Jon Scieszka's love of fables comes alive in "Squids will be Squids: Fresh Morals-Beastly Fables." Each page is a zany new take on a fable with an appropriate or random moral attached. Lane Smith, as usual, makes Scieszka's stories come alive with his amazingly drawn characters. Not only does the book have odd-ball humor that kids will get a big kick out of, Scieszka interacts with his readers within the book's format. At the beginning he outlines what a fable is and why they were created, in his classic smart alec tone. Scieszka instructs the readers to come up with their own moral to the last fable in the book. He ends with a suggestion for the reader to go write their own fables and a little blurb about Aesop. This guy really knows how to engage his readers. This book not only inspires readers to create, a friend of mine wrote a song based on his Shark Wasp and Bacteria fable. If only the song was in digital format there'd be a link to it right here. But alas, you will have to imagine it. Or even better, go make one of your own.
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