A Banana Blew Up in My Backpack
Louise Zito
Illustrations by Bill Crowley
Full color, 32 pages, 8 1/2" x 11", saddlestitched
Funnyside Publishing, $12.00

This colorful tale is based on a true story about a third-grader who discovered that explosive fruit and homework don't mix. 

“This book was the funniest book I’ve ever read. And I gave it two thumbs up!”– Steve Kraus, Age 7, Corpus Christi School, Colorado Springs, Colorado

“The book was funny, and the pictures made me laugh. I would definitely read it again and again and again.”– Tommy Kraus, Age 9, Corpus Christi School, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

“The book was great! The fact that these things actually happen between students and teachers makes it even funnier.”– Elizabeth Slamkowski, Age 13, Corpus Christi School, Colorado Springs, Colorado

“This is a book for kids of all ages. It will keep you laughing the whole time.”– Colleen O’Brien, Age 14, Corpus Christi School, Colorado Springs, Colorado

“From a teacher’s perspective, this book is incredible, for rhyming, for making predictions about the story, and for moral lessons about telling the truth.”– Mary Keith, Kindergarten Teacher, Holy Trinity School, Colorado Springs, Colorado


Louise Zito has taught for several years in various places and at various grade levels. She currently teaches third grade at Holy Trinity Catholic School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She enjoys reading and writing humorous poetry and based this book on an actual incident in her third-grade class at Corpus Christi School. Through teaching, she has gained an appreciation for the imagination of children and learned a valuable lesson about how to pack a banana in a backpack.

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