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Oh No! Not Again!: (Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History) by Dan Santat, Mac Barnett
shanny1366's review against another edition
3.0
Not as great as its prequel, but still a decent picture book that should entertain kids. A lot of the humor is probably more aimed at adults who might be reading this book to the kids than at the kids themselves (the fish crawling out of the water, Napoleon's appearance), but they will still get a chuckle out of things like the cavemen spray painting themselves and stabbing each other with pencils.
frootjoos's review against another edition
4.0
A lot of the appeal in this picture book is about the humor and the illustrations. I think I like the first one just a bit better.
Husband and I did have a lot of fun reading the "timeline" -- that actually took longer than reading the rest of the book.
Husband and I did have a lot of fun reading the "timeline" -- that actually took longer than reading the rest of the book.
jengennari's review against another edition
4.0
A classic, silly and creative book by Mac Barnett. Here, a girl doesn't like her grade on her history test, so she goes back in time to change history so her answer is correct. Most of the humor is in the entertaining illustrations by Dan Santat, as we see the prehistoric men take over the time machine, wreaking havoc on the present -- and her grade. Oddball humor that I'm sure delights kids!
azajacks's review against another edition
3.0
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calistareads's review against another edition
4.0
What a fun ride this story was. I follow Dan Santat's work and he was the illustrator and that's how I found this exciting and funny story.
Our girl misses a question on her history paper about where the first cave paintings were found. (answer is France, not Belgium). She builds her own time machine, goes back to Belgium 33,000 BC and tries to get Cavemen to draw on the walls. However, they take her time machine and who knows what happens while our girl makes some cave art.
The story is fast paced, funny and lighthearted. I can see just about anyone enjoying this little bit of mischief.
The artwork is great, as expected from Santat. I'm glad I gave this a try. I would totally read this to my nephew when he was younger.
Our girl misses a question on her history paper about where the first cave paintings were found. (answer is France, not Belgium). She builds her own time machine, goes back to Belgium 33,000 BC and tries to get Cavemen to draw on the walls. However, they take her time machine and who knows what happens while our girl makes some cave art.
The story is fast paced, funny and lighthearted. I can see just about anyone enjoying this little bit of mischief.
The artwork is great, as expected from Santat. I'm glad I gave this a try. I would totally read this to my nephew when he was younger.
jmanchester0's review against another edition
4.0
This was fun. Not quite as fun as the first one, unfortunately. But fun nonetheless.
kendallbridgete's review against another edition
1.0
Aside from the fact that I don't know if kids would get/enjoy this, I just can't get past the point that if you can travel back in time, just go back to the day of your test and put the correct answer...a much simpler plan than changing history so that your original answer was correct. Sheesh.