No David!:
A
Caldecott Honor book, now you can enjoy this popular book in Chinese. In this
boisterous exploration of naughtiness, unruly David bounces around his home to
the vain pleas of his mother to stop. Readers will be amused to know that the
protagonist's name is no accident: award-winning writer-illustrator David
Shannon wrote the book after discovering a similar effort that he had made,
again with himself at the center of each drawing, at the age of 5.
David Goes to School:
David,
the out-of-control monster-child from David Shannon's Caldecott Honor Book No,
David! is
back... and ready to disrupt the class. Shannon remembers the word
"no" all too clearly from his childhood, and, as he says in his
introduction, "It seems that kids haven't changed much over the years, and
neither have school rules, some of which date back even further than the
invention of sneakers." In David Goes to School, young David shows up late
to class, goes wacko at the blackboard, chews gum in class, yells answers out
of turn, pulls pigtails, stares out the window, cuts in line, has a food fight
("I don't care who started it!" says the teacher), lingers at recess,
and draws on his desk. Colorful, hilarious, childlike illustrations examine our
strangely appealing demon-boy at eye level, which is especially disgusting as
David stretches an enormous mass of bubble gum from his pointy-toothed maw.
After an intense day of exuberant misbehaving, however, he stays after school
and washes all the desks until they sparkle. The day ends with a gold star and
a pat on the head...
David Gets in Trouble:
When
David gets in trouble, he always says, "No! It's not my fault! I didn't
mean to! It was an accident!" Whatever the situation, David has a good
excuse. And no matter what he's done "wrong," it's never really his
fault. Soon, though, David realizes that making excuses makes him feel bad, and
saying he's sorry makes him feel better. Once again, David Shannon entertains
us with David's mischievous antics and a lighthearted story that is sure to
leave kids (and parents) laughing.