The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Baer, Julien

The Book in the Book in the Book

56 pp. | Holiday | January, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-4243-0 $18.99

(4) K-3 Translated by Elizabeth Law. Illustrated by Simon Bailly. When Thomas can't find his parents on the beach, he discovers a book--in which he's in another vacation setting and finds another book. Each book, bound inside the other, has a smaller trim size and a text that repeats exactly as colorful, intriguingly textured illustrations show Thomas next exploring a ski slope and then outer space. This French import's conceit, while clever, has limited reread appeal.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth