The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

MacDonald, Ross

Another Perfect Day

32 pp. September, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-7613-1595-0 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-7613-2659-6 $$22.90

(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