No!

by Marta Altés

Written and illustrated by a fresh new talent, this is the story of a likeable, well-meaning and irrepressible dog and the mystery surrounding his name. Simple, short and punchy, this is a picture book children (and adults) will want to read again and again.

Genres: Picture Books, Humor, Childrens, Spanish Literature, Animals, Dogs, Fiction

36 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2011

About the author

Marta Altés is an award-winning author and illustrator. She studied graphic design in Barcelona and after working there as a graphic designer for almost five years, decided to pursue her interest for illustration that she had since she was a child. Marta moved to the UK to study for an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art, and graduated in 2011.

Since then she has seen her books translated into over 30 languages, she has taught as a part time lecturer in the MA where she studied, and has done lots of workshops with little artists around the world.

Marta lives in London with her partner, her baby daughter and Little Sam the dog. She always tries to have a positive and funny vision about life and to get a smile from who is looking at her drawings or reading her stories is what she likes the most about illustration.

Reviews

[Shovelmonkey1 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd like to begin this review by pointing out that when I input No! by Marta Altes into the goodreads bookfinding-ometer the closest match it could find was Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger. Something is clearly amiss. Or I've totally underestimated the message and cultural zeitgeist of No!

Dogs are great. They are the best of all mammals. They appear in all shapes and sizes and have agreed to be our best friends and stick by us despite the fact that they get lips tits and hooves in gravy from a can for dinner every night. Now that is true friendship! One day soon I intend to dominate the world with the help of an army of tiny hounds, the leader of which will be a French Bulldog called Thierry Henry.

No! is a dog who likes to dog things. He does them because he thinks he is being good and helpful but in reality he's just making a mess. He warms the bed (and makes them all muddy), he hunts for treasure in the garden (digs up the lawn), takes in the laundry (tears clothes from the washing line). His real name is Spike but he hears the word No! so often that he comes to believe it's his name. This is a lot like how my mum and dad used to call my sister Bonus, and she thought it was her name for a while.

This is also a book for Kitty. I hopes she appreciates the irony of me buying her dog books.

[Ana Trujillo Ordóñez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este fue el único libro que compré en la FILBO y me llena el corazón tanto tanto como para caer en la tentación de nombrarlo mi libro favorito en el mundo, aunque yo no tengo favoritos de nada. Pero qué bello es. Una historia tan sencilla para hablar del punto de vista, de las intenciones, de cómo podemos darnos el regalo de transformar (de poner en duda, al menos) nuestros juicios sobre el mundo y sobre los otros.

[Vanja · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simpatična slikovnica o psiću koji zbog svog neprestanog nestašluka vjeruje da se zove Ne!
Ovakva situacija je sigurno poznata svakome tko ima radoznalog, slatkog psa. :)
Ilustracije su jednostavne i privlačne.

[Aydan Yalçın · Rating 5 out of 5]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BjK4Fzcn6I3

Evinde canlı dostları olan herkesin bileceği üzere onlar bazen birazcık, çok azıcık yaramaz olabiliyorlar. Çünkü çocuk hepsi 😍 Yeri geliyor kızıyoruz, yeri geliyor bağırıyoruz. Hep de aynı tepkiyle: Hayır! Ee bu zavallı köpecik ne bilsin bunun bir tepki nidası olduğunu. Zannediyor ki adı Hayır! Çünkü ne yaparsa, iyilik yaptığını düşündüğü anlar da bile (gerçi bunlar genelde hep yaramazlık oluyor) ona Hayır! deniliyor 😂

Dostumuz Susam o kadar tatlı ki alıp içinize sokasınız geliyor 😍😍 Bence bu kitabı mutlaka okuyun ve kardeşinize, çocuğunuza, yeğeninize, kuzeninize, öğrencilerinize alın 😍

Özellikle anne babalar, çocuklarınızın yaptığı ya da kalkıştığı her yaramazlık karşısında sürekli olumsuz yönde tepkiler vererek onlar üzerinde oluşturduğunuz psikolojiyi görmek açısından bir göz atın derim 👍

[Belinda Vlasbaard · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 sterren - Nederlandse hardcover

Een boek dat zelfs hondenhaters in hun hart zullen sluiten in onze optiek dan. Maar wij houden van hondjes, dus miss hier is dat niet de beste graadmeter.

Een hondje is buitengewoon gelukkig in het gezin waar hij woont. Hij houdt vreselijk veel van zijn baasjes en de kinderen, en hij weet zeker dat ze ook héél veel van hem houden. Ze roepen immers altijd zijn naam: 'Nee!'

Als hij hun eten voorproeft.
Als hij hun kranten opruimt.
Als hij hun bed opwarmt.
Als hij schatten opgraaft in de tuin.

Maar toch is er één ding dat hij niet begrijpt...

Ik heb dit boek gekocht voor mijn kleinzoon en we zijn er allebei dol op! Hij omdat zijn oma lekker los kan gaan op d'r voorleesstemmetjes, en oma omdat ze de illustraties prachtig vindt. Een van mijn favoriete voorleesboeken!

[Morgan Hollis]

This book is about a dog that thinks his name is No because his family says it to him so much, but since he thinks that's his name, he thinks his family loves him so much, and he works very hard to be good. This is a very cute book that is funny and will make kids laugh, and also learn how to read and spell the word 'no', since it says it so much in the book and is written in big letters. This book has won the Moonbeam Children's Book Award, and the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award. I think this would be a fun read aloud book or guided reading book because it doesn't have many words, and the ones it does have are fairly simple, plus it has quite a few repeated words, and pictures that will help with words the students don't know.

