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The Numberlys - William Joyce, Christina Ellis
The Numberlys
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From the team who brought you The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore comes an alphabet tale extraordinaire!Once upon a time there was no alphabet, only numbers… Life was…fine. Orderly. Dull as gray paint. Very…numberly. But our five jaunty heroes weren’t willing to accept that this was... show more
From the team who brought you The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore comes an alphabet tale extraordinaire!Once upon a time there was no alphabet, only numbers… Life was…fine. Orderly. Dull as gray paint. Very…numberly. But our five jaunty heroes weren’t willing to accept that this was all there could be. They knew there had to be more. So they broke out hard hats and welders, hammers and glue guns, and they started knocking some numbers together. Removing a piece here. Adding a piece there. At first, it was awful. But the five kept at it, and soon it was…artful! One letter after another emerged, until there were twenty-six. Twenty-six letters—and they were beautiful. All colorful, shiny, and new. Exactly what our heroes didn’t even know they were missing. And when the letters entered the world, something truly wondrous began to happen…Pizza! Jelly beans! Color! Books! Based on the award-winning app, this is William Joyce and Moonbot’s Metropolis-inspired homage to everyone who knows there is more to life than shades of black and gray.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781442473430 (1442473436)
ASIN: 1442473436
Pages no: 56
Edition language: English
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Bookin' It
Bookin' It rated it
5.0 "Once upon a time there was no alphabet, no jellybeans, no names... only numbers."
"And soon something ABSOLUTELY, BRILLIANTLY, CHEERFUL started to happen..." This book is a work of art. It is gorgeous from cover to cover. The story starts in a world of only numbers. Its orderly, there's no color, only black and white numbers. Then the five heroes wanted something different, ...
Kayleigh Donnelly's Blog
Kayleigh Donnelly's Blog rated it
4.5 Interesting for a Variety of Ages
The story line can be too much for young children and may make sense for older children. My pre-kindergarteners and beginning of the year kindergarteners seemed to lose a lot of the story. However, when they used it to tell the story to each other (reading without using the words) they really enjoy...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it
5.0 The Numberlys - William Joyce,Christina Ellis
Joyce is pretty much an automatic love for me. This one has a clear plastic dustjacket with the black and white numbers on it and a special surprise underneath. Gorgeous. The story concept is good, but really, this is just awesome art. I do not at all mind that he has a study full of newcomers learn...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it
5.0 The Numberlys - William Joyce,Christina Ellis
Joyce is pretty much an automatic love for me. This one has a clear plastic dustjacket with the black and white numbers on it and a special surprise underneath. Gorgeous. The story concept is good, but really, this is just awesome art. I do not at all mind that he has a study full of newcomers lear...
Interrupting Soliloquy
Interrupting Soliloquy rated it
0.0 The Numberlys
Look, I think this is a pretty book with great illustrations and the story it tells is pretty decent, but I can't help but be upset by the whole thing. This entire book is about how the fact that numbers are BORING and we need LETTERS AND WORDS to bring magic into our lives and I just think that's t...
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