Help! We Need A Title!
by manz
Any fans of the fabulous interactive picture book Press Here by Hervé Tullet? Help! We Need A Title! is his newest. It’s a clever and sweet book that has half drawn “characters” that speak to the reader, because the book is not finished! There are no characters, story or plot. Until they knock on the author’s door! He then supplies a short little story that doesn’t quite satisfy the characters looking for a story. My favorite part is the nod to Press Here, where the reader is asked to “press here” to turn off the author’s desk lamp. A bit quirky, but indeed fun.
For another fun book where the author "speaks" in the book, check out Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett. The book comes to a halt when the writer and the illustrator disagree. It's a great read and super funny.
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Nice, love to give a title.
Nice, love to give a title. So much fun
Herve Tullet is one of the
Herve Tullet is one of the reasons that I find picture books to be among the most inventive forms in the book world today. For another fun, quirky book see This Book Just Ate My Dog!
Jon Scieszka's 'Stinky Cheese
Jon Scieszka's 'Stinky Cheese Man' is another where the characters rant about the story. Funny.
@ kathscot - You beat me to
@ kathscot - You beat me to making this suggestion. The Stinky Cheese man was actually a book I had to get for a lit class, and I've loved it ever since. Scieszka's "Squids Woll Be Squids" is also pretty good and in the same post-modern/meta style.
I bought "Press Here" for my
I bought "Press Here" for my baby niece! It's such a great gift idea. By the way, I agree that "Chloe and the Lion" is super-funny!