Zachary R. Shapiro

This book is very cute and has a lot of great details. While students make references to Noah's Ark they are also reminded that we need the support and motivation of those around us in tough circumstances.

This is basically toddler book goofery with all the ark animals cooped up and doing sulky things that start with the same letters as their names, building up to Noah's kicker line "We're all in the same boat!" which turns their heads and makes them do making-the-most-of-it same-letter things instead, which really makes little sense either as a joke or an observation in its discursive context. Like, yeah, you're all in the same boat, and everyone's mad about it. Yeah.

In this book the animals board the boat by the alphabet but through alliteration they get antsy or clown around and end up getting on everyone's nerves. But with patience they all find a way to get along. I like this book as a way to teach the alphabet and unusual words.

Like "The Annoying ABCs" Shapiro uses unusual adjectives to describe the attitude of the animals stuck together in the ark. Livid llamas are unusual things to see. The art work is nice, but I didn't love it. It was very cartoonish, which is usually good, but there is something about it I don't love, I can't even put my finger on what it is.
This is another example of a great book for expanding the vocabulary of the students.