The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Uribe, VerÃ³nica

Buzz Buzz Buzz

32 pp. | Groundwood | June, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-88899-430-3 $$15.95

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Gloria Calderon. A buzzing mosquito disturbs the sleep of two young children, causing them to escape out their window into the jungle where they encounter such animals as a howling monkey, a coral snake, and an alligator. A fanciful flight on the back of an owl returns them to their beds. The narrative, a translation from the original Spanish, is awkward in places, but the colorful illustrations, which resemble woodcuts, are accomplished.

Reviewer: Heather L. Helper