This Is Not That Kind of Book

Illustrated by Ben Mantle
Ebook
On sale Oct 15, 2019 | 40 Pages | 9780525580317

This is a book that answers all the kids who have ever posed the question What kind of book is it?

This clever alphabet book... Wait, that's not right. This original fairy tale... Nope. Mystery? Joke book? Superhero story? Pirate adventure? This delightful mash-up features every kind of character found in the picture-book universe--all in one book. Just when the reader is convinced the story is going in one direction, it spins off in another.

Ever-changing illustrations keep pace with the rapid reversals, and the setting shifts with nearly every turn of the page. Truly inventive, here's a picture book that can be anything you want it to be!
  • NOMINEE | 2022
    Nevada Young Readers Award
Christopher Healy is a prolific freelance journalist who has contributed to such publications as Salon, Cookie, The Washington Post, Child, Cargo, Glamour, and Real Simple. He lives with his wife and daughter in Brooklyn. View titles by Christopher Healy
Ben Mantle was born in Leamington Spa, England, and developed a very early interest in all things artistic and festive, even winning his local library’s coloring competition as a seven-year-old. From there he went on to study animation at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design. Ben then joined the crew of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and now works as an illustrator and animator from his seaside base in Brighton. He is still perennially excited about the holidays and wishes it would snow every day of the year. View titles by Ben Mantle

About

This is a book that answers all the kids who have ever posed the question What kind of book is it?

This clever alphabet book... Wait, that's not right. This original fairy tale... Nope. Mystery? Joke book? Superhero story? Pirate adventure? This delightful mash-up features every kind of character found in the picture-book universe--all in one book. Just when the reader is convinced the story is going in one direction, it spins off in another.

Ever-changing illustrations keep pace with the rapid reversals, and the setting shifts with nearly every turn of the page. Truly inventive, here's a picture book that can be anything you want it to be!

Awards

  • NOMINEE | 2022
    Nevada Young Readers Award

Author

Christopher Healy is a prolific freelance journalist who has contributed to such publications as Salon, Cookie, The Washington Post, Child, Cargo, Glamour, and Real Simple. He lives with his wife and daughter in Brooklyn. View titles by Christopher Healy
Ben Mantle was born in Leamington Spa, England, and developed a very early interest in all things artistic and festive, even winning his local library’s coloring competition as a seven-year-old. From there he went on to study animation at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design. Ben then joined the crew of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and now works as an illustrator and animator from his seaside base in Brighton. He is still perennially excited about the holidays and wishes it would snow every day of the year. View titles by Ben Mantle

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