ISBN: 9781742032320
Pages: 32
Age Level: Middle Childhood 7-12
Genre: Picture Book
Rating: 4 stars
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My dad says, "I've told you fifty million times, don't exaggerate."
This is the sequel to the really humorous My dad thinks he's funny. It's full of wit & humour - or at least the kind that dads think are funny :-) I don't know about you but I have a husband who could be this dad. Sooooo annoying!!! I'm sure you'll know someone in your family who thinks they're a real joker like this.
Germein has come up with another collection of sayings, some that are well known and some that I'm sure will be revived after reading this ... Quick, make sure you hide it from your dad!
Jellett's illustrations are simply awesome. He uses colour sparingly or boldly. Sometimes there is just the outline of the image with a pale wash of colour behind, and the main colour being the background. Other times the whole image is saturated in bright bold colours. It is really effective. A lot of the backgrounds look as if they have been drawn on school books (lined paper or graph paper), and the end papers give you the impression you are looking at a school book. I'm really loving Jellett's illustrations. Kids will be able to understand the saying by how the illustrations depict each one.
This is a really funny book to read. It is a good one to add to your collection for teaching language, sayings and wit & humour.
I got my copy of My dad STILL thinks he's funny from the Taradale Primary School library where I work.
You can find a copy at Napier Libraries.
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