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Ali, Dominic

Media Madness: An Insider's Guide to Media

64 pp. | Kids Can | April, 2005 | Trade ISBN 1-55337-174-7 $14.95 | Paper ISBN 1-55337-175-5 $8.95

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Michael Cho. This entertaining, informative, and even insightful guide to media (television, the music industry, magazines, comic books, newspapers, video games, and the Internet), how it's made, and how to critically analyze it is narrated by cartoon character Max McLoon. While amusing, some of the many pop culture references and puns ("Art director Hal Vetica," "The Gnome Chompski Show") may go over readers' heads. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee