This book is completely adorable and completely hilarious. As you could imagine by the title and the image on the cover, it's a short picture book about four dust bunnies who like to speak in rhymes...except Bob, the difficult one. As the other three dust bunnies - Ed, Ned, and Ted - speak in perfect rhymes to get their points across, Bob continues to be a problem by speaking out of rhyme. Exasperated, Ed, Ned, and Ted correct him each time...until Bob turns out to be relaying a very important message.
Honestly, this book takes about three minutes to read out loud, start to finish. But the possible intents and messages to relay to kids or students seem endless. Bob is an outcast and nonconformist who is the only one willing to speak out of turn in order to accomplish something. Because of this, Bob goes unheard and mildly shunned by his peers. They roll their eyes and correct him and think that's he's maybe not all-together with it. But Bob, in the end, is the only one who's got it right. I know this may seem like a lot to extrapolate from a picture book that I've already confessed takes a brief three minutes to read, but seriously: it's a good one. So funny and so entertaining while also containing incredible potential for a conversation starter in a class of students. [Plus, isn't Bob one of the best names in the whole world? Don't agree? You clearly need to see this movie.]
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