The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors

by Drew Daywalt

2017

Status

Available

Call number

PZ7.D3388 L

Publication

Harper Collins (2017)

Collection

Your library

Description

You've played the game. Now read the legend of how it all began...Long ago, in an ancient and distant realm called the Kingdom of Backyard, there lived a warrior named ROCK. Meanwhile in the Empire of Mom's Home Office, a second great warrior sought the glory of battle. And his name was PAPER. At the same time, in the Kitchen Realm, in the tiny village of Junk Drawer, lived a third warrior. They called her SCISSORS. These three were the strongest, smartest, and fastest in all the land. Time and again they beat the most fearsome opponents they could find: an apricot, a computer printer--even frozen, breaded, dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets! But when the warriors finally meet each other, the most epic round of battles begins...and never ends. That is why, to this day, children around the world honor these worthy adversaries by playing ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS!--Provided by Publisher.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member ouroborosangel

Easily one of the best, most unique children's books I've read. Probably best for ages 5ish-8, as it does have some mild pretend violence and some butt jokes (to an apricot that Rock is about to challenge, you look like "a fuzzy little butt".)

The way this book is written, you cannot help but read

it using silly voices in every timbre and volume available to you. I promise you will be giggling along with your children. You'll be cheering and yelling (and maybe jumping up and down) as Rock, Paper and Scissors beat everyone in their own kingdoms to there eternal dismay - only to finally come together in the garage and, at last, find worthy opponents.

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LibraryThing member librarybird08

From the author of the Day the Crayons Quit, this humorous book tells the tale of how rock, paper, and scissors could not be defeated in battle until they meet one another. There is a little toilet humor (fuzzy butt) but the students respond really well to the story.

LibraryThing member melodyreads

Silly, silly, silly - but will be a great book to be read over and over, using voices that make kids laugh.

LibraryThing member sweetiegherkin

In the backyard, Rock laments that he can never find a worthy opponent to battle. In the office, Paper is similarly undefeated. Meanwhile, in the kitchen junk drawer, Scissors is the winner of every fight. When the three meet for the first time in the garage, an epic battle ensues...

I loved

Daywalt's previous two books, The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home, so I had high hopes for this book. It's constantly been checked out of my library since its publication, so today was the first time I finally got to sit down with it.

This book is very clever and witty, especially with its hyped descriptions of ordinary household items, such as "the mystical Tower of Grandma's Favorite Apricot Tree" and "the frigid wastes of Refrigerator/Freezer." Some jokes, such as the paper jam that defeats the printer and the "are you not entertained?" quip are especially funny to adults, but I'm not sure if they'll strike quite the same chord with younger readers.

The illustrations are very well done as is the lettering; both fit very well with the story being told. I did appreciate the small efforts at diversity -- Scissors if female (which we know because the text denotes her as such, not because she has extra long eyelashes or lipsticked lips) and a picture of children's hands playing Rock, Paper, Scissors features different skin tones. It's not much, but at least it's something.

Personally, however, I was not as enamored of this book as I was with Daywalt's previous two efforts. Perhaps it was my mood, but the focus on nonstop battles did not appeal to me. That being said, I could see some young readers -- those who are a bit more in to "rough and tumble" play -- enjoying that aspect as well as the humor. Having read the book alone, I don't have any first-hand reactions from children nor do I know how well this would work as a read-aloud.

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LibraryThing member lissabeth21

What a riot this book is! My two sons play rock, paper, scissors to decide just about everything and sometimes just to pass the time. This was a hysterical history of this simple game.

LibraryThing member caliesunshine

This book was not like one I had read before. I suppose I have always been curious where rock, paper, scissors came from. In the book Rock is a warrior who can beat anyone but has never been beat, and the same is true for paper and scissors. Rock, paper and scissors feeling the need to have a

battle that they could be defeated in go on a journey to find their opponent. Luck would have it that scissors found rock, and paper found scissors. They all enjoyed playing fair games of defeat and winning.

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LibraryThing member SkyD17

This book is about how the game rock paper scissors came about. The different items became unbeatable until they met each other and now they are best friends who equal each other out. I would use this for 1-3rd. Illustrations: water color

LibraryThing member villemezbrown

Spending my wife's birthday reading through a small pile of picture books. (1 of 5)

This is just plain stupid fun. It shouldn't work, but it totally does. Fun to read out loud, with several laugh-out-loud moments. Best book of the day!

LibraryThing member amandabock

I did not like this the first time I read it. I thought it was a wasted opportunity and the jokes didn't land. However, reading it to kids and seeing their reactions made me like it more. Today I read it six times (a solid test for any book) and I have found an appreciation for it. I will be

fascinated to see if it wins any awards. There are definitely weak spots in the story, but the artwork is great and extends the story in a way that the Caldecott committee really should take notice of.

Third and Fourth grades seem best for it, although the Fifth graders liked it, too.

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LibraryThing member lispylibrarian

The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Dewalt is SO MUCH FUN to read! The three main characters are tired of being victorious in every battle that they enter in to and each go on a quest to find a worthy rival. It is an overall fun story that shows where our tie-breaking game comes from.

LibraryThing member reader1009

picture book (fiction). I was invited to speak at a local service group's meeting, so I brought this to read aloud to them as a treat--grown ups don't get to have stories read to them very often! They were a pretty reserved audience, so it's hard to tell for sure, but I think most of them enjoyed

it (one of them said he would go buy it, presumably as a gift for a child or grandchild, but one never knows). Personally, I thought it was worth more than a few chuckles.

my 2nd reading to an audience of 4-6th graders went pretty well; most of the kids (not sure about the 6th graders way in the back) got pretty into it, telling me who was going to win each battle, etc. and at least one 4th grader had plans to check the book out afterward. Success!

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LibraryThing member sloth852

Silly, epic, and beloved by kids of all ages.

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