The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Singer, Marilyn

What's a Banana?

24 pp. | Abrams/Abrams Appleseed | August, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4197-2139-7 $12.95

(4) PS Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli. Using rhyme and wordplay, two children, a dog, and a cat highlight different things you can do with the titular fruit in each book. While many of the descriptions are clever and creative, others are peculiar and force the rhyme (e.g., "You can snuggle it [an apple], or juggle it, or put it in a pile"). Still, the inventiveness and cartoonlike illustrations should engage young children. Review covers these titles: What's a Banana? and What's an Apple?

Reviewer: Grace Enriquez