And parents will quietly nod to themselves, because they know that when the world is going crazy around them, a little boredom can be pretty sweet sometimes. So if kids identify with Barnacle, they will be as shocked as he is when they get to the ‘circle of life’ moment. Author/illustrator Jonathan Fenske offers this deliciously acerbic take on the classic childhood lament that every parent has probably heard a dozen times. He is also the author and illustrator of the picture books Barnacle Is Bored and Plankton Is Pushy (Scholastic, Inc.).
I love to see well-executed dark humor in picture books. Jonathan Fenske has written and illustrated several Penguin Young Readers, including A Pig, a Fox, and a Box, which was a 2016 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor winner. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Then he notices a menacing eel swimming up behind the fish and in a moment, the fish is gone. Buy Barnacle Is Bored Illustrated by Fenske, Jonathan, Fenske, Jonathan (ISBN: 9780545865043) from Amazons Book Store. He imagines all the fun things the fish gets to do, like diving with dolphins and playing with plankton. He spies a little polka-dotted fish in the water and thinks about how lucky that fish is to have such an interesting life. The sun comes up and goes down, the waves roll in and out and it’s all the same. The tide comes in and he gets wet, the tide goes out and he dries out.
The plot in a nutshell: A barnacle bemoans the dullness of his life.īarnacle is hanging off the side of a pier and is thoroughly bored with his day to day life and its repetition. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets.
Written and Illustrated by Jonathan Fenske Scholastic Press, 2016 Barnacle Is Bored - Kindle edition by Fenske, Jonathan, Fenske, Jonathan.
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