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Just a Banana

by Barney Saltzberg

A banana with more than one possibility

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A banana with more than one possibility

Ten lift-the-flap reveals turn a familiar yellow fruit into a series of unexpected images, from a lizard or boat to a crescent moon. The narrator keeps insisting that it is only a banana, while each flap invites a fresh look at the same simple shape. Barney Saltzberg builds the book around visual transformation and playful contradiction, with small additions of lines and marks changing what the object appears to be. Its interactive format makes imagination part of the page-turning: the banana stays in view, but its identity keeps shifting.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young children who enjoy lift-the-flap books and visual surprises
  • Families looking for a playful book to share and talk about
  • Children who like silly humor and imaginative picture play

Themes

ImaginationVisual transformationPlayful humorInteractive reading

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Book overview

The banana--age-old comedy gold! For silly kids who love to laugh and stretch their imaginations in creative ways, it's the newest offering from the bestselling author of Beautiful Oops! Includes 10 lift-the-flaps.

It's just a banana...or is it? There's nothing to see here--until you lift the flap to find that what at first looks like just a banana is actually a curious lizard, or a boat out at sea, or the horn of a unicorn, or...?

The narrator is on a mission to convince the reader that what they're looking at really is just a banana...or is it? Every page of this book features what appears to be a plain old banana--until the reader lifts the flap to reveal a delightful illustration on every page that transforms the oblong yellow fruit into something new and unexpected. With a few well-placed squiggles, dots, and lines, Saltzberg cleverly reveals a banana turned into a silly smile, a clever mouse, a crescent moon in the night sky, and more! This book allows the reader's imagination to run wild, encouraging kids to look at objects in a whole new way, while the text hilariously insists--it's really (pinky promise!) just a banana!
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