The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Burnell, Heather Ayris

Kick! Jump! Chop!: The Adventures of the Ninjabread Man

40 pp. | Sterling | October, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4549-1881-3 $16.95

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Bomboland. After a martial arts teacher bakes a Ninjabread Man, the cheeky cookie defeats all opponents--unlike his ill-fated counterpart in the traditional tale of "The Gingerbread Man." Afterward, he remains at the dojo to give the animal students' workouts "a whole new flavor." Despite groan-worthy wordplay and occasionally difficult-to-decipher action, readers will likely admire the three-dimensional effect of the cut-paper-style illustrations.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert