The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Willems, Mo

A Busy Creature's Day Eating: An Alphabetical Smorgasbord

32 pp. | Hyperion | March, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-368-01352-9 $17.99

(2) PS Willems's offbeat ABC book follows a wide-eyed little-kid purple monster enthusiastically eating its way through the day (and the furniture). The culinary adventure begins at the breakfast table with a for "Apples!" and b for "Berries!" but then takes a more unconventional turn: "Furniture!" The creature's consumption, both food and not-food, is shown in cartoony, super-high-energy illustrations, most of them neatly contained in square or rectangular panels.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2018