The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Lane, Nathan , Elliott, Devlin

Naughty Mabel Sees It All

48 pp. | Simon | October, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4814-3024-1 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4814-3025-8

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Dan Krall. Spoiled little rich dog Mabel's vision problems cause various comical misunderstandings until her human "parents" finally take her to a doggy optometrist. This Mabel story is more transparently purposeful than its predecessor (Naughty Mabel), but the authors' wit survives (Mabel's seventy-year-old neighbor is "490 in dog years"), as do Krall's cheeky visuals (don't miss Martha Stewart as seen in Mabel's triple vision).

Reviewer: Nell Beram