At any rate, today I'm offering you some more humor picture books from my research on same. I'm talking just two authors.
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Mo Willems
I've certainly heard plenty about Mo Williams over the years, but when I read one of his books years ago, I was impressed by the illustrations but not so much the text. Now that I've read his Pigeon books, though, I totally get him.
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I want to read these to somebody!
William Joyce
William Joyce is an author I've liked for a long time. The retro, intensely representative art work...the slightly twisted narratives... Love it all.
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Billy's Booger, A Memoir is a very clever, funny-in-a-subtle-way, picture book for older kids, older kids who have experienced writing stories for school. The story involves a fourth-grade boy writing a kids' book for a contest. His entry, Billy's Booger, The memoir of a little green nose buddy, appears in the center of the book on smaller, colored pages, with its text looking as if handwritten, its illustrations appearing as if done by a gradeschooler. You get a real book within a book.
Memoir seems like a neat genre to discuss with and teach young kids, since it would help them understand how their lives can become material for their writing.
I had suggestions for humor picture books from a couple of people the last time I posted about them. I haven't forgotten. At some point, I'll be taking a look at those titles.
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