The 2000 Year Old Man Goes to School

by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner

Book Overview

About four days ago, a plane landed in America with a man who claimed to be 2000 years old. Today, that man is visiting a school just like yours to tell the children of the world what it's like to be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006076676X
• ISBN13: 9780060766764
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN GOES TO SCHOOL

Borrowing the format of the grown-up guest who comes to class to tell you something new and wonderful, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner introduce their 2000 year old man to young students in a free for all Q & A. Actually this 2000 year old man is only 40-something because he dates from 1960's TV, created then by this new picture book's two authors, themselves zany, hilarious performing artists and writers. In this book, set in a classroom, young children ask the old, old, old man wide ranging questions about his experiences at school and at home. The clever, humor comes from unexpected connections or a play on words. Many answers were funny, but it is unclear whether young readers would find them so. Hopefully they will perceive them as silly and lighthearted and will be absorbed into the spirit of crazy fun. The book inspires learning because it shows what imagination can do with common knowledge. Most children studying cave men do not consider playing with the facts; this comedy puts perspective on historical information and contemporary living, the mark of successful satire. The final question slips in moral advice about not cheating. The tone is gentle and silly; it proves you can have fun and still be a mensch. The color illustrations capture the modern classroom and the ancient caveman's milieu. The historical scenes are lively and bursting with action. There is no Jewish content in the words or pictures; it is simply a book by two Jews. However, the book includes a CD (differing marginally from the text, but is essentially the same thing), that is funnier. It delivers not only the words, but also their timing and inflection, and herein lies its Jewish value. This CD captures the rhythms and Yiddishkeit accent of the famous Jewish standup comics whose style entered mainstream American humor. This is one of our culture's great gifts to our national arts. Contemporary youngsters who do not know the Jewish origin of this comic delivery can experience it here. The CD is a piece of living history. Recommended for all ages. Reviewed by Ellen G. Cole

The 2000 year old man -- a review by Eli (7 years old)

A great book. Goes back and forward in time in a very funny way. Extremely entertaining and has great illustrations. The author and illustrator did a great job.

loved it

This book follows almost word for word the 2000 year old man audio collection. I have been laughing with the 2000 year old man for 25 years and even my 15 year old son loves the Mel Brooks/Carl Reiner comedy exchange. This is a great intro for younger kids. If you like this, try the CD's, you'll laugh for hours (or years).

The 2000 Year Old Man Goes to School

Wonderful humor for the kids and the parents and delighful illustrations

The 2000 Year Old Man Goes to School, Goes Beyond The Limits of Family Comedy

" The 2000 Year Old Man Goes To School" by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner is extremely entertaining and has laughs for readers of all ages. It is a delight reading the work! Every page gets funnier and zanier as you flip through the book full of eye-popping illustrations. If you do not laugh or giggle throughout this book, you have no sense of humor because this book is perhaps one of the most witty and comical books I have ever read. Complete Genius!