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By: B.J Novak
 * //The Book with No Pictures//**



**Biographical Data:** Title: The Book with No Pictures Author: B.J Novak Age Range: 5-8 Years Publisher: Dial Books; 1 Edition Published Date: September 30, 2014 Language: English Pages: 48 ISBN: 0803741715

**Author Biography:** B.J Novak is a writer and an actor known for his work done on “The Office.” For “The Office” he was an actor, writer, director, and executive producer. He is also known for stand up comedy he has done along with roles in multiple motion pictures. He has a degree in English and Spanish Literature from Harvard.

**Book Sumary:** The Book with No Pictures is exactly what the title says, a book... with no pictures. In the beginning of the book it says how the adult or reader of the book must read //every single word written.// The book goes on to say nonsense words or crazy sentences that would not usually be in regular books.

**Book Review:** When I first saw the book with no pictures I was not sure what it was going to be about. When flipping through the book you do not see what it is about because it is filled with nonsense words and crazy sentences. An important part of reading this book is the theatrics of your voice and facial expressions. You cannot stop and say what do we think about what we have just read or ask what the pictures might infer, like we would with other books, because there is no real story line or pictures. This book is a great way to explain to children that books do not need pictures to be good books or to be entertaining. With the right reader, all kids could be entertained by this book.

**Analysis of Literary Element:** A literary element that is important in this book is the writing style. Since there are no pictures in this book how the words are written are the illustrations of it. There are words in different colors, fonts, and sizes to differentiate for the reader. If the reader of the book is very observant and picks up the cues of the style of the type, they can make the book theatrical and interesting for the students.

The pages have the reader say the crazy things, then leave a build up like on the second page in the picture. The book says "and… make silly sounds like…" The audience can get excited for what might come next in the book, even though they have no idea what is going to happen because the book is filled with nonsense words.

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