Scan barcode
libraryrobin's review against another edition
5.0
Love the two voices contributing to the story. Always a hit as a readaloud.
ubalstecha's review against another edition
5.0
Remember that email that circulated around the Internet about a man and a woman in college that had to do a writing exercise together for a college course? Well imagine that email as a picture book and the college students are in elementary instead and you have the hilarious Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O'Malley. The title alone is enough to make you pick up this book, but the competing illustration styles to match the competing stories are enough to make you stay. Now layer on a funny story that exploits the differences between male and female stories and you have a brilliant picture book that is perfect for junior and intermediate students. Teachers will also love to use this book to illustrate the writing process.
collie6's review against another edition
5.0
One of Cohen's Favorite stories and tonight I enjoyed him reading it to me :) 2/2014
faeriedrumsong's review against another edition
5.0
This book is my GO TO book for older kids. It is funny, it has great art (3 different kinds, no less) and it adapted REALLY easily to a Readers Theater script for my 3rd - 6th grade group. AWESOME!!
s4rah3's review against another edition
5.0
this is a really silly book and I think that children would love it, it is a funny story.
emslovestoread's review against another edition
5.0
Super fun story that gets my students interested in writing their own partenered story. It's one of my favorite units to teach!
amberinpieces's review against another edition
4.0
What happens when a boy and a girl have to work together on a project to create a fairy tale?
The boy and girl do not exactly see eye to eye on the story. The girl begins with a princess story in which her ponies are stolen by a giant so she cries and makes gold thread.
Not at all the boy’s style, he takes over and introduces a big biker who guards the last pony and fights the giant while he gets rich off of the gold thread.
They go back and forth, each improving upon the story, effectively working together. They even agree with each other at one point. It was really cute.
Recommended for children seven to nine years of age.
Read the review in its original format here.
The boy and girl do not exactly see eye to eye on the story. The girl begins with a princess story in which her ponies are stolen by a giant so she cries and makes gold thread.
Not at all the boy’s style, he takes over and introduces a big biker who guards the last pony and fights the giant while he gets rich off of the gold thread.
They go back and forth, each improving upon the story, effectively working together. They even agree with each other at one point. It was really cute.
Recommended for children seven to nine years of age.
Read the review in its original format here.
tiredmomliving's review against another edition
3.0
I used this book in my class when I was teaching about voice in a Writer's Workshop lesson. In the book, two students with very different tastes are asked to write a fairy tale together, and, consequently, write a not-so-seamless story in which their two voices are quite apparent.