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Soap
3 Reviews
(4)
K-3
Hugo gets caught up in a series of adventures while running an errand for his mother. On a quest for soap, he returns home caked in mud and needing a bath (enter: soap). An occasional effort is made to translate the embedded Spanish words in the story. The cheerful and colorful exaggerated illustrations are somewhat more successful than the text. Glos.
Reviewer: Tim Wadham
(3)
4-6
Checkerboard: Cool Crafts series.
This series offers an introduction to six popular crafts. Background information and step-by-step directions for four appealing projects in each book may be too complicated for children under ten. Layout, design, and safety with tools and materials are covered. Unfamiliar terms are defined in the context and in a brief glossary. Ind. Review covers these Checkerboard: Cool Crafts titles: Cool Rubber Stamp Art, Cool Scrapbooks, Cool Beaded Jewelry, Cool Clay Projects, Cool Melt & Pour Soap, and Cool Painted Stuff.
Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Stacey Dressen-McQueen.
Little Kessy gets the important task of running to the island's tiny store for more laundry soap--"the biggest piece." On the way home his soap keeps coming in handy to help people, and he turns his mundane errand into a story of adventure. The book is set in the Truk Islands of Micronesia: the pictures feature lush tropical colors.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2004
3 reviews
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