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The knock-knock joke- a kid classic. So many funny, punny punchlines. It was just screaming for its own book. To do this classic joke justice, we decided to gather fourteen of the best-known and most talented children's book artists to illustrate their favourite punchlines. The results are wacky, zany, and absolutely hilarious.
If you knock on Tomie dePaola's door, beware! Is that a girl or a gorilla? Who's knocking at Saxton Freymann's door? Just a couple of talking lettuces. Talking lettuces?! One impatient cow can hardly wait to get through Laurie Keller's door, and David Small has a surprise waiting for his intruding vampire.
In this collection, you'll recognize some of your favourite jokes and be surprised by new ones. But one thing is certain- Each time there's a knock, you'll want to answer the door!
Author Notes
Judith Byron Schachner was born in Waltham, Massachusetts on August 20, 1951. Talented at art from a young age, she graduated in 1973 from the Massachusetts College of Art with a BFA in illustration.
After designing greeting cards for companies including Hallmark and giving birth to two daughters, Schachner wrote and illustrated her first picture book, Willy and May, in 1995. She writes and illustrates the popular Skippyjon Jones series for children about a dynamic Siamese kitten.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (5)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Fourteen prominent picture book creators try their hands at knock-knocks in this follow-up to Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Each contributor gets the front and back of a page for the "Knock, knock!/ Who's there?" set-up and punch line. Tomie dePaola pictures a tropical-themed home with "Gorilla" tapping at the door. At the call of "Gorilla who?" an ape sweeps in to hug his hirsute sweetheart: "Gorill-a' my dreams, I love you!" In a contemporary vein, veggie photographer Saxton Freymann takes the "Lettuce/ Lettuce who?" dialogue at face value. With their black-eyed pea eyeballs, stalk noses and leafy mouths, two heads of greenery demand, "Lettuce in!" Dan Yaccarino pictures an alien astronaut asking, "Peeka who?" and gingerly opening a space-hatch to a cheerful orange monster with 17 peepers ("Peek-a-boo, my eyes see you!"); in Brett Helquist's nursery send-up, two placid pigs get a visit from a big bad wolf named Ima ("Ima gonna huff, Ima gonna puff..."). Of his peers, Henry Cole achieves perhaps the best nonsense spirit, drawing out the "Esther who?/ Esther Bunny!" joke for six go-rounds and a dozen panels. Chris Raschka pays homage to Maurice Sendak ("Verdi who?/ Verdi Vild Tings Are!"); and Boris Kulikov answers "Amos who?" with a giant, surreally creepy insect and the reply "A mosquito bit me!" Perhaps inevitably, the book offers a decidedly mixed bag; however, pint-size comics-for whom no knock-knock joke is ever too stale-will see gems where adults find the groaners. Ages 4-up. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
(Preschool, Primary) Following on the heels of last year's Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? fourteen artists provide their own takes on the classic joke. Setup is on the recto, payoff on the verso, each page-turn revealing the punch line and leading into the next joke. Some are traditional: Tomie dePaola provides a lighthearted interpretation of the hoary old chestnut, ""Gorill-a my dreams,"" and Saxton Freymann shows two heads of lettuce begging ""Lettuce in!"" Others play with children's texts: Brett Helquist features a couple of pigs at a dinner table asking, ""Ima who?"" while behind the door a wolf declares, ""Ima gonna huff, Ima gonna puff...""; Chris Raschka's ""Verdi who?"" turns out to be an operatic ""Verdi Vild Tings Are."" The freshest break the rules: Laurie Keller's impatient cow superimposes a ""Moo!"" over her interlocutor's ""Impatient cow who?"" speech balloon; Jon J Muth bypasses the dialogue entirely with a gracious ""Come in!"" The varying styles and interpretations defy any thematic unity beyond the basic gag, and older readers may be forgiven for wishing there were more substance. But kids mired in the knock-knock phase of life will find this bagatelle pleasantly diverting. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
In the fashion of Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? (2006), 14 children's-book artists (only Chris Raschka appears in both books) illustrate a different groan-inducing knock-knock joke in signature style. Saxton Freymann uses photos of lettuce ( Lettuce who? Lettuce in! ) made to look like pigs. Tomie de Paola creates two love-struck gorillas to illustrate Gorilla who? Gorill-a my dreams, I love you! and so on. As in real life, there's always one mark that refuses to play along. In this case, it's Laurie Keller's Impatient Cow, whose Moo! interrupts the joke. The final two pages are devoted to the gallery of contributors; there's a likeness of each artist and a humorous statement about who they would want knocking at their doors. De Paola's response is Sam an' Janet Evening. Don't get it? Try saying it aloud. Although this isn't as visually stunning as Chicken, the artwork is still just great and varied enough to keep children turning the pages.--Enos, Randall Copyright 2007 Booklist
School Library Journal Review
Gr 1-4-It takes a talented artist to infuse an ordinary joke with laugh-out-loud humor. This book, a companion to Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? (Dial, 2006), boasts 14 artists who achieve just that. Using a variety of mediums, such well-loved children's illustrators as Chris Raschka, Tomie dePaola, and Peter H. Reynolds offer hilarious and stylistically diverse visual explanations for who's knocking at the door. Old "knock, knock" standbys include "Who's there? Ice cream....I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream," interpreted by Yumi Heo, and "Lettuce who?" with Saxton Freymann's photographs of leafy green heads pleading, "Lettuce in!" Readers will appreciate the book's vibrant colors and the clever interplay between text and pictures. Regrettably, each artist provides only a single joke spanning two pages of this standard-length picture book. The 14 knock-knock jokes simply whet one's appetite for more humor. As such, this title and its equally appealing predecessor may prove most valuable as a set.-Madeline Walton-Hadlock, San Jose Public Library, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Hot on the heels of the chicken from Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? (2006) come 14 different superstar picture-book artists illustrating their favorite knock-knock joke. Every kid's favorite genre of joke gets the star treatment here, and all the usual suspects are present. Saxton Freymann has two heads of lettuce say, "Knock, Knock! / Who's There? / Lettuce. / Lettuce Who?" Turn the page: "Lettuce in!" Laurie Keller's cow says, "Knock, Knock!" Bird says, "Who's there?" Cow: "Impatient cow." Bird: "Impatie--" Cow: "MOO!" Others lending pen and pun are Tomie DePaola, David Small, Peter H. Reynolds, Yumi Heo and so many more. This time out, the last two pages feature each artist relating who they'd like to have knocking at their door. Sophie Blackall says, "Anyone bearing cake." And Chris Raschka says, "Juan Fishtwofishredfishbluefish." No collection should be without this gem. (Picture book. 3-9) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.