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Edwardo: The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World
CCBC Review:
Edwardo is a regular kid. He eats, goes to school, plays, and goes to bed. He sometimes makes too much noise or a mess. But when Edwardo is told that kicking cats is a cruel thing to do, he is admonished as the cruelest boy in the whole wide world. When he forgets to wash himself, he is chastised as the dirtiest boy in the whole wide world. Hearing these negative superlatives, Edwardo soon becomes the cruelest, the dirtiest, the noisiest, the messiest, etc., boy, living up (or down) to each person’s idea of him until he is the horriblest boy in the whole wide world. Then someone acknowledges something Edwardo does as being kind, which is the start of another—more positive—transformation in a funny picture book illuminating the sometimes powerful and edgy relationship between language, self-perception, and behavior. ©2007 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by John Burningham
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Behavior
Cause & Effect
Humor
Identity
On CCBC Booklist:
Bullying, Teasing, Relational Aggression and School Violence
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf
Publish Year: 2007
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780375840531
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Burningham
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