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Magoon, Scott
4 Reviews
(3)
PS
A baby white whale explores the ocean, diving, singing, and making new friends. Spare text suggests a contemplative pace with breaks for the whale (and the reader) to come up for air. The digital illustrations of rounded sea creatures in a palette of blues and whites create an ice-cold yet inviting atmosphere, and spreads have just enough detail for toddlers to explore.
Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay
(4)
K-3
This adaptation of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" replaces the canid with Bigfoot, who narrates the tale ("I didn't normally talk to a Littlefoot. But there was something about this Ben I liked"). Magoon mostly embellishes rather than expands on the story, but his digital illustrations are quite funny (to corroborate his lie, Ben stamps the ground with cutouts of giant footprints).
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(3)
K-3
The narrator of this amusing story about family life complains that when Mom and Dad enthusiastically announce a "mystery" ride in the car, "it really means they're taking us someplace we would never, EVER want to go." Still, boring errands can be tolerable when they culminate in a trip to the ice-cream stand. Magoon's digital illustrations have a scribbly, spontaneous look.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert
(4)
K-3
Artist Hugo the elephant has hit a creative wall, so he joins his friend Miles on a trip to Paris to get out of his "elephunk." He visits the Louvre and Musée d'Orsay, but it's atop the Eiffel Tower that he's inspired to see from a new perspective. Though the digitally colored pencil sketches are kid-friendly, Hugo's realization is very adult.
Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan
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