Wannabe Farms - Couverture rigide

McCann, Brian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1524793000 ISBN 13 : 9781524793005

Editeur : Penguin Workshop, 2020

Synopsis

"A hilarious book for animal lovers and risk takers everywhere! Brian McCann introduces us to Wannabe Farms, and we never want to leave." - Amy Poehler

From acclaimed comedy writer Brian McCann comes Wannabe Farms, the insanely funny, rhyming collection of stories that asks the question: What do farmyard animals really want to do with their lives?

Welcome to Wannabe Farms, a farmyard where the animals like to wonder and dream, plot and scheme, and definitely not act how they're supposed to. In rhyming verse, Brian McCann (writer for Conan O'Brien) shows us what happens when cows want to drive, pigs dream of being sophisticates, and sheep take their hairstyles into their own hands (well, hooves). Together, what emerges is a delightful, hysterical romp through the farmyard, as animals discover the place where dreams meet their limits, and the power of adjusted expectations.

With hilarious two-color illustrations on every spread, this collection of stories brings Shel Silverstein and Old MacDonald together in a way readers young and old have never seen before!

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Brian McCann is a winner of the primetime Emmy Award and six Writer's Guild Awards for outstanding comedy writing. But those things aren't important to him. He just put those at the top of this paragraph because he thought you might say, "That's interesting. Maybe this book will be funny."

Brian worked in the world of late-night comedy television for over twenty years as a writer, performer, producer, and show creator until one day he was asked if he would ever consider working in children's programming. Having just become a father for the second time, he jumped at the idea of creating something positive and long-lasting for kids, and he has never looked back.

Wannabe Farms is Brian's debut into the world of being an author, and he thinks the word author sounds pretty impressive. He is extremely excited to be teaming with artist Meghan Lands to bring his stories to life.

When not writing for television, or books, or about himself for a bio, Brian lives in New York with his wife and young son, and they are always excited when his college-aged daughter comes home.

Meghan Lands is an illustrator, cartoonist, and storyboard artist based in Montreal, Canada. Her client list includes Owl Magazine, Annick Press, The Nib, Narratively, and more. Her comic, Rejected Anthology Submission, was shortlisted for the 2016 Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize. She loves to draw people and animals and bugs.

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The Introduction to the  Book You Are Reading
(It’s supposed to set up the story. I hope it works!)
 
 
Have you ever wondered
what animals think?
Do they ever get bored?
Do they mind that they stink?
 
Do they look to the sky?
Do they stare at the stars?
Do they know that we’re sending
spaceships to Mars?
 
Do they ever feel jealous?
Or happy? Or sad?
Do they ever think fondly
of a meal they just had?
 
The answers to these questions are:
you must have, yes, no, yes, yes, no,
yes, yes, yes, and yes.
 
Hey! That didn’t rhyme!
What’s the deal with this book?!
Is it filled with good stories
or just gobbledygook?
 
Well, gobbledygook
is a very good thing.
You might be surprised
at the joy it can bring.
 
But these are good stories,
epic and true,
although when I say that they’re true,
I’m lying to you.
 
But you’ll enjoy them, I promise.
Grab a hot chocolate to drink
’cause it’s time to discover
what animals think.
 
Now, at this point you’re probably wondering how I know what animals think. Am I a mind reader? Was I raised by wolves? Did an evil doctor implant a microchip in my brain that allows me to have telepathic communications with our four-legged friends? Those are all great theories, but none are correct. The truth is, I don’t know for sure what animals are thinking. I’m just a human being, and human beings don’t have superpowers. But I’m a very good judge of character, and when it comes to the stories in this book, I’m pretty sure I’m right about what the animals were thinking. So, let me continue . . .
 
There’s a farm in the country,
a sweet little place,
where life moves along
at a leisurely pace.
 
It’s not far from the city,
the traffic, and crowds,
but instead of bright lights,
it has puffy white clouds.
 
It goes by the name of
Wannabe Farms.
It’s quiet and quaint
with no shortage of charms.
 
There’s a stream, and a lake,
and a big old red barn.
You’ll find milk, you’ll find eggs,
you’ll find large spools of yarn.
 
For the animals there
life is simple and slow.
They eat and they sleep,
they watch the grass grow.
 
But the world all around them
is building and growing,
and this gets them thinking,
and ideas start flowing.
 
They start to have wishes.
They hatch plots and schemes.
They start to think bigger.
They start to have dreams.
 
But on Wannabe Farms,
dreams never come true,
at least not the way
dreams usually do.
 
Is that bad? Is that sad?
No, it’s not, not at all.
Pursuing a dream
is the point of it all.

So, hold tight the book
at the end of your arms,
and I’ll tell you what happened
on . . . 

Wannabe Farms.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Workshop
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1524793000
• ISBN 13: 9781524793005
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Lands Meghan
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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