Rabe follows a young girl through her first 12 days of kindergarten in this book based on the familiar Christmas carol.
Although the closing pages beg the implied child reader to “please please please please / please / choose a book with pictures” for subsequent reading, it’s likely that this request will be ignored.Ī riotously fresh take on breaking the fourth wall. Nonsense words, silly words to be sung and even a smattering of potty talk for good measure all coalesce in riotous read-aloud fare. Employing direct address, it pleads with the implied child listener to allow him or her to stop reading. Furthermore, the text implies (or rather, demands) a shared reading transaction, in which an adult is compelled to read the text aloud, no matter how “COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS” it is. What this book does have is text, and it’s presented through artful typography that visually conveys its changing tone to guide oral readings. has brown hair and blue eyes,” in order to keep with the book’s central conceit. The jacket flap even eschews a glossy photo, instead saying “B.J. It doesn’t even seem fair to call it such, since it has nothing to do with his Emmy Award–winning writing for The Office or the fame his broader career has afforded him. Television writer, actor and comedian Novak delivers a rare find, indeed: a very good celebrity picture book. Once they can read the page on their own and create illustrations that match, you will be able to teach the importance of illustrations to the reader.This book may not have pictures, but it’s sure to inspire lots of conversations-and laughs. After reading, students can draw and label pictures to describe the words on each page of the book. This will allow them to create strong pictures in their minds. You may even have them close their eyes as you read. Teach a mini lesson on finding details in the text and including them in illustrations. This would be a fun activity for students who are already fluent readers. This would be a great way to see if students can use bold print and onomatopoeia in their writing.
You will be mimicking the layout of The Book With No Pictures.
Have each student write one page, and then bind them together. Make your voice soft and squeaky when the words are as tiny.Ĭreate your own class book of silly words or silly stories. While you are reading, get really loud and have your students join in when the words are ginormous and stretched across the page.
They will learn how to orally read words when they are large, small, bold, and regular print. You could use this read aloud to teach students about concepts of print and text features. There are no pictures in this book, so the author uses many large fonts and bold print to express emotion.
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