This Book Is Not a Piece of Cheese!

by Benjamin Bird, Carmen Pérez (Illustrator)

This Tom and Jerry picture book might look and feel like a regular book, but Jerry thinks it's a piece of cheese! Can Tom the Cat (and the reader) stop him from eating it? Who knows what will happen if young readers give this funny, interactive book a taste. Full of laughs and surprises with Tom and Jerry.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Cats, Pop Culture, Food, Fiction

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2014

Reviews

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great to see these two old friends again. I can remember really liking them as a kid; they always seemed to be able to work out their problems before the cartoon ended. This would be a great gift for someone who grew up watching T&J - but it would also be a great book to introduce the to someone for the first time.

[Jasmine from How Useful It Is · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read for my kids' bedtime. This book is not a piece of cheese the cat says but the mouse kept on eating.

Read from kindle unlimited.

[Jesse heinz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Plot
It is a children's book. Tom is eating all the cheese. Jerry is tying to stop Tom from eat the cheese.

Personal Response
The questions are what's your favorite charter? Tom, because he eats the cheese up. What did you not like about the book? Cheese doesn't smell and the book didn't either. What did you like about the book? Jerry let out a big BURP!!!

I recommend this to 5 year olds boy and girls. This book is based on a cartoon and kid like cartoons.

[Christen · Rating 4 out of 5]

How could I not love sharing some Tom and Jerry hijinks with a new generation? Fun because of the audience acknowledgement and loud BUUUUUUURP at the end. Read for kindergarten storytime as an intro to the library.

[Kelly Radke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book! My son loved it!

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

My daughter is extremely generous with her star ratings, willing to give every book she reads five stars. So, please don't tell her I reduced her star rating from five to two for this one.

She loves Tom and Jerry, she loves reading. It seems like these are two great tastes that should taste great together.

Until they aren't.

It's a fairly simple premise -- Tom doesn't want Jerry eating the book made of cheese, Jerry is having none of it. It sustains itself fairly well for the ten or twelve-page running time, but it isn't a great book nor is it one that I feel will drop into our rotation of things we want or need to re-read together.

[Qamar · Rating 4 out of 5]

We are so proud of you for reading "This Book Is Not a Piece of Cheese!" by Benjamin Bird! You learned that using your imagination can make ordinary things extraordinary. Remember how the characters saw the book in fun, creative ways? You can use this idea in your life by letting your imagination run wild, turning everyday moments into exciting adventures, and always finding joy in the world around you.

Love, Mom and Dad

[Mariana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recorrendo à receita que empregou noutro livro, o autor cria um livro que promove a interacção entre o leitor e as personagens. Engraçado dá oportunidade ao adulto que o leia de explorar a parte cómica da obra.

[Brittany · Rating 5 out of 5]

The kids LOVED this book. They could say "Munch, Munch, Munch" on every page. It was so fun to read. It gets great audience participation!

[Fabio A · Rating 5 out of 5]

funny

My daughter Julia, 7 and a half says: it was kind of funny that they thought the book was a piece of cheese.

[Vigneshh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Jean Suarez · Rating 4 out of 5]

cheesy but good

My 7 year old grandson enjoyed reading this book. He found it to be funny and entertaining. He said he would enjoy reading it again.

[Bhuvaneswaran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Bhuvaneswaran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Teresa Reads · Rating 2 out of 5]

This story feels like someone trying to make a quick buck off of a tv cartoon. The entire story Tom is trying to convince Jerry that the book is not cheese. The illustrations are slightly amusing, but they cannot make up for a lack of story. When my son read it he asked, “What’s the point of the story?” Very young students may like it, but I found it to be rather disappointing.

[Miss Ryoko · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was a little bit better than Don't Give this Book a Bowl of Milk

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

This interactive book invokes the five senses as Tom desperately tries to get Jerry to stop eating the book that he believes is a piece of cheese.

Fun for reading aloud with PreK-2.

[Brian · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book reminded me of Monster at the End of This Book and Mo Willem's Pigeon books.

[Kim Gardner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Surprising to see Tom and Jerry again! Cute, fun book for teaching senses.

[Michelle Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Themes: cat, mouse, cheese

[Pam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Typical Tom & Jerry humor in book form.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jerry won't stop eating the book and Tom tries to convince him it's not cheese.

[Vigneshh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Robin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Enjoyed the artwork, it was true to the cartoon characters from the original series. Tom's expressions were especially good. That was the only thing I liked about this book. Apparently no one producing the series understands that one of the outstanding qualities of these characters is that they don't talk. Giving them dialogue ruins the book for me. And just to make it a little disgusting, they lamely use a burp as the "punchline" to the story. I realize kids laugh at bodily functions but this seems like a too easy solution used in place of actual plot.