Mustache! [Hardcover]

Mac Barnett (Author), Kevin Cornell (Illustrator)

Book Description

Release date: October 25, 2011 | Age Range: 4 - 8 years | Lexile Measure: 450L (What's this?)

King Duncan is terribly handsome, but a terrible king. His kingdom is in ruins, and when his subjects appeal for help, he only builds more tributes to his handsome face. His subjects are finally ready to stand up for themselves, and they have just the plan to get out of this hairy situation.

 

A mustache....because sometimes good looks alone just aren't enough.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Mac Barnett (www.macbarnett.com) is the author of several picture books, including Oh No! Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World and Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem. He also writes the Brixton Brothers series of mysteries. Although he often neglects to shave, he has never worn a mustache.

Kevin Cornell (www.bearskinrug.co.uk/) spends his days manicuring a magnificent beard, pausing only occasionally to illustrate from his Philadelphia home. Both he and his mustache have illustrated several books, including The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button: A Graphic Novel and The Trouble With Chickens. You can visit him online at www.kevskinrug.com.

Product Details

• Age Range: 4 - 8 years
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion Book CH; First Printing edition (October 25, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423116712
• ISBN-13: 978-1423116714
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 0.2 x 11.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #376,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten out of Five Stars! January 13, 2012

By Young Mensan BookParade

Format:Hardcover

This story is about a king who likes looking in the mirror. His kingdom is a mess because he spends his time looking at himself instead of fixing up his kingdom. There are sheep on the roof, owls perched on the castle, dragons on the loose and lots of other crazy stuff. The people of the kingdom ask the king to fix the place. Instead, the king makes a giant picture of himself as a gift to the people, but they are not happy about it. The people paint the picture and all pictures and statues of the king with a mustache. The king tricks the people into admitting that they painted the mustaches. Then he sends them to jail. First, he has to make the jail bigger, and bigger and bigger to hold all of the people. He makes it so big, that it's like a whole new town. The king feels sad because then he's all by himself in the castle. So, he decides to look in the mirror and paint a mustache on himself so he can join the others in jail.

Other kids will like it because it's very silly. They would really enjoy the part where all of the pictures get mustaches painted on them.

I especially like the part where all of the sheep are up on the roof and the castle is a mess. I also love that all of the pictures get painted with mustaches.

Children ages 4 - 8 would like this book. Both boys and girls would enjoy this book, but boys would especially like it.

I would give the book 10 stars if I could!

Review by Young Mensan Hayden, age 4

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars You can always count on Mac Barnett November 7, 2011

By M. Heiss

Format:Hardcover

This is a funny little book about vanity and ego, and the illustrations are top-notch.

Check out the juggler. From page to page, his juggling gets more and more absurd.
+an axe, a sword, a statuette
+three chef's knives
+a drumstick, a mop, a tankard, a lit candle, a parchment
+an ice cream cone, a ca, a pitchfork
+a hamburger, a chicken, a sock monkey
+a bowling pin, ketchup, a portrait of the king, a snorkel
+the axe, the sword, a cello, pizza, a shepherd's crook
+a baby, a book, a chair
+(from behind bars) lumber and a saw
+an egg, new laws, a hammer

The juggling seems to illustrate the growing folly of the king. Everywhere he goes, he is attended by a mirror-wielding servant.

Sensational book, perhaps holding a deep meaning.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK November 2, 2011

By Jessica Miller

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

love Love LOVE the book and the picture illistrations are AWESOME!!! I especially love the cover art. I bought this book for all of our nieces and nephews for Christmas and our son, I think they will all love it.