The earnest gravity of the fighters’ quests paired with the mundane setting and melodramatic tone are perfectly balanced to produce a brand of purely absurd, sidesplitting humor that kids will gobble up. Daywalt’s over-the-top words are uproariously carried out in Rex’s lush artwork-the expansive cast of inanimate objects are rendered with realistic depth and naturalistic colors, but their hammy, expressive faces and grandiose declarations catapult them to cartoonish heights. Happily, each of the three can now feel the joy of losing, and the rest is history. They finally converge in the garage, though the conclusion is a bit surprising: “This is the best day of my life! Thank you for winning, O great knight of Paper!” Rock exclaims. Scissors faces off with a tape dispenser before scaling the fridge to conquer some dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets, but she, too, cannot be beaten. Meanwhile, Paper longs for someone to outwit him, but the printer and a half-eaten bag of trail mix are no match. First up is Rock, who takes on first a clothespin holding up a pair of underpants and then a scowling apricot on Grandma’s favorite tree, but those victories are too easy. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (+) (00/03/17)īooklist - *Starred Review* It’s a game played on playgrounds everywhere, but does anyone truly know the story of Rock-Paper-Scissors? Daywalt and Rex’s riotous take on the majestic history of the game reveals the origin of three mighty warriors.

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ill., 28 cmĪ laugh-out-loud funny picture book about the legend (aka, wholly invented backstory) of the classic childhood game Rock, Paper, Scissors. and never ends.Physical Description: p., col. Time and again they beat the most fearsome opponents they could find: an apricot, a computer printer-even frozen, breaded, dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets! But when the warriors finally meet each other, the most epic round of battles begins. These three were the strongest, smartest, and fastest in all the land.

And his name was PAPER.Īt the same time, in the Kitchen Realm, in the tiny village of Junk Drawer, lived a third warrior. Meanwhile in the Empire of Mom’s Home Office, a second great warrior sought the glory of battle. Long ago, in an ancient and distant realm called the Kingdom of Backyard, there lived a warrior named ROCK. From New York Times bestselling creators Drew Daywalt, author of The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home, and Adam Rex, author-illustrator of Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, comes a laugh-out-loud hilarious picture book about the epic tale of the classic game Rock, Paper, Scissors.

The legend of rock paper scissors