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Bobby doesn't want to come home when his mother calls. And because she's calling ''Bobby! Bobby!'' he instantly decides he's NOT Bobby anymore. He s a lion, a dinosaur, a monster, an eagle, a spaceship headed for Mars, where his mother's cries of ''Bobby! Bobby!'' can t be heard. But then Bobby gets hungry. This hilarious escape story rings true to every child s struggle for independence, not to mention a full tummy. A great read-aloud book by acclaimed author & illustrator Jules Feiffer. An ALA Notable Children s Book, a Booklist Children s Editors Choice, & an SLJ Best Book of the Year. Color illustrations.
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"Bobby!" ("Someone's calling Bobby. I'm not Bobby.") Jules Feiffer (I Lost My Bear, Bark, George!) perfectly captures a short flight of the imagination that just about every child has taken--an adult may be calling your name, may have called it 50 times, but it doesn't matter because you're pretending to be something else. In freewheeling, almost scrawled illustrations, Bobby blots out those parental demands by pretending to be a lion, a dinosaur, a monster, and more. But eventually the lion gets hungry and disguises itself as Bobby to go home for a snack. Despite the fun illustrations and simple story arc, this book doesn't really lend itself to reading aloud; the first person perspective makes it sound a little odd coming from a parent. It may work better as an unusual bedtime book for an early reader. Feiffer fans, of course, will revel in his masterfully expressive line drawings. (Ages 4 to 8) --Richard Farr
About the Author
Jules Feiffer is an acclaimed American editorial cartoonist, playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Born in the Bronx in 1929, he cultivated his craft at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He ran a Pulitzer prize winning comic strip column in the Village Voice for nearly 42 years. He has also written 26 children's books, several of them award winning. In 2004, he was inducted into the comic book hall of fame.
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