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From the coauthor of the smash hit All My Friends Are Dead and the creator of the beloved Dory Fantasmagory chapter book series comes a hilarious read aloud about a boy who loses his gift for rhyme. There once was a youngster named Chester van ChimeWho woke up one day and forgot how to rhyme.Chester loved rhyming, in poem or song.It always felt right, but today it felt...not right. VERY not right.
Chester van Chime is usually the BEST at rhyming. He can normally tell you all about cats wearing hats and snails delivering mail, but today, something has changed. Today there's no dog on a log. No duck in a truck. Just a Pomeranian on a sideways tree and a waterfowl in a full-size pickup. What's a kid to do? Filled with irresistible wordplay and whimsically silly illustrations, bestselling creators Avery Monsen and Abby Hanlon's read aloud tells the story of a boy who learns not to be stressed if he's not at his...tippy-top peak performance. Praise for Chester van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme: *"Your next Best Storytime Book...It's a must-read, a hit, a guaranteed good time...Poor Chester van Chime may have lost the ability to rhyme, but young readers will lose themselves to giggles..."―Bookpage, starred review *"His rhyming groove returns as aural fits and starts turn to fluid, welcome rhyme, and the whole town celebrates. What starts out as a book about wordplay turns into an inventive and giggly antidote for the bad-day blues."―Publisher's Weekly, starred review "Monsen's clever text offers both lexical fun and an important lesson: "This too shall pass."...Hanlon's busy gouache and colored pencil illustrations are full of attention-grabbing slapstick humor...Well-timed page turns will have kids shouting out the missing, but easily guessable, end rhymes...Get ready for wordplay that's giggly and fun and lasts long after the story is over]."―Kirkus "Hilarity crescendos as wordplay plummets, until Chester realizes we all have bad days."―The New York Times An Amazon Best Books of the Month for March 2022 A Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award Recipient 2022-2023 An Amazon Best Books of the Year So Far for Ages 3-5 for 2022

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  • ISBN-13: 9780759554825
  • ISBN-10: 075955482X
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Publish Date: March 2022
  • Dimensions: 11.18 x 8.66 x 0.47 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.92 pounds
  • Page Count: 40
  • Reading Level: Ages 4-8

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Expect the giggles to begin from the opening endpapers of Chester van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme. They feature small drawings, and each illustration is accompanied by a pair of rhyming words. For example, a depiction of a green slug smiling on a fluffy green rug says “Slug Rug.”

The book itself is about poor Chester van Chime, who awakens one morning to discover that he has lost the ability to rhyme. Scattered across his bedroom are objects that evoke rhymes: The same slug from the endpapers smiles happily from a green rug next to Chester’s bed, and we see two toy ducks inside a blue toy truck. Despite all these visual clues, Chester simply can't “match up two sounds.”

Author Avery Monsen presents a text filled with rhyming couplets that fall flat on their poetic faces. “He tried not to panic. He played it real cool / and picked up his backpack and walked to his . . . / . . . learning place with teachers and stuff.” Adults, welcome to your next Best Storytime Book.

Abby Hanlon, illustrator of the side-splittingly funny Dory Fantasmagory chapter book series, brings her playful sensibilities to these vivid tableaux. Her spreads teem with rhyming pairs. Owls decorate Chester's bathroom towel; a pup smiles from the cup on his sink; a fox steals a sock while Chester’s getting dressed; and can you guess what winged mammal appears on his doormat? As Chester's frustrations over his failures escalate, so do the visuals. Chester's classroom devolves into chaos as his classmates try to resuscitate his rhyming acumen.

Chester walks home from school in despair, but he soon realizes that everyone has off days and no one can be perfect all the time. Besides, by day’s end, Chester can rhyme again—for the most part. And remember those winning opening endpapers? The book’s closing endpapers feature an entirely new but equally delightful set of drawings.

It’s a must-read, a hit, a guaranteed good time. If only more books were like Chester van . . . what was his name again?

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