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Oppel, Kenneth

The King's Taster

32 pp. | HarperCollins | June, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-075372-6 $17.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-06-075373-3 $18.89
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher. Cheerful, bespectacled dog Max is the royal food-taster. The new king, a small boy, only "picks and pokes" at his food; even reliable child-pleasers won't do, so Max helps the cook seek new recipes. The story's humor is milked to full effect in both the lively text and well-wrought art, which skillfully incorporates patterns (including scraps of recipes) counterpointing freely applied watercolors.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2009

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