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Twins Joe and Nancy were raised in a circus but on their eleventh birthday they learn their parents are still alive and need their help, so they set out on an quest filled with many extraordinary beings and adventures. Consists of twenty-seven episodes by nineteen authors and pictures by five illustrators.… (more)
It starts out very promising, and I greatly enjoyed the first few chapters, but quickly devolves into rather boring episodic nonsense as a new author enters with every chapter. Some of the later chapters do, however, make an admirable effort at bringing it all together. By the end, it's been a mostly bland reading experience, but the occasional funny moment helps, as does the fact that it is all tied up neatly at the end. ( )
Narrated by Phil Gigante. Sixteen children’s authors contribute episodes in this progressive story about circus kids Nancy and Joe Sloppy who receive a card on their 11th birthday directing them to save the parents they believed were dead by piecing together a robot. They must run a gamut of motley villains and friends to accomplish their mission before time runs out! Gigante’s vocal work is skillfully dextrous, with an amazing ability to stretch, push and pull as each character demands. An entertaining job, but with so many wacky developments and characters involved in the progressive story format it does take some effort to track the storyline. ( )
A completely bizarre and somewhat disjointed account of the adventures of Nancy and Joe, twins left at the circus as babies when their parents open a portal into another dimension, as they search for the pieces of the exquisite corpse robot that will help them to rescue their parents. A modern-day take on the Victorian parlor game, the Exquisite Corpse is written by some of the best-known children's authors writing today. Not my favorite book, but an entertaining read.
This is a goofy, delightful, careening tale. The joy at cobbling together the tale, one author/illustrator at a time, is evident. This story is the kind of wild romp that will make kids snort when it's read aloud in a classroom. Save literary analysis for another project and just enjoy in the giddy fun of the creators. (152) ( )
Twins Joe and Nancy were raised in a circus but on their eleventh birthday they learn their parents are still alive and need their help, so they set out on an quest filled with many extraordinary beings and adventures. Consists of twenty-seven episodes by nineteen authors and pictures by five illustrators.
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Ever heard of an Exquisite Corpse? It's not what you might think. An Exquisite Corpse is an old game in which people write a phrase on a sheet of paper, fold it over to conceal part of it and pass it on to the next player to do the same. The game ends when someone finishes the story, which is then read aloud.
Our "Exquisite Corpse Adventure" works this way: Jon Scieszka, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, has written the first episode, which is "pieced together out of so many parts that it is not possible to describe them all here, so go ahead and just start reading!" He has passed it on to a cast of celebrated writers and illustrators, who must eventually bring the story to an end.
Episode 1 – “ . . . Just Start Reading”
Contributed by: Jon Scieszka
Illustration by: Chris Van Dusen
Episode 2 – “The Lost Clue”
Contributed by: Katherine Paterson
Illustration by: James Ransome
Episode 3 – “This chapter is entitled (what else?) THE FOUND CLUE”
Contributed by: Kate DiCamillo
Illustration by: Calef Brown
Episode 4 – “Dig That Pig”
Contributed by: Susan Cooper
Illustration by: Timothy Basil Ering
Episode 5 – “The Exquisite Corpse”
Contributed by: Gregory Maguire
Illustration by: Chris Van Dusen
Episode 6 – “Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!”
Contributed by: Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack
Illustration by: James Ransome
Episode 7 – “The Beast Pit”
Contributed by: Shannon Hale
Illustration by: Calef Brown
Episode 8 – “A Possible Solution”
Contributed by: Natalie Babbitt
Illustration by: Timothy Basil Ering
Episode 9 – “In Arm's Way”
Contributed by: Natalie Babbitt
Illustration by: Timothy Basil Ering
Episode 10 – “Wolf at the Door”
Contributed by: Megan McDonald
Illustration by: James Ransome
Episode 11 – “A Second Arm”
Contributed by: Steven Kellogg
Illustration by: Steven Kellogg
Episode 12 – “The Shadowy Abyss of Our Own Fates”
Contributed by: Lemony Snicket
Illustration by: Timothy Basil Ering
Episode 13 – “Lucky Episode 13: Out of the Cradle, Into the Fire”
Contributed by: M. T. Anderson
Illustration by: Chris Van Dusen
Episode 14 – “Skills”
Contributed by: Linda Sue Park
Illustration by: James Ransome
Episode 15 – “The Gingerbread House”
Contributed by: Katherine Paterson
Illustration by: Calef Brown
Episode 16 – “If I Only Had a Leg”
Contributed by: Kate DiCamillo
Illustration by: Timothy Basil Ering
Episode 17 – “Speak, Memory”
Contributed by: Susan Cooper
Illustration by: Chris Van Dusen
Episode 18 – “The Regional Conference”
Contributed by: Gregory Maguire
Illustration by: James Ransome
Episode 19 – “Legs on the Run”
Contributed by: Shannon Hale
Illustration by: Calef Brown
Episode 20 – “An Angel Descends”
Contributed by: Steven Kellogg
Illustration by: Timothy Basil Ering
Episode 21 – “Anything At All”
Contributed by: Linda Sue Park
Illustration by: Chris Van Dusen
Episode 22 – “Meanwhile, Near a Meadow”
Contributed by: Lemony Snicket
Illustration by: James Ransome
Episode 23 – “Promises, Promises, and More Promises”
Contributed by: Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack
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