Would You Rather?

John Burningham, John Burningham

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Red Fox
01 March 1994

Children's & Educational; Picture books; General fiction (Children's&YA)

A classic would you rather book from bestselling creator John Burningham

Would you rather drink snail squash or eat mashed worms? Help a witch make stew? Tickle a monkey? Or maybe - if you could really be anyone or do anything in the world - would you rather just be . . . you?

With plenty of scenarios to choose from, every reading experience is different - creating a classic book that children will enjoy again and again!

John Burningham is a bestselling author and illustrator whose books have been delighting families for over 40 years.

\""The language of children is Burningham's.\"" - TES \""He is one of the best writers in the business.\"" - Financial Times

By: John Burningham
Illustrated by: John Burningham
Imprint: Red Fox
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 294mm, Width: 255mm, Spine: 4mm
Weight: 239g
ISBN: 9780099200413
ISBN 10: 0099200414
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 01 March 1994
Recommended Age: From 3 To 6
Audience: Children/juvenile , 5-7 years , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Burningham is one of the most prestigious and well-loved illustrators working in the children's book field today. Trained at the Central School of Art, his first picture book, Borka was published in 1963. He has won the Kate Greenaway Award twice for Borka and Mr Gumpy's Outing, and has enjoyed a distinguished career spanning over 45 years.

Reviews for Would You Rather?

Favorite childhood pastimes and mind play don't always survive translation to picture-book form, but Burnigham's free-floating, storyless imagination-stretcher is consistently felicitous. Warming up with an ingenuously visualized Would you rather your house was surrounded by water, snow, or jungle, he then entertains, for example: preposterous disaster ( would you rather an elephant drank your bath water, an eagle stole your dinner, a pig tried on your clothes, or a hippo slept in your bed ); onomotopoetic indigestion ( would you rather be made to eat spider stew, slug dumplings, mashed worms, or drink snail squash ); cost-benefit trade-offs ( would you rather jump in the brambles for 25 , swallow a dead frog for 50 , stay all night in a creepy house for a dollar ); and empathetic speculation (the small child who represents you throughout is seen living with various animals in their cage, bowl, coop, or whatever). The pictures are wonderfully zesty, childlike, and droll; and Burningham's ending ( or perhaps you would rather just go to sleep in your own bed ) makes the whole exercise a choice bedtime book, to inspire any child's musings as (s)he drifts off to sleep. (Kirkus Reviews)