Meanwhile...

by Jules Feiffer

Paperback, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Genres

Graphic Novels

Children's Books

Collection

Your library

Publication

HarperCollins (1999), Paperback, 32 pages

Description

Using a "magical" word from his comic books, Raymond escapes his mother's calls into a series of dangerous adventures.

User reviews

LibraryThing member HopeMiller123

This book is about a kid that is reading his comic book and it really into it when his mother calls him. He ignores her and hopes that she'll forget about him. He realizes in his comics when you want to change scenes or locations it says "meanwhile". So he "meanwhile"'s himself through different

places, such as, a pirate ship, a cowboy chase, and space. He eventually is chased and harrassed in all of his "maenwhile"'s and snaps out of his fantasy. He is glad to help his mother because in his "meanwhile"'s he was almost captured or killed by sharks, cowboys and martians. This book shows a little boys imagination running wild and taking him to different places.

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LibraryThing member lmcswe1

The thing I liked best about this book were the illustrations. They were laid out in the style of a comic, and considering the main character, Raymond, was described as moving throughout different storylines (wild west, pirate ship, outer space,) they definitely added to the dynamic feel of the

book. Another thing I liked about this book was it’s out of the box thinking style. The main character realized that he was in a book, and uses words such as “meanwhile” and “the end” to further the plot of the story whenever he ran into mortal peril. For example, when Raymond was stuck on a pirate ship and forced to walk the plank, he made one last request- to write a letter to his mother. When given parchment and ink to do so, he wrote “meanwhile…” on the scroll, and was instantly transported to the wild west. This is the kind of book that fosters creative thinking in children, and I think this is the main idea the book was trying to get across.

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LibraryThing member RachelBowers

I would use this book in the classroom as an example of a way to write your own story. It is a great example of how far your imagination can take you while sharing the lesson that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

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