David shannon

Answers to questions like "About No, David! – Is David really you?" and "Did you really run down the street without any clothes on?"

For Free Friday, I chose to make a flashback with No, David! written and illustrated by David Shannon. Shannon wrote and illustrated his first book when he was five years old which consisted of va…

When David gets in trouble, he always makes up excuses for what he has done and says that it is not his fault. After doing this multiple times, David realizes that not telling the truth makes him feel bad. David learns that being honest is important. Children will love this story, and they will learn an important lesson about being honest. Shannon, D. (2017). David gets in trouble. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Atlantic Province Special Education Authority, Library.

Read Every Day poster by David Shannon for Scholastic

Hope you are all having a great Sunday, here’s what we learnt last week and what we have prepared for this one: DRAMA! Mayhem! Blogging! In the past few weeks we have seen a plethora of articles about blogging and reviewing which sparked great discussion – and drama – all over the blogosphere. There was for example Persnickety Snark’s post on blogging conflicts and staying out of brouhahas and Lenore’s post about Bloggers Behaving Badly; The Speculative Scotsman talked about Niche Blogging…

David Shannon- "Experts (Bad Case of Stripes)" Acrylic on Illustration Board 1998

David Shannon- "Media Frenzy (Bad Case of Stripes)" Acrylic on Illustration Board 1998

No, David! by David Shannon (1998)