A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School...

by Davide Cali, Benjamin Chaud

Overview

First, some giant ants steal breakfast.

Then there are the evil ninjas, massive ape, mysterious mole people, giant blob, and countless other daunting (and astonishing) detours along the way to school. Are these excuses really why this student is late? Or is there another explanation that is even more outrageous than the rest? From Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud, the critically acclaimed author/illustrator team behind I Didn't Do My Homework Because . . . comes a fast-paced, actionpacked, laugh-out-loud story about finding the way to school despite the odds—and the unbelievable oddness!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452140728
Publisher:	Chronicle Books
Publication date:	03/22/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	44
File size:	15 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 Months to 11 Years

About the Author

Benjamin Chaud is a well-known French author and illustrator of more than 60 books, including the New York Times Notable Book The Bear's Song and I Didn't Do My Homework Because . . . He lives in the southeast of France.

Davide Cali is an illustrator, cartoonist, and children's book author. He has published more than 40 books, including I Didn't Do My Homework Because . . . His books have been translated into more than 20 languages. He lives in Paris, France.

Editorial Reviews

"A series of hilariously surreal situations."—Kirkus Reviews

"A series of hilariously surreal situations."—Kirkus Reviews

"A series of hilariously surreal situations."—Kirkus Reviews

"It's not until the clever turn on the last page that readers realize just how brave and truthful the boy narrator has been all along."—The Boston Globe

"It's not until the clever turn on the last page that readers realize just how brave and truthful the boy narrator has been all along."—The Boston Globe

"It's not until the clever turn on the last page that readers realize just how brave and truthful the boy narrator has been all along."—The Boston Globe

"Delightful.. a valuable addition for all libraries."-School Library Connection

"Delightful.. a valuable addition for all libraries."-School Library Connection

"Delightful.. a valuable addition for all libraries."-School Library Connection

"A whimsical romp."—School Library Journal

"A whimsical romp."—School Library Journal

"A whimsical romp."—School Library Journal

"Imaginative high jinks, highly entertaining."—Booklist

"Imaginative high jinks, highly entertaining."—Booklist

"Imaginative high jinks, highly entertaining."—Booklist

From the Publisher

2015-01-10
In the grand tradition of John Burningham's John Patrick Norman McHennessy, the Boy Who Was Always Late (1987), a tardy lad spins exciting if unlikely excuses to a skeptical teacher.Considering that giant ants ate his breakfast, and then, among other distractions, he was assaulted or kidnapped on the way by ninjas, mole people, elephants and "a sea of scary majorettes," had to help sort out a milling mass of sheep and ducks, almost forgot his backpack and accidently rode his uncle's time machine back to the age of dinosaurs, it's not so surprising that he's a bit late. In manic cartoon illustrations, Chaud propels the disheveled but determined student through a series of hilariously surreal situations—fetching him up at last in school, looking shocked that his teacher (who hasn't caught sight of the dinosaur leaning in at the window) doesn't believe him. Wouldn't you? She may have cause, though, as he had already spun a similar skein of yarns in the preceding I Didn't Do My Homework Because… (2014). A well-traveled premise, but like all of its ilk, a fertile source of inspiration for similarly dilatory students. (Picture book. 6-9)

Kirkus Reviews