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Daywalt, Drew

The Wrong Book

40 pp. | Philomel | February, 2024 | Trade ISBN 9780593621967 $18.99 | Ebook ISBN 9780593621974 $10.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Alex Willmore. An unseen speaker introduces items and characters with statements that are, for the most part, wrong (“This is a flower. Flowers grow all over the world and...go CHUGGA CHUGGA CHOOOO CHOOOO!!!!"). Or are they? A frustrated talking bookmark acts as a stand-in for the audience, reacting to the ridiculousness in speech-bubble dialogue and eventually pulling in the subjects themselves; readers and listeners will likely find the absurdity more enjoyable than the increasingly enraged bookmark does. Mixed-media illustrations in bold colors contain lots of room for our bookmark friend to amusingly bounce around.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

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