Edition |
First US edition. |
Description |
xiv, 108 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Note |
"Laugh out loud funny and full of heart - Noel Fielding, Host of the Great British Baking Show."-Cover. |
Summary |
"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. |
Audience |
Ages 8-12. Walker Books. |
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Ages 10+ |
Subject |
Books -- Juvenile fiction.
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Books and reading -- Juvenile fiction.
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Fiction -- Authorship -- Juvenile fiction.
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Book covers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Children's stories.
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Books -- Fiction.
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Books and reading.
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Fiction -- Authorship
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Genre/Form |
Humorous fiction.
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Added Author |
Freeman, Tor, illustrator.
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ISBN |
9781536222166 (hardback) |
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153622216X (hardback) |
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