The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Primavera, Elise

I'm a Baked Potato!

32 pp. | Chronicle | May, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4521-5592-0 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Juana Medina. When a baked-potato-loving woman decides to get a dog, she finds a "smooth" and "warm" pup and names him Baked Potato. When the lady goes out, the dog goes looking for her, and a series of encounters leads him to realize he is not, in fact, an actual baked potato. Medina's digital illustrations use color and line effectively; and though the details are quirky, the arc of Primavera's story is familiar and comforting.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2019