Vernon is On His Way Small Stories did feel as if it was starting in the middle of something. Perhaps that is because he and his friends first showed up in Home for Bird. This book is three short stories Waiting, Fishing, and Gardening and each one has Vernon, Skunk and Porcupine off on adventures. The dry humor and unusual illustrations will make or break this book for you. Philip C. Stead has put a lot of effort into Vernon’s world, but something was missing […]
Do Not Lick This Book!!!
Idan Ben-Barak and Julian Frost are respected microbiologists who have created the YouTube series Dumb Ways to Die. They have collaborated with each other this time for a book called Do not lick this book* (It’s Full of Germs). They follow the different types of germs that live on and in our bodies. And while there are cartoon characters, photographs that show you what they really look like. These are done by Linnea Rundgren. Perhaps the author biographies are the best example of the tone […]
Nothing is Fishy with Something’s Fishy
Something’s Fishy is a nontraditional graphic novel. Not set up in the panels that we think of for graphic novels, still, the story and illustrations are one. The story is told while the other characters react but all naturally and flowing into one and another. There is no separation of the two. This is a casual take to present facts in a fun manner. The other pets in the story have some interesting antics that help move things along, but also makes you stop and […]
Sleepy time at the Zoo
c by John Hutton is a bed time story with not a lot of actual story. There are things the animals do (but not a lot to be honest) before the elephant and rhino (the “mother and father” figures without going to deeply into that part of the theme) decide everyone has to go to bed happens, but that is it. I was hoping, before they head off for sleepy time, the zookeeper (who they have woken up with the noise) might catch them and […]
Pop the Classic
This is a take-off of the Buffy Summers story during the TV series, but forgets there was movie (as many fans do). Most of Sunnydale is there (Willow, Xander, Giles, Buffy’s mom) but has Buffy as an 8-year-old girl, just coming into her knowledge she is a slayer, instead of the teen she is during the series. Actually, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Picture Book starts off with Buffy “now” doing what she does best (slaying vampires) and then flashes back to being eight […]
A Not Love Letter to a Beloved Author
Dear Marc Brown; Oh, dear Mr. Brown! Why did you fail me? Okay, your Arthur books (original) were a bit odd, yet there was always something about them that one could enjoy. The TV series of same name was delightful. Other books you have written and illustrated have delighted many times. Now here is a book about pickles, appropriately enough named, Pickle Things. I love a good dill pickle and was hoping that a book about pickles would have potential. With the concept of “Have […]
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