Warning: Do Not Open This Book!

An E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
A Huffington Post Notable Book

CAUTION This book contains monkeys, alligators, and a whole lot of silliness.

You really shouldn't be opening this book.
I'm serious.
Just put it back on the shelf.
Right...now.
You're still reading this?
Well, don't say I didn't warn you...

It looks like a book, it feels like a book, and it even smells like a book. But watch out...madness and mayhem lie within Debut author Adam Lehrhaupt urges you NOT to take a walk on the wild side in this humorous, interactive romp with inventive and engaging illustrations from Eisner Award-winning comic artist and rising star children's book illustrator Matthew Forsythe. Warning: Do Not Open This Book? won the E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor award and was a 2013 Huffington Post Best Picture Book honorable mention and an ALA Notable Children's Book.

This quirky, subversive creation begs to be enjoyed again and again and again.

"These monkeys are a RIOT And their books are funny, too " --Ame Dyckman

Author: Adam Lehrhaupt
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Published: 08/27/2013
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.38h x 9.28w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9781442435827
Audience: Ages 4-8


Award: E.B. White Read Aloud Award - Honor Book
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Kirkus Bea Big Book Guide 05/15/2013 pg. 49
Publishers Weekly 06/17/2013
School Library Journal 07/01/2013 pg. 65
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2013
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2013
Shelf Awareness 08/27/2013
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
Adam Lehrhaupt's first picture book, Warning: Do Not Open This Book!, received the E.B. White Read Aloud Honor Award, was an ALA Notable Book, and a Huffington Post Notable Book. School Library Journal called it, "More fun than a barrel of monkeys." He is also the author of Please, Open This Book!, which was named a Wanda Gag Comstock Read Aloud Honor Book and Idea Jar. Adam has traveled to six continents, performed on Broadway, and lived on a communal farm. He currently lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with his wife, sons, and two bizarre dogs. Visit him online at AdamLehrhaupt.com.

Matthew Forsythe is the author-illustrator of Pokko and the Drum, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a recipient of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, and a Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book. He is also an illustrator for animated films and television. His credits include Adventure Time, The Midnight Gospel, and Robin Robin, a stop-motion animated musical from Aardman Animations and Netflix. Visit him at ComingUpforAir.net.