Back to the Storks
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
For fans of Jon Klassen and Jory John comes this adorably mischievous picture book about naughty babies!
Otis was a very loud baby. He would scream and shout and bang things together.
One day, when his mummy and daddy couldn't take it any longer, they said, 'That's it! We're sending him back to the storks!'
When word spreads across town that parents can send their naughty babies back to the storks, the storks' village is suddenly inundated. But are these babies really naughty, or do they actually have some special skills that the clever storks can put to good use? And what happens when the parents start to miss their naughty little babies? Perhaps their little babies aren't so naughty after all ...
From sparkling new duo Cressida Gaukroger and illustrator Andrew Joyner comes this hilarious tale about naughty babies and their exasperated parents learning to get along – with a little help from the storks. Perfect for any household with a new arrival, and for fans of I Want My Hat Back (Jon Klassen) and Not Now, Bernard (David McKee). Back to the Storks is uproarious fun for the whole family!
'(A) wickedly funny book. It's bonkers and joyous and you should get it.' –Tim Minchin, Matilda the Musical.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Frustrated by the antics of its resident babies, a community sends mischievous tots "back to the storks" in this over-the-top picture book. It all starts with Otis, a child whose squeal is so loud that it even drives away dogs at the park. "When his mummy and daddy couldn't take it any longer," the child gets packaged up and shipped off, and other parents follow suit with biting and hair-pulling kids. The storks cleverly take advantage of the youths' behaviors by doling out jobs (fire truck siren for loud Otis), and the remorseful parents' return kicks off new familial tensions. Gaukroger's comic storytelling questionably incorporates descriptions of the infants as "good" and "bad," and feels aimed as much at caregivers as kids; Joyner's cartoons, meanwhile, paint a picture of exhausting chaos through physical humor and exaggerated expressions in this picture of parental exasperation. Human characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 3 and up.
