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MacDonald, Ross
3 Reviews
(3)
K-3
Henry, "a bits-and-pieces kind of guy," is a monster with a cheerful attitude about his essential body parts' tendencies to detach. When his favorite appendage, Hand, runs away to the big city to escape Henry's endless chores, both Henry and Hand discover what makes a friendship work. Warm, retro-style watercolor and pencil-crayon illustrations brighten this unique and humorous tale.
Reviewer: Pam Yosca
(2)
K-3
This alphabet book explodes with raucous humor. Each letter provides its own slapstick vignette; the illustrations resemble hand-tinted pictures from the 1940s, with cherubic, chubby-legged children. Most of the jokes involve someone smaller or less important, a child or an animal, triumphing comically over the larger and stronger. MacDonald exaggerates the onomatopoeic words by playing with their appearance.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2004
(4)
K-3
While a perfectly ordinary day is described ("the morning sun came streaming through Jack's bedroom window. He got up and looked out...got dressed...") campy illustrations evoking the world of 1950s primers and comic books show a superhero getting ready for work. Jack's life is a boy's dream--as it turns out. Although the retro atmosphere and metatextual touches wink over the heads of a child audience, there's plenty here for young dreamers.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
3 reviews
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