You've Guac to Be Joking

I Love Avocados!

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Pub Date 05 Mar 2019 | Archive Date 25 Feb 2019

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Description

Avocados aren't just for toast anymore! An adorable gift book with 120 illustrated avocado smash-ups and pit-iful puns.

Avocados are the celebrity of the fruit universe. This funny, illustrated collection pays homage to America's favorite fruit. Avocabra! Guaca-mole, Kiss My Hass! Let's Avocuddle!
Puns and mash-ups celebrate global avo-obsession!
Avocados aren't just for toast anymore! An adorable gift book with 120 illustrated avocado smash-ups and pit-iful puns.

Avocados are the celebrity of the fruit universe. This funny, illustrated...

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EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781449494681
PRICE $9.99 (USD)
PAGES 128

Average rating from 41 members


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This is so cute. Full of lots of puns and cute drawings all avocado related shockingly ! I think this would be a great gift for young kids and a great family book.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

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Funny short book of illustrations.. really cute illustrations I must say. They did make me laugh which I guess was the purpose since it's humor.
I love avocado so I really enjoyed it!

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The art was gorgeous! Also, the more i read, the funnier the puns became :)
A very enjoyable, quick read!

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I LOVE this little avocado gift book! There's so much fun puns, there's even a Lord of the Rings one!
The illustrations are bright and colourful. The puns are clever and the drawing style is very cute.
Makes a great gift for avocado fans.

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I love comics and I love avocados (California native here) so naturally I was excited to see a book of avocado puns. Some have a lot of small details that made them just adorable (e.g. avo babies.) There's a lot of pop culture references, not all of which I got, but I laughed at quite a few. In my opinion, the avocado toast puns were the best. Overall I think this book will make a really good gift for any avocado and pun lovers in your life, that co-worker you aren't sure what to get, or your next white elephant gift exchange. (And that last one is not because it's terrible, but because I think it's enjoyable for everyone.)

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Exactly what you would think it would be....a book full of cute cartoon drawings and all of them are some sort of avocado pun. And it was so cute. I love avocados and I love puns (especially ones involving food), so this book was right up my alley! Quick read when you need a few giggles.

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Cute book with puns and jokes all about avocados. Would be a humorous gift to give to chefs and other foodies.

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Are you an avocado lover, or you know someone who is? Then this little book will be a perfect gift for them!
Many thanks to the publisher and netgalley!

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This was exactly what I was expecting it to be. The illustrations are beautiful and the puns had me smiling, giggling and laughing out loud. As an avocado lover this book was quite satisfying.

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This book is 130 pages of illustrated avocado puns. The art style is fun and the designs would make great greetings cards. The book would be the ideal gift for the friend who loves avocadoes and dad jokes.

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A very fun illustrated book with avocado puns. Who would’ve thought that there could be over 100 puns to be made about an avocado? Some were very funny while others pretty mundane. Overall a good laugh and very cute and clever illustrations!

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Looking for a little laugh? Read this book! Its got some true LOL pages for you and some wit attached to advocados that you would never have thought of. The author did an amazing job connecting simple text to a cute illustration that makes the reader laugh, remember things from the past, and walk away from this book with a smile on their face. I read this with my children and they laughed out loud many times. They loved the illustrations. Well done!

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You've Guac to be Joking is a humorous book full of puns about what else? Avocados! As with most puns, some did come out a bit forced but some really had me laughing. There were a couple pages of this book that I would love to print and hang up as posters because they made me smile. Definitely would recommend.

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Very funny, very clever - I love me a good pun and a great illustration, and this book is full of them.
Lots of wit, lots of colour. A refreshing read. 'Avo look at it!

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No, this is not a graphic novel or a comic book but rather a compilation of illustrations featuring avocado as a personification of famous personalities and non-living and living things, such as animals. I love all the drawings because they are really witty and Cat Faulkner is very clever in thinking of how can she relate avocado to a real person or another thing. Packed with 123 pages of funny illustrations that will definitely amuse everyone who will get to have the chance to check this out.

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You've Guac to Be Joking was a wonderful and creative book! The illustrations were inventive, vivid and eye-catching. Even though young children would enjoy the pictures in the book, the target audience is definitely aimed at a more mature group. It's not because anything is inappropriate, it's just that the humor will not be understood by anyone too young. Personally, I think this book could make a fun housewarming gift for those who have most things that they truly need. It's clever and fun! What a fun little gem!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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***Advance Review Copy generously provided through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.


Guys? I'm not even sorry for loving this. I have to say that I'm probably eating too many avocados to be good. (Saying this while watching the four beauties ripe.)

This is a short and illustrated fill of puns, very easy to understand even for not a native speaker. There is not much to say about this other than that this is a funny gift for people obsessed with avocados. Also, the drawings were rather cute.

There is not much to say so I'll share my favourites.

AVOCUDDLE - I really want a cuddle with an avocado... or ten.

Avocado Emma Stone (she's wearing the Easy A corset) and Brad Pit are super funny.

The Pit of Dorian Green is absolutely hilarious, and good job on this one!

Fifty Shades of Green? I bet it's better than the original.

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A great fun read. Pictures are very well drawn and although I had to Google hass, I now get all the jokes! I think the music ones are my favourite, queen and sitting on the Guac of the bay gull.

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Review: If you love puns and guac, "You've Guac to be Joking" is for you. This book is a quick read full of wonderful punny illustrations of avocado being various things and people. The one that stuck out to me the most is Hugh Guacman and it was a picture of an avocado with Wolverine claws. If you've had a bad day than this book has guac to cheer you up.

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A cute little book. I liked the puns and the drawings. A perfect gift for the ones who likes dad jokes.

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YOU’VE GOT TO BE JOKING by Cat Faulkner is the perfect combination of humor and avocado’s. Each page depicts an avocado pun in the form of an illustration. I flew through it and have since gone back to enjoy the avo puns.

You know that person you need to buy a gift for, but it’s so difficult because you don’t know what they’ll like. They say they don’t want anything, but you know deep down they do. The person who has no interest or too many. The person you’re trying to impress, but in a subtle way. The millennial in your life. The person you got for secret Santa. Or maybe even your grandmother. This book is for that person. It’s fun, aesthetically pleasing, and comical. It will also make a perfect coffee table book, especially when you have guests over and must leave them for a while (hopefully to check if your avo’s are ripe).

This book is perfect for:
People who love puns
People who love avocado’s
Millennials
And anyone else with a sense of humor.

If you are an avocado lover, then this book will bring you joy, love, and hopefully some avo’s!

* Thank you NetGalley for providing me with this arc in exchange for an honest review.

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Very colorful, very funny and puny! As a older sister of 4, this is totally a book I would give to my brothers and sister to read! I really did laugh at a lot of it, so I'm sure they would enjoy as well!

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This is such a cute little book to gift somebody that is obsessed with avocados. The drawings are super cute and the little poems\puns are so much fun.

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This was a hilarious book about avocados. My favorite by far was The guac and the tattoo detail was perfect! The illustrations were awesome and the captions/titles were great.
I definitely had a few good laughs while reading this punny book.
Rating: 4 stars
FTC DISCLAIMER: I received this book in exchange for an honest review

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I found this book cute and very funny. I love puns and humour and avocados so this was right up my street.

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