Animals Anonymous - Hardcover

Michelson, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416914242 ISBN 13: 9781416914242

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008

Synopsis

School's in session and here's your introduction to some of the wildest, most undisciplined, and ROWDIEST students in class. They're talkative, sneaky, disgusting, and...well...a bunch of animals!

About this title

About the Author

Scott M. Fischer is a painter by birth, a musician by training, and a storyteller by choice. Best known as the author/illustrator of JUMP!, he is also the illustrator of Twinkle, the New York Times bestselling Peter Pan in Scarlet, Lottie Paris Lives Here, and Lottie Paris and the Best Place. Scott lives with his wife, daughter, and a menagerie of animals in Belchertown, Massachusetts.

From School Library Journal

Grade 8–10—The cover of this poetry collection looks like a student notebook, complete with pen drawings, price tags, and a warning: "Private Keep Out." Inside, on lined paper, are 41 illustrated poems about animals that bear a somewhat exaggerated resemblance to human adolescents. The first and last selections, from the perspective of the "Camouflaged Chameleon," frame the story. This "wallflower" hides beneath a chair when the Animals Anonymous therapist falls asleep, and then takes notes on the following sessions to use as blackmail, but by the end, decides to keep the critters' secrets. The verses personify the animals, blurring teen stereotypes together with species traits. The "Smart Ass" tells of a donkey held back a grade. In "Bee Biology" (full of hidden science facts), the queen bee rhapsodizes over her drones: "I tell each he'szzz my soul mate./Come on Boyszz!!!—Let's pollinate./(I'm no bee slut. It's just genetic.)" Other poems contain worldly messages like that of the "Laughless Giraffe" whose long neck enables it to see pollution and war. Still others seem to be included merely for slapstick effect, such as "Rabbit Habit," about a nose-picking rabbit. The illustrations, created using ballpoint pen and Adobe Photoshop, have that great notebook-doodle flair and enhance the text and overall book design. An additional purchase for teen poetry sections.—Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA
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Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1416914242
• ISBN 13: 9781416914242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Fischer Scott M.