A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School...

Description

Excuses, excuses! Or are they?...First, some giant ants steal breakfast. Then there are the evil ninjas, giant blob, massive ape, mysterious mole people, and countless other daunting (and astonishing) detours along the way to school. Are these excuses really why this student is late? Or is there another explanation that is even more outrageous than the rest? From I Didn't Do My Homework Because . . . author/illustrator team Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud comes a fast-paced, action-packed, laugh-out-loud story about finding your way to school despite the odds-and the unbelievable oddness!

Davide Cali is an illustrator, cartoonist, and children's book author. He has published more than 40 books including I Didn't Do My Homework Because . . ., The Bear and the Sword, I Can't Wait, and The Dad That Measured Up. His books have been translated into over 20 languages. Benjamin Chaud is the author and illustrator of New York Times Notable Book The Bear's Song and The Bear's Sea Escape, as well as Farewell Floppy, and he is the illustrator of I Didn't Do My Homework Because . . .

"A series of hilariously surreal situations."--Kirkus Reviews "A whimsical romp."--School Library Journal "Delightful.. a valuable addition for all libraries."-School Library Connection "Imaginative high jinks, highly entertaining."--Booklist "It's not until the clever turn on the last page that readers realize just how brave and truthful the boy narrator has been all along."--The Boston Globe