First sentence: One hot summer in Itching Down, Four million wasps flew into town.
Premise/plot: I would NOT want to be in Itching Down when FOUR MILLION wasps flew into town. I wouldn't want to be there for even ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND wasps. Would you? This classic picture book is told in rhyme. Though the situation is far from ideal, the text is DELIGHTFUL.
My thoughts: I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this one. It is so much fun. I love the rhythm and rhyme of it. From cover to cover it just works. Not all books written in rhyme do work. Some seem to struggle a bit here and there. This one is practically perfect in every way.
Quotes:
A truck drew up and dumped out butter,
And they spread it out with a flap and a flutter.
Spoons and spades! Slap and slam!
And they did the same with the strawberry jam.
Suddenly the sky was humming!Original audience born circa 1968 to 1970.
All four million wasps were coming!
They smelled that jam, they dived and struck!
And they ate so much that they all got stuck.
Text: 5 out of 5
Illustrations: 4 out of 5
Total: 9 out of 10
© 2019 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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