The Exquisite Corpse Adventure

Natl Children's Book & Literacy Alliance

ISBN 10: 0763651494 / ISBN 13: 9780763651497

Published by Candlewick, 2011

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0763651494I4N10

Synopsis:

Take twenty top kids' authors and illustrators. Give them free rein to take turns creating a zany progressive story. What could possibly happen next?

It all starts with a train rushing through the night. . . . Well, actually, it starts when Jon Scieszka, former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, writes a cliff-hanger episode and passes it on to the next member of a cast of celebrated writers and illustrators, who continues the story and passes it on. And what happens between episodes one and twenty-seven? Think werewolves and mad scientists, a talking pig, plenty of explosions, a blue Star Wars lunchbox, two meatballs, a whole army of villains and varmints, and one just plain bad egg. Not to mention our heroes, eleven-year-old twins Nancy and Joe, raised in a circus, who must find the pieces of a Top-Secret Robot in order to rescue their parents before . . . tick, tick, tick!

A collaboration between the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance and the Library of Congress's Center for the Book, THE EXQUISITE CORPSE ADVENTURE originated as a national literacy project for young people and helped launch the READ.gov website.

Review: An all-star tag team of 20 well-known children's authors and illustrators offers an unsurprisingly episodic tale featuring two young circus performers fending off interdimensional invaders while discovering that they have parents in need of rescue....In other hands probably a labored writing exercise; here, plainly a game, making pleasant entertainment even for non-participants.
--Kirkus Reviews

As gleefully entertaining as it is preposterously ludicrous...Go with the flow and enjoy the ride.
--Publishers Weekly

As the story is picked up by different authors, an array of stereotypically hyperbolic but inept villains and unlikely helpers appear to either assist or thwart their quest, which involves harrowing escapes, daring feats that make use of their circus training, and time travel.
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"From the Hardcover edition."

As gleefully entertaining as it is preposterously ludicrous...Go with the flow and enjoy the ride.
--Publishers Weekly

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Exquisite Corpse Adventure
Publisher: Candlewick
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket