Product Details:
Publish Date: 10/11/2005
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 8.25H x 9L x 0.25T
Pages:
40
Age Range:
9 to UP
See more in Family / Parents
| In this wry little tale, it takes extreme measures to get a response out of the stubbornly indifferent Billy, who can be very difficult to please and says, "whatever" to anything he's shown. Full color. |
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From the Publisher:
It takes extreme measures to get a response out of the stubbornly indifferent Billy in a wry little tale that readers of all ages will surely relate to. Billy can be very difficult to please. Show him something very tall or very small, and he'll say, "whatever." Let him play inside the bounciest castle, and he'll shrug and say, "whatever." Take him for a ride in the smokiest train or the speediest spaceship — it doesn't matter. Billy's reaction is always the same. What might the surly boy say if a hungry tiger came by and his nonchalant dad gave Billy a taste of his own medicine? William Bee's quirky illustrations give an amusing new spin to a familiar scenario that will have both children and adults laughing in recognition. |
Praise
New York Times Book Review
"It is easy to imagine a bad version of this tale, in which the child is spoiled and the father is strained; yet in Bee's universe, everyone seems untroubled." - Daniel Handler 11/13/2005
"It is easy to imagine a bad version of this tale, in which the child is spoiled and the father is strained; yet in Bee's universe, everyone seems untroubled." - Daniel Handler 11/13/2005











