04877cam a2200349 4500 300008989 TxAuBib 20170805120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781452157597 1452157596 B071QZL8JL Amazon 4ac29bcf-ff4f-46e7-8840-a9251b9e068a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3281235 OverDrive (Product ID) 3281235 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rex, Adam. Nothing Rhymes with Orange [Libby]. Chronicle Books LLC, 2017. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 5489B. Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Literature. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:Starred review from May 29, 2017 Rex (XO, OX: A Love Story) takes the conventional wisdom of the title and runs with it. He paints hands, feet, and antic cartoon faces on photos of fruit, sets them against brown-paper-bag backgrounds, then imagines them improvising a bunch of Burma Shave–style jingles in praise of fruit. An apple and a pear begin (“Who wouldn’t travel anywhere/ to get an apple or a pear?”), and a lonely orange watches the fun from the sidelines: “I’ll be back here if you need me,” it mutters. The rhymes grow ever more outrageous (“a lychee is just peachy./ Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a book by Friedrich Nietzsche”) and the mayhem snowballs. Off in his corner, the orange seethes, especially after a pear bitten by a wolf becomes a pearwolf (“This book’s sorta gone off the rails,” it grumps). A big fruit party ensues (Nietzsche is there, so are yams for some reason), and the group finally acknowledges the orange with a rhyme all its own, nonsensical though it may be. A sly concept, deft artwork, and unflagging energy make this a winner. Ages 5–8. Agent: Steven Malk, Writers House.. Publisher's Weekly. HTML:Starred review from May 15, 2017 As page after page uses rhymes and puns to celebrate fruits, an orange, who is sadly aware of its nonrhyming name, provides commentary that encompasses a wide range of emotions--ending with a feeling of acceptance from the greater fruit community.Funny, clever, and whimsical text includes a plethora of both terminal and internal rhymes. The fruits are collaged photographs that have been anthropomorphized with inked-on limbs and facial expressions. The expressiveness of the faces--especially of the orange--provides an irresistible match to the text. A bold-lettered refrain celebrates fruit: "They're healthy happy colorful and cute!" The solitary orange gives various negative reactions to that litany and other verses, but readers will see through these defense mechanisms. Especially funny is the orange's response to "If you aren't a fan of cantaloupe, / then feed it to an antelope." Staring up at the large, black woodblock print of the animal, upon whose back teeters the eponymous melon, the orange comments, "Well, that was a little forced." Another treat (mostly for adults) is mustachioed Friedrich Nietzsche rhyming with "lychee" and "peachy." After the orange finally admits that the book about fruit is "amazing," a kind, observant apple brings the sulking citrus warmly into the group. Slight differences in typeface distinguish between the orange's dialogue and the rest of the text, cuing caregivers to change voices for a perfect read-aloud. Fruitful in every sense of the word. (Picture book. 4-8) COPYRIGHT(2017) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.. Kirkus. We all know nothing rhymes with orange. But how does that make Orange feel? Well, left out! When a parade of fruit gets together to sing a song about how wonderful they are—and the song happens to rhyme—Orange can't help but feel like it's impossible for him to ever fit in. But when one particularly intuitive Apple notices how Orange is feeling, the entire English language begins to become a bit more inclusive. Beloved author-illustrator Adam Rex has created a hilarious yet poignant parable about feeling left out, celebrating difference, and the irrefutable fact that nothing rhymes with orange. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which looks almost identical to the print edition. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-08-04 23:00:02. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=4ac29bcf-ff4f-46e7-8840-a9251b9e068a https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4ac29bcf-ff4f-46e7-8840-a9251b9e068a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4ac29bcf-ff4f-46e7-8840-a9251b9e068a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)