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Burach, Ross
4 Reviews
(3)
K-3
"What are you guys doing?" a caterpillar asks its fellow creatures. The reply: "We're going to metamorphosize." "Meta-WHAT-now?" The caterpillar's cluelessness prevails throughout this amusing Mo Willems–flavored tale of transformation ("'Am I a butterfly yet?' / 'No.' / 'How about now?' / 'No'"). Cartoon-style art shows the goggle-eyed caterpillar behaving wonderfully badly (e.g., it orders takeout from its chrysalis).
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(3)
K-3
When Giraffe moves to the jungle, the other animals, and even a human ("Smartest species? Yeah, right"), keep mistaking him for a chair and sitting on him. Giraffe is too afraid to speak up...until nature's call ("I've got to pee!") forces him to take a stand. This well-spun tale's slapstick is all the funnier for the cast's dopey facial expressions.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(4)
K-3
Timid bear Boof loves his lucky red leaf; when the leaf blows away, the desperate Boof is aided in his search by Pine, an adventurous porcupine. The slight story is padded with an overlong text, underwear jokes, and trite cartoon humor (e.g., mistaking a snake for a vine), but there's energy in the flat pencil and acrylic illustrations and a happy if predictable ending.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano
(4)
K-3
A bow-tie-sporting boy sits for lunch at a fancy restaurant and encounters endless surprises in his soup. Each time the frazzled, snooty waiter tries to correct the gaffe, he returns with a bowl brimming with another silly zoo-animal guest. The humor is one-note, but the illustrations successfully take advantage of white space and proportion in depicting the menagerie of boisterous beasts.
Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan
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