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Cabatingan, Erin
3 Reviews
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Matthew Myers.
Zebra takes Musk Ox on a journey to each continent, where they learn a fact or two and Musk Ox has a chance to complain. Musk Ox's self-centered worldview is more silly than informative. There are plenty of one-liners and visual gags, but this third book featuring the odd couple (A Is for Musk Ox; Musk Ox Counts) doesn't fully hang together.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Matthew Myers.
After his humorous efforts to learn the alphabet (A Is for Musk Ox), Musk Ox takes on counting. Unhappy that he's alone on the "one musk ox" page (even though he wanted to go first), Musk Ox barges onto other pages, messing up the counting lesson. This anti-counting book will elicit plenty of guffaws, and Myers's heavy shapes suit the musk ox's forceful personality.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Matthew Myers.
In this humorous ABC-book parody, a self-centered musk ox sees each letter of the alphabet as a chance to talk about himself: "C is for musk ox...because...we live in Canada..." The joke is stretched a bit too thin, but Myers's paint is as thick and bulky as his main character's fur, giving the illustrations an almost tactile quality.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
3 reviews
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