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Bonaparte falls apart  Cover Image Book Book

Bonaparte falls apart

Cuyler, Margery (author.). Terry, Will, 1966- (illustrator.).

Summary: Bonaparte the skeleton is literally falling to pieces and needs help from his friends to pull himself together before the first day of school.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781101937716 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 1101937696 (glb)
  • ISBN: 9781101937693 (glb)
  • ISBN: 1101937688 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 9781101937686 (hardback)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
    print
  • Edition: First Edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, [2017].
Subject: First day of school Fiction
Friendship Fiction
Self-confidence Fiction
Monsters Fiction
Skeleton Fiction

Available copies

  • 4 of 19 copies available at Kenton County.

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  • 0 current holds with 19 total copies.
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  • School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2017 September

    PreS-Gr 2—Whenever he engages in even the mildest of activities, Bonaparte, a skeleton boy sporting a red baseball cap, loses an appendage. Adding to his distress about living with missing parts, the boy worries that classmates will make fun of him when he starts school. His monster friends try to help. Franky Stein glues and screws him together, but then Bonaparte can't move. Blacky Widow spins a web around him, but that just traps him in tangles. When Mummicula wraps him up, Bonaparte can't see. Nothing works until his pals see a dog run by with a bone in his mouth, and hit on the idea of training him to retrieve Bonaparte's bones. The dog, named Mandible by his new owner, turns out to be a fetching champ. Now whether it's on the ball field or in science class, Bonaparte is a huge hit at school. Wordplay such as the monster and dog names and Bonaparte's declaration that his companions are "bone-a-fide-friends" enliven the text. Terry's illustrations, executed in a muted palette and filled with cross-hatching, appear on white ground. His monsters are kid-friendly renderings with large, googly eyes. Several pictures contain humorous touches as well: furniture covered in a web pattern, bushes that appear as grinning fishlike creatures, a pumpkin house, and teeth flying across the cafeteria. VERDICT A read-aloud choice that will resonate with youngsters experiencing their own fears of starting school. This tale would make a welcome addition to a fun Halloween storytime as well.—Marianne Saccardi, Children's Literature Consultant, Cambridge, MA

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