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That's Not Funny! - Adrian Johnson

Description: ISBN 0747581010 / Genre: Junior Books / Author: Adrian Johnson / Paperback / 32 Pages / Book is published 2007-01-02 by Bloomsbury ... more

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Newest Review: ... story, which will appeal to a sense of slapstick comedy and love for practical jokes common to most children (and many an ... more

... adult). Alfie's nastiness is anarchically untempered and beautifully contrasted with Grandpa's concern. It ends with an obvious moral, which the parent can take either way: either endorsing the vengefulness natural for small people ( it does rather serve him right, dear, doesn't it?) or trying to demonstrate higher levels of moral functioning (while secretly laughing at Alfie's fate themselves). The spirit of this book might make some parents recall Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Verses though it's much, much tamer. The ...more

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That's Not Funny! - Adrian Johnson: Schadenfreude for Tots (387 words)
by - written on 28/09/09 (Very useful, 22 readings)
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Alfie likes to laugh. He particularly likes making practical jokes - often rather nasty ones and delights in the misfortune of others. One day, he welcomes the chance of going to town with his grandfather, when, initially, his expectation of having many occasions to exercise his developed sense of schadenfreude is fulfilled. Things take a different turn when Grandpa invites Alfie to a circus. Alfie's comeuppance is inevitable, and when it eventually happens - truly glorious. That's Not Funny is an excellent picture book. It has an attractive story, which will appeal to a sense of slapstick comedy and love for practical jokes common to most children (and many ... Read the complete review