Oh, Brother! Said the Mother of Tony Pepperoni

By Naganuma-Galligan Family, The Naganuma-Galligan Family, John Galligan

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970409885
• ISBN13: 9780970409881
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Bleak House Books
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.3" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

By Children, for children.

The previous review from "School Library Journal" is correct in stating that this book was written by children and that the drawings appear to have been done by children. His whole family helped to write this book. Children will love it.

Library Journal is Wrong

My book development firm editorially critiques children's manuscripts for writers and publishers on a daily basis. The majority of books we see are poorly written, unimaginative, ill-conceived, overworked, and poorly illustrated. In fact, in our estimation, many illustrated books that are published by the major trade presses suffer from the same traits. CONTRARY to what Library Journal thinks, we feel this book does not suffer from those problems. This book is a fantastic example of simple, homespun, and imaginative story-telling with strong meter and good rhyming. The page design indeed has a dynamic, almost random cadence -- intentionally so. The result is an intense, wacky story, typeset in a handwritten font that is cleverly integrated with fun, child-like illustrations that are almost spontaneous. The book explodes as you read it, offering children the opportunity to see how silly rhyming can be. It offers parents and teachers and opportunity to help children think outside the box creatively. The cast of characters introduced at the end of the book that LJ ciritcizes reinforce that it is okay for kids to feel that they can have the freedom to be creative. It opens the door to to teaching rhythm and rhyme. It is a family-builder, possibly inspiring families to try this at home around the table. And regarding the illustration and page design, one can easily see that this book is an instant modern classic in the style of Vladimir Radunsky's The Maestro Plays or the Stinky Cheese Man; both of which inspire rhyming, rhythm, invigorating storytelling, and contemporary art. LJ has it wrong on this one. Would they have said the same thing about Seuss?

Bright and Hilarious

A wonderfully, wacky, colorful look at a creative boy faced with the prospect of more boring food. This book is the remarkable collaborative effort of a family, who came up with the idea while cooking a dinner together. The illustrations are fantastically varied and were actually done by Galligan's two sons.Not only is this book entertaining and fun to read aloud (how many times a day do you get to say 'carbuncles'?), it can also encourage children to create stories of their own, with pictures and words that they invent themselves.