In this book, four animals leave the farm in the hopes of following their dreams and becoming stand-up comedians and opening up a comedy club for the other animals to come listen to their jokes.

This book had me cracking up! Obviously animals cannot tell jokes (bringing in the modern fantasy aspect), which is seen in the book when the animals try to tell their jokes to the robbers, but they only hear the typical noises these animals would make. From this book, students would be able to see that when you put your mind to something you can achieve it and to always follow your dreams!

The format of this book can also demonstrate different types of author's craft that can be used in order to engage reader in their writing as well! ( )

This is a reimagining of "The Brementown Musicians." A hen, fond of cracking jokes, decides that she is tired of farm life and escapes to achieve her dream to be a famous comedian. On the way she runs into Dog, Cat, and Cow, who also want to be in the comedy business and the three travel together. They find an old house, and after (unintentionally) frightening off a few robbers inside, convert it into a comedy club.

I would use this book for an older classroom like 4th or 5th grade due to the play on words and puns that would go over the heads of younger students. For a 4th grade class I would use this to talk about different talents everyone has and how we can use them to work together and solve a problem. I would use this as a read aloud and have the students give me talents of each of the characters and why they were different than the other animals you normally find on a farm. I would then have them get in small groups and discuss how the 4 animals worked together to reach their goal of owning a comedy club. In their small groups I would have them all share one talent they each have and how they could use each of their talents to create something together. It could be a product, a store, a restaurant, or anything else the whole group can agree on. For a 5th grade class I would use this book to talk about figurative language and focus on the play on words or the puns. This book is much funnier when students can understand the jokes and actually look for them as they read. I would read it once without explaining puns and get the students reaction. I would then show them a video that explained puns and gave examples before reading it a second time. This time as I read I would have the students pick out the play on words as we go and record some of them on the board. After reading it a second time I would have the students work with a partner to write their own short story where they utilized play on words.

I would use this book as an interactive read-aloud with 1st grade because the students will connect with the book due to the content written about with the jokes throughout the book. The book would be a good way to teach retelling the story because the jokes are memorable based on each of the characters.

I would use this book as an interactive read aloud for 2nd grade because some of the language might have to be explained, which would be easier if I the book was being read to them. I would use it for 2nd grade because younger grades may not understand the way some of the language is used, but it is still a short picture book so it would not be too long fro 2nd grade.