The predictable nature of the short anecdotes presented herein lend no intellectual gratification, and become assuredly less entertaining the second time around. Neither cultural caricature presents any strength of character aside from the obvious differentiating factors of the land-based mammal versus multi-appendaged vita aquatic.Īs far as re-readability goes, this book falls flat. For all intent and purpose, the non-sequitur “odd couple” may as well be, say, Che Guevara & Giraffe, or Pharmacist & Burlington, Vermont. Sadly, aside from the droll pairing and surreal artistry which defines the book, the creativity and humour come to a distinctive halt. and shake hands, and shake hands, and shake hands, and shake hands, and shake hands, and shake hands, and shake hands.”), attempt to bestow plebeian gastronomic experiences upon one exiled from a vastly different culture (the proffering of bacon-&-bean-themed dishes from the Westerner to the oceanic), and affirm/accept the variant notions of humour which defines them as individuals (or, the incomprehensibility of the classic “knock-knock” joke when told to the uninitiated). The author/illustrator duo of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith portrays but an infinitesimal series of events which involve the mismatched “pardners.” Delving into such sequences as the initial meeting betwixt Cowboy and Octopus (wherein they “shake hands. The unlikely friendship of a cut-out doll Cowboy and a culled comic strip Octopus has an inconceivable variety of manifestations and mishaps. But I think this guy is refreshingly funny. If you think that humor is stupid, you are right. "And that's why I am telling you-your new hat looks like something my horse dropped behind him. Cowboy makes beans for Octopus, who hates beans. One is about Octopus going as a Shark for Halloween. I this tale, two unlikely and very different friends have a series of adventures related in short anecdotes.
He thought kids could understand the humor of contemporary postmodern theory, which he worked into his kids books, with a dose of absurdism and just a wacky sense of humor.
Scieszka took grad classes in literary theory on the way to a graduate degree, and taught elementary school kids during the day. I thought until then that picture book authors were just these warm hug guys. I heard Scieszka read to several hundred people at a conference (I think was The Math Curse) and I thought he was one of the best stand-up comedians I had ever heard. I have missed reading Jon Scieszka's work, such as The True Story of The Three Little Pigs and Battle Bunny and other books.
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