The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Feldman, Eve B.

Billy & Milly, Short & Silly

32 pp. | Putnam | June, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-24651-7 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Tuesday Mourning. Here's a clever concept book to pore over, laugh at, and try to imitate. In brief vignettes, three or four rhyming words tell a story. Collage illustrations help connect the words and encourage readers to guess what's coming next. Distinctive background colors--bright pinks, yellows, blues, and fuchsias--hold the individual tales together and signal readers when a new story has started.

Reviewer: Robin L. Smith | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2009