The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Haughton, Chris

Shh! We Have a Plan

40 pp. | Candlewick | September, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-7293-5 $15.99

(1) PS In spare, humorous text and blocky digital illustrations, four hunters (three of them outfitted with nets) pursue a vibrantly red bird through blue-hued woods. The three larger hunters shush their smallest, netless cohort when he calls to the bird. Subsequent bird-catching attempts result in slapstick pratfalls, but the littlest hunter's methods prevail, charming not only that first red bird, but an entire multicolored flock.

Reviewer: Megan Dowd Lambert | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2014