the book with no pictures read by bj novak

Novak: That’s true! The books I loved as a child all had one thing in common: They were very fundamentally on the side of the kid. Rothenberg Gritz: Maybe you also feel like you can be more irreverent than a parent might be. But for now, maybe I’m more interested in having all kids as my audience. Rothenberg Gritz: Some of the best children’s book writers never had kids themselves. Working backwards, I realized that if there were no pictures, it would be an even more delightful trick: The kid is taking a grown-up style book and using it against the grown-up. If the adult had to say silly things, I knew the kid would feel very powerful and would feel that books are very powerful. Please perform for my enjoyment.” I thought the funniest thing in that situation would be for me to have to say things I don’t want to say-things that the kid is making me say. This kid was handing me a script: “Here are your lines tonight. The actor in me started to realize that there was something very funny about the whole experience. Seuss, any Mo Willems?” The books I loved as a child all had one thing in common: They were very fundamentally on the side of the kid. So any time I’m at friend’s house with kids, I always selfishly ask, “Can I read your kid a book? Do you have any Dr. It’s so validating-you know there’s no such thing as the polite laughter of a child. Novak: Like many comedians and comedy writers, I really love getting a kid to laugh. What made you want to write a book for preschoolers?ī.J. Jennie Rothenberg Gritz: You don’t have any kids yourself.

The book with no pictures read by bj novak