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Davis, Katie
6 Reviews
(4)
4-6
Addy is convinced that her father's death from cancer and her mother's impending remarriage, not to mention her social humiliations at school, are the result of a family curse. Addy's comic-strip journal, inserted throughout the text, places heavy subjects in a lighter context. Despite some clunky exposition, the book's typical preteen concerns are balanced by genuine emotion.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl
(4)
PS
As invitations circulate and preparations for a party ensue among a barnyard full of increasing numbers of unusually colored animals, a little blue ant wonders if he's invited. Occasionally punning side comments from the animals may be more appreciated by older readers. Bright, crazy colors accent the simply styled art for this birthday party.
Reviewer: Susan Halperin
(4)
K-3
A timid girl tries to overcome her fears by pretending to be a witch and chanting such magic words as please and thank you. She realizes that the snakes and monsters she imagines are actually just shoelaces and bushes. Children will identify with her fears, amplified by the bold illustrations, even if her method for working through them is a bit confusingly presented.
Reviewer: Sara Pearce
(3)
PS
The sequel to Who Hops? will provoke just as many giggles as its predecessor. The brightest of colors, set off with thick black outlines, create bold, attention-grabbing animal portraits on each page. Silly statements allow children the gleeful opportunity to be "smarter" than the book, which maintains that owls don't hoot, mice don't squeak, and lions don't roar, until the page turn reveals that they "definitely" do.
Reviewer: CHristine Sarrazin
(3)
K-3
A little girl repeatedly tries to crash the fabulous party she feels sure her parents throw every night after she goes to bed, but finally gives up and hosts her own celebration in her dreams. Uncomplicated cartoon artwork in colors as brash as the young narrator herself boosts the text's humor with whimsical details, such as the animated ducky slippers accompanying the girl on her quest.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
(4)
PS
Stylized illustrations rendered in neon-bright colors and thick outline show a series of animals that hop (or swim, or crawl, etc.) followed by an animal that obviously doesn't. The radioactive look of this simple guessing game might not be easy on a parent's eye, but its energy and format will probably attract young children.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
6 reviews
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