You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Forsythe uses the same warm palette for the toucans as the monkeys, adding a nice continuity to an otherwise strange addition that slows down this well-paced story. My son Sam LOVES this book and I know my second graders will feel the same way....if I can sneak the book out of the house this week to share it with them. Do not read this review!

Adam Lehrhaupt is the award-winning author of, Picture Books That Break the "Fourth Wall", Crocodiles And Alligators In Picture Books, 48 Horror Recommendations by Terrifying Tropes. Everything used to be so good”) scaffold Forsythe’s (My Name Is Elizabeth!) There are monkeys, toucans, and an alligator.

The earth-tone digital illustrations well replicate the messy monkey business of painting all over the trees and pages, and the playful arrangement of text adds greatly to the book’s mayhem. This book has been very clearly written to entice the reader to turn the page and keep reading. You really shouldn't be opening this book. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. To see what your friends thought of this book.

It is now his favorite book. . And they do get worse, with the destructive monkeys being followed by toucans and an alligator that opens his jaws very, very wide.

After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. In the tradition of humorous metafictive offerings of the past, this celebration of chaos is a veritable festival of fun. Lehrhaupt’s debut predictably counts on curious readers to ignore the dire warning and its accompanying threat, “You don’t want to let the monkeys out.” As pages turn, lemurs, baboons, and rhesus monkeys stalk into the spreads, where they pluck at the printed words and paint trees for themselves. We love this book. The witty text is direct, and the art soars and leaps as much as the animals. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Use up arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+up arrow) and down arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+down arrow) to review and enter to select. Auto Suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. This book brings that feeling back. Just pure fun and great illustrations! He sings a taunting melody (similar to “Jaws”) until he sees a monkey on the loose, then he laughs on every other page after that as he sees monkeys jumping, painting, and playing the guitar. It is just the right length for my 3-5 year old class, with a plot involving monkeys, toucans, and an alligator-what preschooler could resist? Didn't you see the warning? Start by marking “Warning: Do Not Open This Book!” as Want to Read: Error rating book. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. With chaos reigning supreme, the narrator turns to readers for help in laying out a plan to snare the animals inside the book. The witty text is direct, and the art soars and leaps as much as the animals. But, not to fear, because there is a plan. Warning - lots of drama is needed to read this book! Book Title: Warning: Do Not Open This Book! Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. primitive, earth-tone watercolors of the escalating melee. Safari for Preschoolers! August 27th 2013 Even my 11 year old son thought it was entertaining. But, not to fear, because there is a p. It becomes quite a bit of a mess there for a while.

While the story warns against impending doom, children will delight in the consequences of each page turn; the monkeys' artwork results in a lush and tropical landscape of gold, forest green and burnt orange. And they do get worse, with the destructive monkeys being followed by toucans and an alligator that opens his jaws very, very wide. It is a unique offering for young children. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. It's fun, silly, and brilliant. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. to Cece Meng and Joy Ang’s I Will Not Read This Book and Jesse Klausmeier and Suzy Lee’s Open This Little Book. Seriously?” and “I Guess You Don’t Mind Being Mauled by Monkeys.” There’s a catch-your-breath moment after the reader turns the next page, quickly followed by a riot of monkeys barreling across a double-page spread, toting paints, crayons, and a guitar. Forsythe's digitally rendered art is hilariously expressive and laugh-worthy in its own right, and it is well-paired with Lehrhaupt's spare comic text, successfully creating a book that is enjoyable both to read and behold. Highly recommended for Grades K-2. It begs to be done in storytime. When the narrator again urges readers to turn back, toucans join the fracas. Hilarious and the perfect book to read over and over! There are a whole slew of these "don't read this book" books and I'm not sure what they're trying to teach our children.

It was a powerful moment with a book that I love.

Hardcover – Picture Book, August 27, 2013. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. In the grand tradition of books that warn children away from reading them, such as John Perry's The Book That Eats People (Tricycle, 2009), this one invites readers into the action.

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primitive, earth-tone watercolors of the escalating melee. (Aug.). But when an alligator appears, it becomes a real catastrophe!

Can't wait to read it to my students. Those who disobey the cover threats are met with four pages of comically dire signs: “Come On . Fortunately, the narrator has a banana, and a plan that will enable the reader to safely trap all of these creatures... Fun kids book with audience participation. Before the toucans can do much, an alligator shows up, frightening everyone. Naughty monkeys"). Everything halts due to the entrance of a predator, and it's up to readers to save the naughty monkeys. Going to try it at storytime this week and see how the kids like it.

You are safe here." Please try again. Matthew Forsythe (My Name Is Elizabeth!) You can view Barnes & Noble’s Privacy Policy. She asks for it frequently and my brother said he has read it to her too many times to count now. Suitable read for KS1. Something went wrong. Are you an author? Of course, Matt's illustrations are awesome and these silly pics don't do them justice. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Warning: Do Not Open This Book!. Lehrhaupt delivers a brilliant conclusion to this hilarious romp, which involves readers to the very end. Since we did not heed the warning we were greeted with signs like “Come on…seriously?” and next to a skull another one read “Here is the last guy who read this book.” It was as if we ignored caution tape and entered a danger zone. Kids following along will relish the exhilaration of breaking the rules as well as the simple but clever means of cleaning it all up.

The younger one (age 3) was fearful and didn't want me to open the book, but after we read it through a few times, he got the hang of it and enjoyed it. The narrator implores the reader to get out before things get worse. They warned me and I did not listen! It encourages problem solving, a skill we talk about frequently in preschool science class. The narrator’s uninspired pleas to readers (“Can you stop now? Our 4-year-old grandson cackles with delight every time we read this book to him. White Read Aloud Honor Award, was an ALA Notable Book, and a Huffington Post Notable Book. Would be good for story time. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. There's a problem loading this menu right now. This book is a great example of the proper use of the medium. Not a fan of the ending, which was essentially a trap for the animals involved. On the next page, a monkey appears from stage right ("Oh, no. I'm still confused about how the "trap" at the end "works," but otherwise this is a fun book. When a flock of toucans joins the troublemaking monkeys, and a giant alligator emerges from the right margin, readers get to be part of the solution: “You can catch them all in this book!” If Forsythe’s grainy illustrations echo Jon Klassen’s picture books, the mood in this outing is light and message-free.. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. "Maybe you should put this book back. Please try again. But though the art is very striking, this concept has been done a zillion times before--and by people with far zanier imaginations. Wonderful chaos. Ages 4–8. The author suggest you set a trap with a banana. Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2014. Welcome back. Reverse psychology at its finest is an excellent tool in children's literature. The best way for me to describe this book is that it is kind of like The Monster at the End of This Book on steriods. The narrator implores the reader to get out before things get worse. Opening this book is like venturing into a cordoned-off danger zone. They parade onto the pages wielding paint cans, tubes of paint and brushes ("What a mess! A good plan: So, that's what the book is about. Even my 11 year old son thought it was entertaining.

We’d love your help. Warning: Do Not Open This Book starts off with a bit of this: And it is followed with a quick one of these: It becomes quite a bit of a mess there for a while. The three year olds literally cannot hear it often enough. More fun than a barrel of monkeys.-Marge Loch-Wouters, La Crosse Public Library, WIα(c) Copyright 2013.

At last, the narrator supplies the reader with an ingenious way to lure the whole zoo back into the confines of the book. The artwork is big bold and fun which combines well with the text.