We don't eat our classmates!

by Ryan T. Higgins

Hardcover, 2018

Status

Available

Series

Penelope Rex (1)

Collection

Picture books

Publication

Los Angeles ; New York : Disney-Hyperion, 2018.

Description

When the class pet bites the finger of Penelope, a tyrannosaurus rex, she finally understands why she should not eat her classmates, no matter how tasty they are.

User reviews

LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26

Penelope Rex sets out on her first day of school hoping to make friends, but her efforts are complicated by the fact that she can't seem to help eating them. After all, all her fellow pupils are human children, and children are very tasty! Although both her father and teacher tell her not to eat

her classmates, she has trouble obeying - until the day she finds herself a snack as well...

Having greatly enjoyed author/illustrator Ryan T. Higgins' Mother Bruce and sequels, I was curious to see what he would do in this new venture. We Don't Eat Our Classmates is quite an amusing take on the classic "first day of school jitters" story! I found both text and artwork immensely droll, and can just imagine how this will go down at story-time, once it's out (I'm reading an advanced copy). Recommended to little dinosaur fans, and to any child who is nervous about starting school - at least they'll know, unlike Penelope, that they're not likely to be accused of eating their classmates!

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LibraryThing member benuathanasia

An adorable book about empathy.

LibraryThing member melodyreads

Fun story, with dinosaur EATING THE CHILDREN IN HER CLASSROOM ...

LibraryThing member Kyle98

This book is about Penelope a dinosaur going to to school for the first time, only to find out that her classmates were children, so she ate them. The teacher made her spit them out. Penelope tried to make friends the first day, but was unable to make friends. the next day she went to school and

tried really hard to not eat her classmates. Once she found out what it was like to be bitten, she stopped eating them and made some friends!

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LibraryThing member aurorapaigem

Adorable! Love the illustrations and expressions that Penelope makes. Not really a meaningful story, but a very fun and silly one for kids.

LibraryThing member wd40sw

Great story to read to children before they go to school for the first time or would likely even work for a child going to daycare for the first time. For teachers it would be a great read aloud on the first day of school.

This book should help children deal with their nerves and jitters of going

to school for the first time. The author uses a dinosaur named Penelope who finds out when she arrives at school her classmates are all children. The absurdity of this will help them to understand that all of their classmates are feeling uneasy just like they are.

Ideas this could help with teaching children are self-control, keeping hands to ones self, patience.

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LibraryThing member LibrarianRyan

I HAVE TO BUY A COPY OF THIS BOOK FOR MYSELF!. It is even better than “I Would Really Like to Eat a Child”I. A perfect book to have kids laughing out loud. I will read it as many times as they ask for as long as I don’t have to make 300 tuna fish sandwiches.
#BBRC #AtoZofpicturebooks

LibraryThing member imtanner2

This very funny story is about Penelope, the T-Rex who starts school by eating her classmates. This would be a terrific story to start the school year with or to talk about rules or how we treat others.

LibraryThing member Sheila1957

Penelope Rex starts school and the other children are delicious so she eats them. She then finds out that scares them. She finally gets a sample of how the other children feel when she eats them. And she learns the lesson well.

I love Ryan T. Higgins' books. He is one of my favorite children's

authors. Penelope is fun. The illustrations are great. The story is cute. Adorable!

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LibraryThing member jfe16

Penelope Rex is nervous . . . she is starting school. Her mother gives her a new backpack and her father packs three hundred tuna sandwiches for her lunch. But when Penelope arrives at school, she is surprised to discover that all of her classmates are CHILDREN. Delicious children.

Penelope’s

teacher tells her she must spit out all the children at once, and she does. But Penelope soon discovers that her classmates are afraid of her. Will Penelope find a way to make friends? And will she remember that she’s not supposed to eat the children, even if they are delicious?

This hilarious story . . . with some wise thoughts about starting school and making friends . . . is sure to enchant young readers. The mixed-media illustrations are delightful; the charming narrative is certain to elicit a plethora of chuckles. The picture book, listed for preschool through second grade, carries a 500L Lexile level, making it an adult-directed book . . . one that is sure to please both young and old alike. Be prepared to read this one over . . . and over . . . and over again.

Highly recommended.

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LibraryThing member villemezbrown

Oh, my favorite kind of picture book! It teaches a lesson with wit that is hilarious, surprising, and a little bit dark. And it has perfectly matched art!

Here, a T. rex learns it is easier to make friends with your classmates if you aren't trying to eat them.

LibraryThing member reader1009

picture book (preschool and up)
cute and funny first-day-of-school story starring adorable t-rex who has trouble resisting eating her classmates (because children are delicious).

LibraryThing member skstiles612

I loved this as did my sixth graders. Penelope is a dinosaur. She is just starting school. When she comes home her first day she is sad. She has no friends. Her parents ask her if she ate her classmates. She had in fact eaten them. The teacher made her spit them out. I don't know of anyone who

would like to be eaten, then spit out. It takes a fish biting her to make her understand what it is like for the children she ate. Very cute story about putting yourself in the shoes of others.

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LibraryThing member jennybeast

Heh. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Yeah. Funny, also great illustrations. Children are delicious.

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