What do you think about a narrator speaking directly to you, the reader? Does that help make the story funnier?

I just read this with Busy Phillips doing expert narration. The other choice was the author, which I'm going to choose next, because I can. Overdrive has offered me both. The great thing about “The Book with No Pictures” is that it encourages the growth to reading novels and fast-forwards the love for text. Yet, the attention span of children is not lost because they want to see the silly words and how they are spelled. Novak truly puts a spin on books for this age group which makes “The Book with No Pictures” certainly stand out. Are you now convinced that a book without pictures can be as fun as a book that has pictures? How about a book that has pictures but no words? buy one million copies of this book without pictures before buying russell brand's book for your children, because i'm pretty sure you can get many exotic venereal diseases just by reading words that came from that dude's brain.This book is relatively fun, and it is definitely an interesting concept for a kid's book. I think this should be geared at 3-6-year-olds. El: I liked it at the beginning when it said, "Oh no..." I was like... did the book really say it, or is that just you saying it? on the other hand, i do like a bunch of children's books, even though i am an old lady, but mostly because of the PICTURES. i like cute things. You can make lots of kids laugh by shouting, “Willy! Bum! Poo!”, and if your primary aim is to make kids laugh then shouting, “Willy! Bum! Poo!” may be no bad thing. But that doesn’t make it good, either. Surely there are more interesting and stimulating ways to raise a smile? oh, what the hell - i'll give this three stars instead of two because at least russell brand didn't write it.

Author B.J. Novak hilariously proves his point: that a book with only words can be as amusing and engaging as one with images. THE BOOK WITH NO PICTURES is super silly and very clever as it panders to young kids' love of funny sounds, made-up words, and undignified words such as "butt." The Book with No Pictures hugely entertaining and delightfully silly book to read to and along with small children. It is sure to elicit lots of giggles from the orator and their audience! Eleanor: Dad... you'll have to write what Poppy said, and it's her first review... and she'll say, "hleh hleh hleh HLEH!" and you'll have to put that in the review... and nobody will know what she means... Children’s Book World is hosting a book signing with B.J. Novak, Drew Daywalt, and Pharrell Williams!She had heard that Poppy had given me a children's book - young, young children's book - to help me on my way.)* Some of the words in the story have been made up. Could you make up some new nonsense words and use these as part of your own writing? Could you create a nonsense poem?