I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! (Hardcover, Library binding)

A madcap painting romp finds a little boy covered head-to-toe in paint-and then he finds himself in the tub. Sung (there's no other way to read this story) to the tune of "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More," the text leads its protagonist from initial misdeed to his mother's injunction against painting to a clandestine orgy of self-decoration, body part by body part: "I take some red / and I paint my . . . / HEAD! / Now I ain't gonna paint no more. / Aw, what the heck! / Gonna paint my . . . / NECK!"-and so on. One of Catrow's patented twisted kewpies, the paint-addicted tot is depicted against a pristine black-and-white (and just cleaned) house, the only color his striped pajamas and the paints-and his increasingly gloppy self. His dog looks on with bewilderment as not only his owner but his own body becomes a Technicolor masterpiece. The bounce of the song is echoed in an animated typography in which not one word is horizontally aligned. Here's one that kids will beg for again and again and again. (Picture book. 3-7) (Kirkus Reviews)

A New York Times best-selling masterpiece featuring a sing-song rhyming text and humorous energetic illustrations about a spirited child and outside-the-box, creative thinking. When the child gets caught painting everything from the ceiling to the floor, Mama says "Ya ain't a-gonna paint no more!" But nothing will keep this artist from painting! Written to the familiar tune "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More," the text bounces alongside vibrant stylized pen-and-ink drawings, while page-turns offer up a fun read-aloud guessing game in which kids will delightfully participate. What will the child paint next? "So I take some red and I paint my . . . HEAD!" Silliness paired with the ruckus read-aloud appeal will have every reader begging for repeat reads.

General

Imprint:	Harcourt Children's Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Karen Beaumont
Illustrators:	David Catrow
Dimensions:	239 x 261 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	32
Edition:	Library binding
ISBN-13:	978-0-15-202488-8
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Language & literature > English (including English as a school subject) > English literature texts > Fiction texts Books > Children's Fiction & Fun
LSN:	0-15-202488-3
Barcode:	9780152024888

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