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Frazee, Marla

The Boss Baby

36 pp. | Little Simon | August, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4424-8779-6 $7.99
New ed. (2010)

(3) PS A new CEO is in town, full of demands. This boss from hell is a baby, and he has Mom and Dad "on a round-the-clock schedule, with no time off." The execution is witty and efficient, with an agreeably concise (and straight-faced) text allowing plenty of room for the pictures--retro-pastel, coolly shadowed with Frazee's calming black-crayon lines--to deliver the punch lines. This board book edition has Baby Shower Gift written all over it.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2010