The Book That No One Wanted to Read — Content Guide for Parents
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- Race & culture
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- Climate
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Religion
PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
The life of a book isn’t easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns!). And this narrator should know—it’s the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets irritated when readers bend its pages back, and it finds authors quite annoying. But it does have a story to tell. Through witty direct address and charming illustrations, readers meet a book that has never been read, with a cover the boring color of a school lunch table and pages so dry they give bookworms indigestion. But what happens when this book meets you, a curious reader? Multitalented author Richard Ayoade and award-winning illustrator Tor Freeman bring to life a hilariously subversive take on the nature of books and reading, with a heartening theme of finding the courage to tell our own stories. Readers of all ages will be delighted by the myriad bookish references and laughs on every page.
Frequently asked questions
Is The Book That No One Wanted to Read appropriate for a 7-year-old?
The narrator book is afraid of being pulped and turned into toilet paper, which the story plays for laughs.
Does The Book That No One Wanted to Read have violence?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Book That No One Wanted to Read have scary content?
Found (Brief): The narrator book is afraid of being pulped and turned into toilet paper, which the story plays for laughs.
Does The Book That No One Wanted to Read have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Book That No One Wanted to Read have race & culture?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Book That No One Wanted to Read have profanity?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Book That No One Wanted to Read have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Book That No One Wanted to Read have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Book That No One Wanted to Read have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Book That No One Wanted to Read have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
