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Hodgkinson, Leigh
6 Reviews
(2)
PS
Cheery, textured mixed-media illustrations show round-eyed, towheaded tot Goldilocks, who decides she's too old for diapers. Potty-training Goldilocks knows what she does and does not like; underwear and potty must be "just right!" Alongside the celebratory stars and rainbows in the neatly patterned pictures, there are some cute visual nods to the classic Goldilocks tale, and the three bears make a spirited cameo on the back endpapers.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2018
(4)
PS
A young reader is on the hunt for the perfect spot to read. Eventually, he realizes that you can read anywhere, and that reading is better with friends. Cartoony multi-media illustrations with collage elements elevate uneven rhymes listing the boy's increasingly outlandish requirements ("It's got to be NOT hot... / Not too cold... / ...or up a tree")--which cumulatively become tiresome by book's end.
Reviewer: Katie Sutton
(3)
K-3
A tiny monster introduces readers to various sleeping creatures while sneakily recording their monstrous snores. When the creatures wake up hungry for "some little monsters to eat," the tiny monster scares them off with the recording. It requires close observation to follow the wee monster's clever machinations, but even the youngest set will have a handle on the big beasts, who have a creepy-cute Wild Thing quality.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(3)
K-3
Troll Timothy Limpet is a well-mannered sweetie; human child Tabitha Lumpit is a nose-picking brat. They wonder: why not switch places? Part of this book's humor lies in the fact that at first neither Timothy's nor Tabitha's families notice the switcheroo, although the families eventually lament each kid's incongruous behavior. The be-yourself message comes via punchy mixed-media illustrations and playful font.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(4)
K-3
In this retelling of Goldilocks set in a fancy high-rise, the interloper is a bear and the homeowners are humans. The writing strains for originality ("All that whooshy traveling was certainly a hungry business"), but there are good visual gags and a neat surprise: the bear ultimately realizes that the stylish mom is actually the original Goldilocks all grown up.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(4)
K-3
Denied any more cookies before dinner, Sunny loses her smile--literally--and spends the book's length trying to find it. After Mom praises her for cleaning her room, her smile resurfaces. The story's winking cuteness is overdone, but the illustrations featuring a big-eyed moppet set against collage-meets-cartoonlike backgrounds are attention-grabbing.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
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