No,+David!

Reviewed by Jamie DuLac //No David!// By David Shannon

**Bibliographic Data:** Reading level: Ages 4 and up Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Blue Sky Press; 1st edition (September 1, 1998) Language: English ISBN-10: 0590930028 ISBN-13: 978-0590930024

**Author Biography:** David Shannon was born in Washington, D.C. on October 5, 1960. Shannon graduated from Art Center College of design with a B.A and currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. He won the Caldecott Honor for this book (//No, David!//) in 1988. Shannon decided to write a book about baseball for his first book, //How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball// (1994), because it was a topic that he already knew well. Shannon is both an author and an illustrator and has won several awards for some of his books. //No, David!// was David Shannon’s biggest success in 1988. []

**Summary:** This book was actually inspired by a small book that David Shannon wrote when he was just five years old, entitled //No David//. Each page had a picture of David, himself, doing things that he was not supposed to be doing along with the words no and David on the top of the page. The things he was not supposed to be doing included things like writing and drawing on the wall, reaching the cookie jar, stepping into mud, dressed as a soldier playing with a big spoon and a pam, playing with the food at the table, picking his nose, etc. In 1997, Shannon revised his work by adding extra content drawing new illustrations, and parts like when David runs around naked. David Shannon received the Caldecott honor for this book in 1998.

**Book Review:** I really enjoyed this book because it is comical and was written by the author when he was only five! It is the perfect story for young children because they can easily connect to the text. Mothers seem to always say: “No, (name), do not do that”. This is how we learn right from wrong, things that we should not be doing, like writing on the walls or running around naked. This book is funny and I know a lot of children who enjoy this book as well.

<span style="color: #e28212; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">**Analysis of Literary Element:** <span style="color: #e28212; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">David Shannon uses mostly illustrations to tell his story. This book was created by a five year old; therefore, most of the story was told through pictures that Shannon drew himself. The pictures are relatable and very simple for young readers to observe and understand. The illustrations are also very comical and are a great display of how Shannon was feeling when he was creating his drawings. The illustrations are awesome and are very detailed and appealing to readers of all ages.

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