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Cowboy & Octopus by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith.

This book somehow snuck by me, and I found it on the library shelves.  How could I have missed it!

Cowboy and Octopus meet in the first chapter, play together and start being friends.  The other chapters in the book offer great slapstick comedy, strange bean humor, and knock knock jokes.  How could you go wrong?! 

Once again Scieszka and Smith have created a zany world that children will love to enter.  The illustrations are purposefully stiff and cut-out.  They deepen the humor of the situation, rather than competing with the cleverness of the words. 

Share this with preschoolers, but also with older elementary age children.  They will enjoy the humor more deeply than younger children.  All children will head back to the library seeking their other favorites by this team. 

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I'm in total agreement with Tasha. This one by S&S snuck up on me. So glad I still get CBMC flyers (daughters are 21 & 17 yrs. old now). I now know what I'll be giving as holiday gifts next Dec. instead of bulky (but great: Nigella, Lee Bros.) cookbooks. Everybody (I'm talking grown family & friends) LOVED Math Curse & Squids Will Be Squids the years I gave them.
Long live Scieszka/Smith!!

Posted by: Pa;tsy Munden | January 1, 2008 9:40 AM

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