[Leonardo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Está muy bueno, en la línea de Tener un Patito es útil, porque se pone en el lugar del otro.

[Giorgi Robakidze · Rating 5 out of 5]

ჩემი შვილის საყვარელი და, შესაბამისად, ჩემი საყვარელი საბავშვო წიგნია, ძალიან კარგი ილუსტრაციებით და სასაცილო შინაარსით. დღეში რამდენიმეჯერ ვუკითხავ ხოლმე ნენეს და ყოველ ჯერზე სიამოვნებით ისმენს ცელქი არრას თავგადასავალს 💛

[Aimée · Rating 3 out of 5]

No ist ein wirklich ungezogener Hund - doch das Buch wird aus seiner Sicht erzählt und dadurch ist er natürlich der beste Hund der Welt. Witzig, aber auch irgendwie traurig, dass keiner den Hund erzogen hat und ihn jetzt niemand mag.

[Mehtap · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bu bizim Apaçi değil mi? :)

[Eva · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lo leí en un reel de Instagram y es buenísimo. Pobre Rufus, ojalá siga creyendo que su nombre es No😿🙏🏼

[Malin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Om en hund som tror han heter Stopp! för det är vad alla säger omkring honom.

[Abril G. Karera · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este perrito se porta muy bien, su familia siempre le dice: ¡NO! Historia bonita que se apreciará mucho más si tienes un perro travieso a tu lado. En mi caso, vi reflejado aquí a mi perro Rocko.

[Sol Palop · Rating 5 out of 5]

¡No!

Como el nombre del perro que todo lo hace por tener contenta a su familia, probar la comida para asegurarse de que está buena, ayudarles a recoger la ropa limpia, arreglar el jardín y ellos tan contentos llamándolo muy fuerte ¡no!, ¡noooooo!

¿o no?

Una historia que leímos con la intención de aprender el verdadero significado de esta palabra pero que nos hace revolcarnos a carcajadas al darnos cuenta de que el protagonista, inocente, no entiende su significado.

Un libro tierno cargado de fina ironía del que hemos aprendido que hay conceptos complicados para los niños e incluso para los animales y a veces hay que explicarlos con más calma y menos volumen, pero que también nos ha enseñado que las palabras, a veces, se gastan de usarlas demasiado y pierden su significado.

Y otras veces lo pierden al usarlas demasiado poco, ¿no?

http://www.nadiecuentacuentosya.com/2...

[Monserrat Fuentealba Rivero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este libro es una excelente mezcla entre un libro álbum y un libro para primeros lectores. Tiene una secuencia bastante fácil de seguir, nuestro animal protagonista narra de manera muy entretenida los hecho. Se juega bastante con el tamaño de la tipografía, incluso es demasiado detallista en ese sentido lo que lo hace aun mejor. Si hablamos de las ilustraciones, también son muy detallistas, cuando el perro protagonista esta haciendo desorden en algún lugar de la casa, las ilustraciones muestran detalles insignificantes pero que complementan la imagen. Respecto a la historia, lo gracioso es la inocencia del animal, hasta el punto de que llega a ser tierno por no darse de la realidad de las cosas.

[Mehsi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Een hilarisch prentenboek over een hond die denkt dat hij nee heet. Want tja, telkens als hij wat doet wordt hij geroepen met een NEEEEEEE. Ik lag helemaal dubbel en het werd zeker niet saai of vervelend (zoals het soms wordt). Ik vond de hond echt super lief, maar hij was ook zeker niet de slimste. Nou ja, misschien moeten zijn baasjes eens zijn echte naam gebruiken en dan nee. Maar ik denk dat de hond dan alleen maar verder verward zal zijn. :P
Het einde vond ik ook erg komisch.
En de art was ook zeker erggg leuk.
Aanrader dus als je een portie wil lachen.

[Maria Cecilia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my 4-year old's favorite books. She thinks it's hilarious. I love how it makes her laugh. Watching her read it with her grandpa is one of my favorite memories of seeing the two of them together.

Unlike some children's books, this one feels okay to read over and over and over for me as an adult too. The brief text captures the enthusiastic optimism of many dogs.

[Hypatia's Dream · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un travieso can haciendo de las suyas y feliz de ser bautizado con la palabra que más escucha. Muy gracioso pero una buena moraleja ya que toda mascota requiere adaptación, responsabilidad y entrenamiento de parte de sus dueños.

[Aitzi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reflexivo cuento si te pones a pensar en lo que nos dice: en como nos podemos fijar en lo bueno o en lo malo y en como existe la interpretación de dichos mensajes.
Me ha gustado bastante pero no como para que sea de mis favoritos.

[UWE Primary English Team · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just a really funny book. EYs and KS1 would enjoy. About a dog who thinks his name is ‘no’ because that’s what everyone says to him!

[Marta Pereira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really funny story about a dog who thought he was called NO because that was what everybody told him all day long!

[Amy Gu · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 5-year-old daughter is way into this story and the author. She is reading this story book over and over again.

[Burak Yaman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Harika bir şey ya

[skcocnaH · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so funny and cute.

[Fabi Vázquez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muy tierno

[ArMel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Predivno!

[Karen Hurtado · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nunca me recuperaré emocionalmente de este libro

[Erika HerO✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entretenida y graciosa. El perrito Rufus piensa que se llama NO!

[Martha Santiago · Rating 5 out of 5]

Que livro fofinho! Pelo amor de deus, vou transbordar estrelas ✨

[Vita Tatarinova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Istorija apie šunį, kuris galvojo, kad jo vardas "No".