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McAnulty, Stacy

Max Explains Everything: Grocery Store Expert

32 pp. | Putnam | April, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-101-99644-7 $16.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Deborah Hocking. Curly-haired Max eventually comes around to accept his conscription as Mom's errand-companion and shares his expertise in a how-to guide for potential supermarket-draftees. Digitally manipulated gouache and colored-pencil illustrations show stylized (and stylish) characters amid the store's abundance. Comic-book elements create gentle dramatic irony, but Max navigates the tedium in earnest, making realistically childlike attempts to manipulate a loving but savvy mother.
Reviewer: Dorrie Karlin

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