No, David!

No, David! is a 1998 children's book written and illustrated by David Shannon and published by Scholastic Inc. It was named a Caldecott Honor Book, an ALA Notable Children's Book, a Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon title, and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and was on the New York Times Best Illustrated Book list.[1]

No, David!
IllustratorDavid Shannon
Cover artistDavid Shannon
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesCaldecott Honor Book
GenreComedy
PublishedSeptember 1, 1998
PublisherBlue Sky Press
Pages32
AwardsCaldecott Honor Book, ALA Notable Child Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon title, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, New York Times Best Illustrated Book List
ISBN0-590-93002-8

Background

When author David Shannon was five years old, he wrote a story about a little boy who did all sorts of things that he wasn't supposed to do (leading to her often saying, "No David!"). In 1997, Shannon came across his childhood book in his mother's closet, and re-wrote it using a childlike handwriting and including drawings of his mishaps. In 1999 No, David was a Caldecott Honor Book. In the author's note (near the first page) the author states (at the end of it), "Of course, 'yes' is a wonderful word. But 'yes' doesn't keep the crayon off the wall". [2]

Sequels (Original Books)
  • David Goes to School (1999)
  • David Gets in Trouble (2002)
  • It's Christmas, David! (2010)
  • Grow Up, David! (2018)

Sequels (Board Books)
  • David Smells! (2005)
  • Oh, David! (2005)
  • Oops! (2005)

Sequels (Sticker and Activity Books)
  • Uh-oh, David! (2013)

Critical reception

In 1999, No, David! won the Caldecott Honor distinction.[3] The book went on to become very popular.

Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."[4] It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal.[5]

gollark: If there's some leather available, and two different production processes needing leather, how do you decide which factory gets which?
gollark: And a quota for "10 tons of nails", so they made a single 10-ton nail.
gollark: There were things with Soviet truck depots driving trucks in circles pointlessly because they had a quota of "40000 miles driven".
gollark: If your factory is told to make 100K units of winter clothing of any kind they will probably just go for the simplest/easiest one, even if it isn't very useful to have 100K winter coats (extra small) (plain white). Now, you could say "but in capitalism they'll just make the cheapest one", but companies are directly subservient to what consumers actually want and can't get away with that.
gollark: That is why we have the "legal system"./

References
  1. Shannon, David (1998-09-01). No, David! (1st ed.). Blue Sky Press. ISBN 9780590930024.
  2. http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal#90s
  3. Association for Library Service to Children. "Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present". American Library Association. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  4. National Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  5. Bird, Elizabeth (July 6, 2012). "Top 100 Picture Books Poll Results". School Library Journal "A Fuse #8 Production" blog. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
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