And parents will quietly nod to themselves, because they know that when the world is going crazy around them, a little boredom can be pretty sweet sometimes. So if kids identify with Barnacle, they will be as shocked as he is when they get to the ‘circle of life’ moment. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Barnacle Is Bored. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Author/illustrator Jonathan Fenske offers this deliciously acerbic take on the classic childhood lament that every parent has probably heard a dozen times. Barnacle Is Bored - Kindle edition by Fenske, Jonathan, Fenske, Jonathan.

I love to see well-executed dark humor in picture books. Then he notices a menacing eel swimming up behind the fish and in a moment, the fish is gone. He imagines all the fun things the fish gets to do, like diving with dolphins and playing with plankton. He spies a little polka-dotted fish in the water and thinks about how lucky that fish is to have such an interesting life. The sun comes up and goes down, the waves roll in and out and it’s all the same. The tide comes in and he gets wet, the tide goes out and he dries out. The plot in a nutshell: A barnacle bemoans the dullness of his life.īarnacle is hanging off the side of a pier and is thoroughly bored with his day to day life and its repetition. Barnacle Is Bored - Kindle edition by Fenske, Jonathan, Fenske, Jonathan. Boring Barnacle wants something EXCITING to happen. Barnacle Is Bored - Kindle edition by Fenske, Jonathan, Fenske, Jonathan. Bored Barnacle is stuck on the underside of a pier, wishing he had something to do. The tide goes out and Barnacle dries off. Barnacle Is Bored By Jonathan Fenske Scholastic Inc ISBN 9780545865043 Hardcover 40 Pages 9.52' x 9.56' Ages 3 to 6 Scholastic Inc ISBN 9780545913164 Ebook 32 Pages Ages 3 to 6 Barnacle is bored. Written and Illustrated by Jonathan Fenske Scholastic Press, 2016 Barnacle is stuck on the underside of a pier, wishing he had something to do. Barnacle is stuck on the underside of a pier, wishing he had something to do.

Barnacle Is Bored by Jonathan Fenske