Just Kidding - Softcover

Andy Griffiths

3.83

953 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330397281 ISBN 13: 9780330397285

Publisher: Pan Childrens, 2001

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Is this the right book for you? Take the kidding test and find out. Answer yes/no. Do you ever pretend that you are dead to get out of going to school? Do you like to ring up people you know and pretend to be someone else? Do you own any of the following items: fake dog poo, rubber vomit, gorilla suit? Do you wish that every day could be April Fool's Day? Score yourselves one point for each Yes answer. If you score 3-5, you are a practical joker genius. You will love this book. If you score 1-2, you are a good practical joker. You will love this book. If you score 0, you are not a practical joker. You are what practical jokers call a 'victim'. You will love this book.

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About the Author:

ANDY GRIFFITHS is an internationally successful children's author and the New York Times bestselling creator of The Day My Butt Went Psycho!, Just Annoying, and Schooling Around series. He lives in Australia with his wife and kids.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-7–Australian author Andy Griffiths has masterfully written this very humorous piece, read by Stig Wemyss. Griffiths, whose story is told in first person, chronicles a series of practical jokes, including episodes that involve fake vomit, dog poo, and bananas, among other things. In one story, Griffith tells of delivering a Gorilla-gram and, while dressed as a gorilla, stopping to observe restaurant goers, mocking them much like people do with gorillas in a zoo. He not only mimics their actions, he "moons" them when he is shooed away, carrying his gorilla antics a bit too far. The police show up, believing that he is a real gorilla, and attempt to subdue him and return him to the zoo. Most of Griffith's antics backfire on him, and the anticipation is appropriately written into the story. The decidedly Australian flair in both the writing and reading of this title adds to the sense of adventure. Music and sound effects are sprinkled throughout. This book will be prankster heaven for upper elementary and middle school students, particularly boys. Just plain fun, it is a worthy addition to audio collections, and may be enough to encourage reluctant readers to check out other titles by the author.–Kirsten Martindale, formerly Menomonie Public Library, WI
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