My New Teacher and Me!, Al Yankovic
My New Teacher and Me!, Al Yankovic
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My New Teacher and Me!

Author: Al Yankovic

Narrator: Al Yankovic

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 06/25/2013


Synopsis

Comedian, singer/songwriter, five-time Grammy winner and beloved cultural icon ""Weird Al"" Yankovic presents the adventure of Billy, the irrepressible star of the New York Times bestselling When I Grow Up, in an uproarious back-to-school delight. Dazzling wordplay and sparkling rhyme combine in this unique appreciation of the rewards of unabashed originality and the special joy of viewing the world gently askew.I’ll bet every great thinker and leader we’ve gotCould see all kinds of thingsother people could not!Billy is a small boy with a big imagination.Mr. Booth is a serious teacher with a strict lesson plan.When the irresistible force of Billy’s unrestrained creativity meets the immovable object of Mr. Booth’s fixed worldview, one thing is obvious: someone is going to learn a lot this school year!

About Al Yankovic

Pop culture icon and accordion-playing songsmith “Weird Al” Yankovic is the biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time. The recipient of multiple awards and honors, he won his first Grammy in 1985 for the parody “Eat It,” and his first Emmy in 2024 for the movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (starring Daniel Radcliff as Al). His concert tours crisscross the continent and globe, and he has appeared in innumerable screen roles. His award-winning albums include 2014’s Mandatory Fun, the only comedy album to ever debut at #1, and his first children’s book, When I Grow Up, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Southern California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Glenna on August 06, 2014

School must be starting. I'm reading picture books again. Fun book that I think is probably something Weird Al experienced---I know I wonder what he was like in school.......more

Goodreads review by Ben on September 07, 2018

My New Teacher and Me! is a children's picture book written by Al Yankovic and illustrated by Wes Hargis. This book depicts an imaginative boy named Billy and his relationship with his new teacher Mr Booth, who is quite the unimaginative type. Yankovic's text is rather simple, straightforward, charmi......more