About this title: A space alien named Henry P. Baloney faces "Permanent Lifelong Detention" unless he can come up with a feasible excuse for why he is once again late for school. Using words from different languages (including Italian, French, Swahili, and Welsh), Henry spins a remarkable tale about his adventurous trip to school. A special "decoder" page in the ...
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Description: Smith, Lane. Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. Gently used. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. New in good dust jacket. Shelf wear to jacket. New book, Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. Good read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Very good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. Good read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780670892488ISBN:0670892483
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"In this silly and bizarre story about an alien by the name of Henry P. Baloney, he is late for class and faces lifelong detention from Miss Bugscuffle. While he masterminds quite an excuse to explain why he wasn't on time, it is told in a combination of many Earth languages. Children will all be able to relate to this familiar tale and enjoy reading such words as 'zimulus' and 'deski'. Illustrations add to the story in trying to decipher what certain words mean in this wild tale filled with plenty of interest and a unique premise."
"Baloney is a picture book for 2nd to 5th grade readers. It is about an alien named Henry P. Baloney who is late to class. If he doesn't give a good excuse to his teacher then he will have lifelong detention. The book shows his elaborate excuse about why he was late. The story follows him through an adventure the starts with him misplacing his zimulis (pencil), going on a sighing flosser (flying saucer), and becoming kuningas (king) of another planet. The whole book features words that make no sense. Later in the book it is explained that these words were a combination of over 10 languages. A decoder is also given at the end of the story. I believe that the point of this story was to show an alien with a human problem. There is also a quote on the book flap that says, "It's also about the weird feeling you get when you are learning to read and every other word looks like it comes from outer space." That is exactly how I felt when I read this book, which is probably why I didn't like it very much. Once I knew this information I reread the book and it made much more sense. It is a visually entertaining read that forces you to infer and figure out the words you don't know."
Our young green-faced alien, Henry P. Baloney, arrives late at school once too often. His teacher, Miss Bugscuffle, wants to know the reason why. Henry embarks on a creative excuse, and naturally as an alien, he continues to use "alien" words (for translations of them see Decoder at the back of the book). "I would have been exactly on time," said Henry, "But. . . I misplaced my trusty zimulis. Then I. . . um. . . found it on my deski." Somehow, the words, such as "zimulis" for pencil, "razzo" for rocket, "skola" for school, don't seem so alien (most are real words from our own world, albeit from Poland, Latvia, Finland, and so on. A few are nonsensical, yet descriptive) and fit perfectly into his excuse. Overcome with admiration of his magnificent tall tale, Miss Bugscuffle asks Henry to write down his story. Henry's reply is, "I seem to have misplaced my zimulis." The word play continues throughout. Irreverent, talented illustrator Lane Smith illuminatingly depicts Miss Bugscuffle. His work clarifies the text."
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