Pepper & Boo: Paws Up for Joy! Charise Mericle Harper. 2023. [February] 64 pages. [Source: Library]
First sentence: Twelve paws like to celebrate. Four paws belong to Pepper. Four paws belong to Boo. Four paws belong to the Cat. The Cat is excited. It has been raining for five whole days. But today the sun is shining! It is a special day.
Premise/plot: Joy looks different to these three friends. Pepper and Boo--being dogs--like things their way. Cat--being a cat--likes things her way. Cat spends most of the book OUTSIDE experiencing much joy. Pepper and Bo spend most of the book inside experiencing joy as well. Much of their joy is in being free of Cat.
My thoughts: It was okay. That's the best I can say about this third entry in the series. It wasn't great. It wasn't awful. Not much happens--that's all. Which is fine. If you love, love, love the characters then perhaps it's still quite enjoyable to have sixty-four pages of not much happening. There's nothing wrong with having characters carry the story and do much of the 'heavy-lifting.'
© 2023 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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