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That Is Not a Good Idea!


School year: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

No. of pages 48

Published: 2014

Great for age 3-8 years

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A crafty fox, a butter-wouldn't-melt-in-her-mouth goose and a band of prophesying little chicks ... sounds like all the right ingredients for another hilarious Mo Willems picture book!This is the story of a hungry fox who meets a plump goose and, ooh!, what an innocent looking goose she is. Just look at those big, doey eyes so trusting! The fox can't believe his luck so he asks the goose to go for a stroll. The goose, with her angelic face, cannot refuse. Suddenly, a little chick pops up warning the protagonist: "That is NOT a good idea!" All too late! This fox is on a roll and next, he invites the goose back to his house tucked away in the deep, dark woods, and ... the goose says YES! "THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA!" now, LOTS of little chicks are shouting warnings! But ... just who are they trying to help? The fox or the goose?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 5-7 years.

There are 48 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2014 by Walker Books Ltd .

Mo Willems is a five-time Emmy Award-winning writer and animator for "Sesame Street" and the creator of Cartoon Network's "Sheep in the Big City". He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

North Carolina Children's Book Award - Picture Book
This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the North Carolina Children's Book Award.

Virginia Readers Choice Award - Primary School
This book was recognised in the Primary School category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award.

Nevada Young Readers' Award - Picture Book
This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Nevada Young Readers' Award.

Volunteer State Book Award - Primary School
This book was recognised in the Primary School category by the Volunteer State Book Award.

Monarch Award
This book was recognised by the Monarch Award.

Golden Sower Award - Grades K-2
This book was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Golden Sower Award.

Golden Sower Award - Primary
This book was recognised in the Primary category of the Golden Sower Award . Just as The Sower sows seeds, symbolizing the agriculture, life and prosperity of the state, the The Golden Sower Award seeks to sow seeds of literacy in children by encouraging them to read. The award became affiliated with the Nebraska Library Association as a committee under the School, Children and Young Peoples Section of the NLA in 1985. In 2016, the committee revised the categories of books in order to better describe the generally intended reading levels of the program. The three categories are now: Picture Books: (formerly Primary) generally appropriate for K-2 children; Chapter Books: (formerly Intermediate) intended to be appropriate for grades 3-5; Novel: (formerly young adult) appropriate for grades 6-8. In 2023, the committee revised and renamed the categories, keeping similar grade level designations, but adding an additional category targeted at high school readers. Each year, thousands of Nebraskas youth participate in the Golden Sower Award by reading titles, talking about the books with others, holding book battles, voting for their favorites, and throwing celebrations for the winners.

Colorado Book Award - Picture Book
This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Colorado Book Award.

Irma S & James H Black Award
This book was recognised by the Irma s & James H Black Award.

Golden Archer Award - Primary School
This book was recognised in the Primary School category by the Golden Archer Award.

South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Picture Book
This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award.