Homework

If you love talking school supplies, then you are going to love the picture book Homework by Arthur Yorinks. Every night, Tony’s mom yells at him to do his homework, and every night he does not. Instead he just reads a comic book and goes to bed. However, one night when Tony fell asleep, his pen, pencil, and eraser come alive and want to write his assignment for him, but fight over what to write about. They finally agree on an idea and write a story, and Tony wakes up and reads the story. Confused, he throws the paper away and writes a new story-just like the one his school supplies wrote!
This book contained a lot of dialogue between the school supplies that made it easy to follow and read. I’m sure many students would find it humorous that a bunch of school supplies are alive and talking, and I’m sure many can relate to the not want wanting to complete the homework. However, I feel there is no correct message given in this book. The pictures are great and all, but there’s not much to get out of the story.