Are There Any Questions (Venture-Health & the Human Body) [Paperback]

Denys Cazet (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Series: Venture-Health & the Human Body

Arnie's mother listens fondly as he chatters on about his first grade's first field trip--to the aquarium. As in the bestselling "Never Spit on Your Shoes", Arnie's narration is both hilarious and straight-faced. The illustrations show all that he doesn't say about the classful of eager--and not so eager--fish watchers and other aquarium visitors. Full-color illustrations.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

It would be difficult to imagine a more delightful sequel to the endearing " Never Spit on Your Shoes " than this larky picture book. Arnie, a sweetly anthropomorphized puppy, relates the story of his first-grade class's visit to the aquarium while sharing after-school crackers and milk with his mother. Cazet once again juxtaposes this loving mother-child dialogue with the youngsters' frenetic antics. Parents and kids will find much familiar and funny here, while veteran teachers may well suspect that the canny Cazet has secreted a videotape recorder along on their last school outing. The action-filled, softly shaded cartoony art features balloons of on-target dialogue which capture the capricious essence of first-graders while celebrating their vitality and curiosity. Nobody does this irrepressible age group better. Ages 4-7.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-- The excitement and confusion of a school field trip is effectively set forth in this book. Arnie, a puppy, tells his mother about his visit to the aquarium. He begins in the classroom, with permission slips and choosing buddies, then continues through the bus ride, until the children are greeted at the door of the aquarium. The guided tour takes them past snakes, alligators, piranhas, eels, squid, and rays, and then into the tide pool room, concluding with a subdued and sleepy ride back to school. Arnie tells it straight, but the pictures add enriching and amusing details. For example, before the trip some children don't know what permission slips are, while others are waiting for forgetful parents to deliver them. Some children are already comparing contents of their lunch bags. A variety of styles of choosing buddies is shown: casual, emotional, and dictatorial. A fond understanding of children is displayed throughout. This funny and perceptive book does justice to the fertile subject of field trips. Children will enjoy recognizing themselves and their friends in Arnie's class. --Nancy Seiner, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 053107109X
• ISBN-13: 978-0531071090
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,682,189 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Madcap humor and wonderfully crowded illustrations, July 16, 2007

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Lynn Harnett (Marathon, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Are There Any Questions? (Paperback)

"Are There Any Questions?" features Arnie the puppy's first grade class' trip to the acquarium. The educational aspect is unintrusive and the humor is madcap, complete with children's irrelevant and irreverant observations, their explorations into alligator pools, tummy upsets, leftfield questions, worrisome wanderings and innocent mischief.

Everything goes on at once in cartoon illustrations that accurately reflect the chaos of a field trip. Children will enjoy exploring crowded scenes to discover all the activities a menagerie of first-grade animals can get up to.

5.0 out of 5 stars Are There Any Questions-- by: Denys Cazet, March 11, 2003

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"ashybug" (Bay City, MI, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Are There Any Questions (Venture-Health & the Human Body) (Paperback)

This book is a very humerous account of a first grade field trip to the aquarium. Arnie tells his mother all about the field trip, but instead of just leaving the story at Arnie's point of view, the author expands the story using little speech bubbles to clue you in on what really happened. My personal favorite character was the Spanish-speaking Carmelo Ramirez. This book was all out funny, and I would recommend it to anyone, of any age to read.

4.0 out of 5 stars My 4 year old loved this book!, April 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Are There Any Questions? (Library Binding)

My 4 year old daughter picked out this book on her own at thelibrary and ever since we have been fans of Denys Cazet! As a parent,I love the way the illustrations show what is going on "behind the scenes" of the story told by first-grader Arnie of his first field trip to the aquarium. My daughter especially enjoyed the character who spoke in Spanish throughout the book. Even now, months after we last read it, just mentioning some of her favorite lines (such as "squeeze a whale juiceless") can send her into gales of laughter. This is definitely one we plan to purchase for our home library. END