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| No, David! | 
 enlarge | Creator: David Shannon
Publisher: Blue Sky Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (167 reviews)
Sales Rank: 52482
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.7 x 0.5
ISBN: 0590930028
EAN: 9780590930024
ASIN: 0590930028
Publication Date: September 1, 1998
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Book Description
When author and artist David Shannon was five years old, he wrote a semi-autobiographical story of a little kid who broke all his mother's rules. He chewed with his mouth open (and full of food), he jumped on the furniture, and he broke his mother's vase! As a result, all David ever heard his mother say was "No, David!" Here is his story.
Amazon.com
Parents will be quick to jump to the conclusion that there can be nothing appealing in a tale of an ugly kid who breaks things. And certainly--from that adult perspective--there's something off-putting about the illustrations of David, with his potato head, feral eyes, and a maniacal grin that exposes ferociously pointed teeth. But 3- and 4-year-olds see things differently, and will find his relentless badness both funny and liberating. "No, David," wails the off-stage mother, as David reaches for the cookie jar. "No! No! No!" as he makes a swamp out of the bathroom. "Come back here, David!" as he runs naked down the street. Each vivid double-page illustration is devoted to a different youthful indiscretion and a different vain parental plea. Readers will be amused to know that the protagonist's name is no accident: award-winning writer-illustrator David Shannon wrote the book after discovering a similar effort that he had made, again with himself at the center of each drawing, at the age of 5. (Ages 3 to 6) --Richard Farr
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 No David August 12, 2008
I purchased this book for my 2 grandsons ages 2&4. It is their favorite book. I read it several times each time they come to visit. They are now saying NOOOOO DAVID. The artwork is great!!
Spawn of Something Awful!! August 7, 2008
29 out of 71 found this review helpful
Note: Cyber stalkers at work! Pathetic, aren't they? At least David does mischief in innocence. Cyber stalkers are vicious cowards!!
At the end of the day-- all day-- do you wonder, really, whose children are in your house? Those can't be MY children! MY children would be much quieter, less rambunctious, and certainly models of good behavior.
What child has sharp, pointed teeth--the better to resemble something monstrous? What child has beady monster eyes--the better to see his way into more mischief? And what child would put on his baseball uniform and hit pop flies in the living room even though you just told him to go outside?
Not David! Poor David, just trying to have fun: writing on walls, standing precariously on chairs to get the cookie jar, tracking in mud, creating a Niagra Falls water flow over the side of the bathtub, running down the street naked, banging a pot with a metal spoon, playing with his food, chewing with his mouth open and on and on.
Wait, he does have feelings. He is put in the corner, but sitting there breaks his heart. Does Mommy still love me?, he cries. She calls him to her, holds him affectionately with the teeniest show of exasperation and says, "Yes, David..I love you!"
His relieved and softened face leaves me in tears. David is just a little boy. We must wait a bit for him to mature before we expect too much.
Here's the story behind the story. David Shannon is the illustrator/writer. "A few years ago, my mother sent me a book I made when I was a little boy. It was called 'No, David,' and it was illustrated with drawings of David doing all sorts of things he wasn't supposed to do." So Mr. Shannon did a remake.
It may be called hyperbole in literature, maybe in art as well, or artistic license. So when David tracks mud in, you have to accept that toadstools and little plants are growing from David's scalp and feet. Would David really have sharp, pointed teeth, or does his noise factor make him seem like a little monster? Can he really stick his finger up his nose all the way to the first knuckle toward the hand part? Or, is Shannon exaggerating for effect?
"No, David" is a self-study of a rambunctious childhood, playfully rendered and wildly caricatured to make sure the child reader understands that little David in NOT a monster and that actions have consequences.
This is a book that children love and delight to "read."
I must be David's mother! June 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book a few years ago, when I had two sons. Now that I have three sons, I find that when I read this book I should have written a book just like it about my third son. I'm always telling him no just as David's mother did to him.
David Shannon is a brilliant artist and author. Just with his simple words-No, David!- and his simple pictures, he created a world that every child can understand and take delight in. All of my boys laugh hysterically every time we read it together!
 No, David June 25, 2008
My 4 yr old grandaughter loves this book and it's fun to read as well. Recommend it to anyone who has an active 4 yr old or older.
"ohana" June 25, 2008
Sofia,2 loves this book. She enjoys looking at the illustrations and she does understand the story line, especially the ending, where he gets a big hug from his Mom. It is great book for small childeren,they will be able to relate and understand the story.
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