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Fenske, Jonathan

Barnacle Is Bored

40 pp. | Scholastic | May, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-86504-3 $14.99
(4) PS For Barnacle, "every day is the same. The tide comes IN...The tide goes OUT." When a polka-dotted fish swims past, Barnacle enviously imagines the fun he must have playing with other ocean creatures--until an eel swallows the fish. Barnacle's over-the-top facial expressions and beige coloring perfectly capture his boredom, but the plot (conveyed entirely in reader-addressed speech bubbles) drags.
Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

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