The book is written and illustrated by Tedd Arnold and is published by Dial Books for Young Readers (a division of Penguin USA). If you are unable to locate a copy of the book, ask your bookseller to order it for you. Parts is available in bookstores everywhere. It must be 'part' of your school library collection! Or make it part of an author study focusing on Tedd Arnold's 'body' of work, including Green Wilma, No Jumping on the Bed!, No More Water in the Tub!, and The Signmaker's Assistant. Use Parts as a nice break during your study of the human body (the subject of this week's Education World lesson planning story. And little colored-pencil curlicues in the background of each illustration add a unique and playful texture. Arnold misses no opportunity to connect with kids in his nightmare-come-to-life pictures. Keep it together, guys!'īut the best part of this new picture book is its pictures! Arnold's hilarious watercolors capture all the fun - and the seriousness - of the child's anxieties. And the book's high 'gross-out factor' adds to its appeal! (C'mon adults, loosen up!)Įven the dedication is great fun: 'For Mike, John, Fred, Matt, Phil, and Ryan. The boy - and readers - breathe a sigh of relief at the parents' explanation that what appears a sure catastrophe is really quite normal. What better way to hold things together! When the boy's parents discover their child mummified in masking tape, it's clearly time for a little reassurance. What will be next to go?, the boy wonders.īut, lucky for the little boy, Dad has lots of masking tape. And some yucky stuff drips from his nose, which - when viewed under a magnifying glass - looks strangely like the encyclopedia illustration of his brain! Could it be? (His stuffing must be coming out!) A loose tooth adds to the frenzy. Could baldness be far behind? To compound the alarm, he digs a piece of fuzz out of his belly button. Panic strikes a pop-eyed boy, the main character in Parts, when he discovers a few stray hairs in his comb.

Well, they won't really 'laugh their heads off,' but then that's the point of Arnold's latest book - Parts!. Kids will laugh their heads off at Tedd Arnold's latest creation! Tedd Arnold's zany new book, Parts, will appeal to kids on many levels!

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