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Just One More Story
The story of how Austin, who wants more than anything else to get two stories at bedtime instead of one, finally gets his wish.
Dad plays the fiddle, Mom sings country-western, and Austin bangs the tambourine. They call themselves The Swamp Snakes. Every day they perform for a different audience. Every week they travel to a different town. But every night in their trailer, it's exactly the Austin gets one bedtime story, only one, even though he always begs his father for another. How Austin finally gets his second story--and then many, many more--makes for a crowd-pleasing picture book, with illustrations that kick up their own special cheer.
Dad plays the fiddle, Mom sings country-western, and Austin bangs the tambourine. They call themselves The Swamp Snakes. Every day they perform for a different audience. Every week they travel to a different town. But every night in their trailer, it's exactly the Austin gets one bedtime story, only one, even though he always begs his father for another. How Austin finally gets his second story--and then many, many more--makes for a crowd-pleasing picture book, with illustrations that kick up their own special cheer.
32 pages, Hardcover
Published June 1, 2002
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September 6, 2018
I love the glimpse into a non-traditional life. Kids can see a different style of family life, and how they bond with each other. Beware reading at bedtime, as kids will have fun with the word-play and use it to negotiate another book!
January 16, 2012
This book was humorous for a story about reading. I loved how the main character Austin was in love with his fathers story telling. At first, much of the book did not make sense because I feel there was a lot of unnecessary additions for a children's book. Thing like how what kind of cup he drank out of every night, and what his bed felt like compared to other places. Then, I realized the point of bringing this up was to show that though some nights were not how they usually were story time never changed. The connection between the number of stories Austin's father would read and the number of stories of the different places they encountered was a cute touch to this plot. After eleven stories I would think that a child would just completely fall asleep by story three, but Austin loved the stories so much he listened to every single one.
August 29, 2011
Just One More Story is about a father who reads to his son every night before bed. The little boy always asks his dad to read just one more story to him every night. His father tells him he knows the rules just one story. The family was a traveling band, and every night no matter where they were the little boy asked for another story. Eventually the dad gave in and would read more then one book a night, all the way up to eleven. I personally did not care for this book, although there were a couple parts that made me laugh. There was not a part in the book that I could connect with. I could say that it was good that the father finally gave into his son, and read to him more. You can never read to many books to your child.
January 16, 2014
This book was about a family of musicians who traveled from town to town in a trailer to perform at different venues. While their trailer was small and cramped it had a homely feeling because Austin the son had a comfy bed, a warm quit and a father who read to him each night at bedtime. However, although Austin loved stories his father always limited it to one book. Austin finally finds a way to get his father to read him more then one book by taking what his father says literally. When they are invited to stay in a two story house in one of the towns Austin thinks this relates to reading and the number of books he gets that night. When his dad wants to limit the story to one he holds him accountable to literally 2 stories.... books... not the type of house.
February 6, 2016
A little boy travels around with his mom and dad touring the South with their musical act. Every night, back at their trailer, the boy's father tells him one story. One day they stay with some cousins who live in a two story house. The boy demands two stories instead of one, even when understand that house stories refer to how man levels. He gets very excited when they stay at a hotel on the 11th story!
Okay illustrations.
Okay illustrations.
November 23, 2008
A favorite for my son and I, especially as he started developing a sense of humor and began to appreciate the word games in the story. Fun pictures. Fun read. Definitely a refrain familiar to any parent who reads aloud to their children regularly.
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