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My Presentation Today Is About the Anaconda
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March, 2026
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Bibi Dumon Tak | April, 2025 | 978-1-6461-4510-2
If you’ve ever sat through an elementary school presentation, this book will feel hilariously familiar. In this all-dialogue story, twenty animals take turns presenting reports, but the classroom quickly dissolves into interruptions, side comments, bragging, and thinly disguised insults. While Earthworm sincerely presents on the anaconda, classmates can’t resist chiming in.
Tak perfectly captures the chaotic rhythm of a classroom discussion gone off track, and Hopman’s expressive illustrations amplify the humor. Smart, sharp, and laugh-out-loud funny, this is a perfect read-aloud for ages 8–12—especially before presentation day.
