K is for Knifeball
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Chapter Book · Ages 4–8 · 2012

K is for Knifeball

Written by Jory John and Avery Monsen

Discover an alphabet of hilariously bad advice and disastrous choices.

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80 pages
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Dive into a world where adorable characters offer hilariously bad advice through rhyming couplets. From opening things with your teeth to setting wallets on fire, each letter presents a new, disastrous choice. Perfect for the senseless child in every adult, this book turns the traditional alphabet on its head with a playful twist of black humor. Will you follow the path of poor decisions, or learn from these laugh-out-loud lessons?

From the publisher

From the authors of the breakout bestseller All My Friends Are Dead (more than 175,000 copies sold) and in the humorous vein of Go the F**k to Sleep, comes a laugh out loud collection of bad advice that turns the children’s alphabet book on its head. In this funny book for teens and adults alike, adorable illustrated characters lead readers down a path of poor decision making and alphabetical, rhyming couplets offer terrible life lessons in which O is for opening things with your teeth, F is for setting Daddy’s wallet on fire, and R is for Raccoon (but definitely not for rabies). With plenty of playfully disastrous choices lurking around every corner, this compendium of black humor may be terrible for actual children, but it’s perfect for the common senseless child in all adults.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
80
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Themes & topics
Books about alphabet (ABCs)
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Book details

Publication
Published
September 26, 2012
First published
January 1, 2012
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book · Graphic novel
Identifiers
ISBN
9781452103310

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