The boy who went ape
Record details
- ISBN: 0590479660 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780590479660 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
print - Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Blue Sky Press, 2008.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | Benjamin's behavior is so often bad that his teacher does not even notice when a chimpanzee takes his place during a field trip. |
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Genre: | Children's stories -- Pictorial works. |
Topic Heading: | Woodbury's copy was donated by the Tribury Rotary Club in honor of Randy Ashmore 2009 |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Beacon Falls Public Library | E WAT (Text) | 33120000261648 | Picture Book | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | J-E WATSON (Text) | 34030111368871 | Juvenile Easy | Available | - |
Willimantic Public Library | E WAT (Text) | 34036113955839 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Wolcott Public Library | E WATSON, B. (Text) | 34031115005642 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
BookList Review
The Boy Who Went Ape
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Never has there been a wilder rumpus than the day class cutup Benjamin and a chimpanzee trade places during a visit to the zoo. Leaving Benjamin, clad only in underwear, behind to play Tarzan, the chimp dons a cap and jacket and blends in as the oblivious Ms. Thunderbum shepherds her Alcatraz Elementary class to the town library, the supermarket, and finally the bank. Riots ensue at each stop as the chimp, true to his nature, acts out but then redeems himself (while losing his disguise) by knocking over a would-be bank robber. The illustrations are even more frenzied than the plot, featuring flying bodies, exaggerated expressions, broad splashes of color, and enough silly details including a robber in tartan leggings and bunny slippers to reward repeat passes. This might be the looniest primate escapade since Donna Jo Napoli's Bobby the Bold (2006).--Peters, John Copyright 2008 Booklist
Kirkus Review
The Boy Who Went Ape
Kirkus Reviews
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Richard Watson applies a twist to the prince-and-pauper theme. The two protagonistsa boy and a chimpanzeedon't so much look alike as act alike: troublesome. On a field trip to the zoo, young Benjamin is monkeying around by the chimp cage when suddenly one of the inmates is out and Benjamin is in (minus his cap, coat and backpack, which the chimp has appropriated). The class moves on to other destinations (library, grocery store, bank) with the chimp behaving much as Benjamin would havebadlyand thus not raising any eyebrows, while back at the zoo Benjamin makes himself at home. Unfortunately, the author doesn't do anything sly or funny with this promising material; the story doesn't resolve so much as run out of gas. Benjamin Watson, the author's father, does a clever job with the artwork, keeping the tale slightly off-balance, with a touch of spooky wildness that hints at something more than just monkey business in the chimp's crazy eyes and gleaming choppers. Too bad it's got nowhere really to go. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
School Library Journal Review
The Boy Who Went Ape
School Library Journal
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K-Gr 2-Benjamin has a problem with listening, particularly to his teacher at Alcatraz Elementary School. During a field trip around the community, he wanders into the ape cage at the zoo. A chimp takes Benjamin's jacket, hat, and backpack and leaves the boy inside, locking the door behind him, and Mrs. Thunderbum tells "Benjamin" to get on the bus. At the bank, the animal swings on the chandelier. Then he becomes the hero of the day when he foils a bank robber by coming down on the man's head. The teacher is presented as a negative stereotype: stuffy, severe, and always yelling at Benjamin to STOP what he is doing. The fact that readers know more than she does will amuse children. The terrific illustrations are lively and full of humor, splashing across the pages with irregular lines and blasts of color framing them. A story about silliness and animal antics.-Mary Hazelton, Elementary Schools in Warren & Waldoboro, ME (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.