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40 pp.
| Chronicle |
March, 2014 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4521-2551-0$12.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Benjamin Chaud.
In this small-trim manual, author Cali delivers an onslaught of over two dozen outlandish explanations for neglected homework. The one-note running humor is unrelenting, but homework-averse kids will applaud the zany excuses, each made cleverer in Chaud's hilarious, detailed cartoons: e.g., the narrator has turned into an elephant to illustrate "cough medicine that my doctor prescribed had a strange effect on me."