Neil Gaiman
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| Original Title: | The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish |
| ISBN: | 0060587016 (ISBN13: 9780060587017) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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"I'll swap you my dad," I said.What if you wanted your best friend's two goldfish so much that you'd swap anything for them, even your father?
"Oh-oh," said my little sister.
What if your mother came home and found out what you'd done?
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish is a hilarious adventure and was the first book for younger readers from the acclaimed author and illustrator of the New York Times best-sellers The Wolves in the Walls and Coraline. Chosen as one of Newsweek magazine's Best Children's Books of the Year, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish is beloved by readers of all ages. This new edition features brand-new jacket art and an afterword by the author on the origins of this unique and wonderfully funny story.
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| Title | : | The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish |
| Author | : | Neil Gaiman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 64 pages |
| Published | : | August 31st 2004 by HarperCollins (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Picture Books. Fiction. Fantasy |
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Ratings: 4.03 From 10023 Users | 671 ReviewsJudge About Books The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
The narration by Neil Gaiman himself is fantasticA cute and hilarious children's book. I listened to the audiobook voiced by Neil Gaiman, himself and it makes everything better, all thanks to his soothing voice.
"I could be a rock and roll star!" I said to my sister."You could be an idiot." My sister said to me. My nose hurts from snorting so many times. This story is just so silly and I giggled the whole way through! It also reminded me a lot of my older brother and I. Especially the ending!
I picked up this book at a yard sale, as my eye invariably notices big colorful picture books. The fact that it was Neil Gaiman sealed the deal. I think this is a good book to present the idea of pretend and fantasy to children. The story is cute, if implausible. It is silly and slightly edgy, rather than scary. I had to work hard to suspend my disbelief as dad was traded for item after item. I kept expecting to hear that he had finally just gone home on his own. But that is not how the story
I bought this on a whim while browsing at a comic shop three or four years ago. The art is great (although the color tones are not my personal favorite); the story is just all right. The portrait of the big brother and his kid sister is fantastic kinds of real, but I guess I also expected the swapping thing to be really funny, and it was meh.I had no idea until looking at this on Goodreads that Gaiman was the author. (I know, I know, but I really don't always pay attention to that crucial bit of
I wouldn't have thought that another book, even by the same author/illustrator team, could be as wacky and unique and different and interesting as The Wolves in the Walls, but Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean have proved me wrong! This book is just as wacky and unique and different and interesting - if not more so on all counts! AND this one was written quite a few years before The Wolves in the Walls. I was very partial to the goldfish, and missed them when they were no longer part of the story. My
This is a very crazy readkind of like Alices Adventures in Wonderland, but simpler and madder in a this-is-from-a-childs-perspective kind of way. The title says it all actually, when a boy seeks for something to trade for his friend Nathans two goldfish. Nathan rejects everything that the boy offers until the latter sets his eyes upon his dad. Nathan agrees, and the fun begins.At first Im not sure if I like this or not, because its absurdand thats saying something because Im all for the oddball
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