Nothing At All

by Denys Cazet

Used to the morning commotion on the farm, but having nothing to say about it, a scarecrow is launched into wild dancing and giddy, all-join-in verse when a mouse skitters up his pant leg. By the award-winning author-illustrator of "I'm Not Sleepy."

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens, Fiction, Storytime, Comedy

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1994

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book goes through a list of animal sounds. What did the scarecrow say? Nothing at all. But! There's a surprise at the end!

Good for preschool or toddler storytimes.

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

All the different animals on the farm talk about how they feel in the morning — except for the scarecrow who says nothing at all. Until the very end ...

[Alisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

The kids weren't super into this until we got to the part where the scarecrow shouts "there's a mouse in my pants!" Best thing to screech in a storytime ever.

[Talea · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was great! All of us cracked up laughing and had a good time reading this together.

[Emilia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Man I don't know what the deal is with this book! It's awful. It's really, really bad. Part of the text on each page rhymes and the rest of it doesn't, which makes it feel really disjointed and schizophrenic. The text itself is tolerable but not special or interesting in the least. The catchphrase only repeats a couple times and then it changes (which is a good gimmick once, but twice is too awkward. The illustrations? Ugh, they're bad until the freaking scarecrow's glowing red eyes bug out and from that point on they're just macabre. Here's the catch: my two year old loves this book. Why? Goodness knows. I mean, the concept is sound but it was so poorly executed.

[Melanie Hetrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

As the barnyard wakes to the roosters crow, each animal greets the morning in their own personal way. The scarecrow, however, never says anything. That is until a mouse finds a place to hide...in the scarecrows pants! Then the scarecrow begins to dance and falls apart. But the mouse is able to get out. The animals help put the scarecrow back together and are amazed that he speaks!

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for Storytime as it gives the reader an opportunity to use animal sounds. Waiting for the children to guess what the scarecrow says adds a level of interaction to keep the kids engaged

[Esther · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is about farm animals, a scarecrow and a mouse. It was one of my preschool kids' favorite books. I enjoyed reading it aloud.

[Teresa Garrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Humorous rhyming story about the farm animals and the scarecrow who had nothing at all to say and the consequences that follow.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

participation with animal noises or "nothing at all" phrase. humorous story!

[Bvlmc Buchanan Verplanck Elementary School · Rating 2 out of 5]

A rooster wakes up the whole farmyard and each animal has their way of greeting the morning, but what will it take to get scarecrow up? Find out in this zany barnyard tale.

[Sandi Roe · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book went over very well at my family story time. It is interactive with all the animal noises, and funny because the scarecrow says nothing at all, until a mouse runs up his pants!

[Jeani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Silly!