162. How To Draw a Brave Chicken. Ethan T. Berlin. Illustrated by Jimbo Matison. 2024. 40 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, humor, picture book]
First sentence: Chickens are known for being....well...chicken, but follow these simple directions and you can draw a brave chicken.
Premise/plot: This book delivers...in more ways than one. It shows YOU the reader how to draw a chicken, but not only a chicken, a BRAVE chicken that is ready-not-ready for all sorts of thrilling adventures. As the story continues--and the drawing--it gets sillier and sillier.
My thoughts: I LOVED this silly book. I do have a weakness for chicken-themed picture books. So many great chicken characters exist in children's literature. This one definitely was enjoyable, fun, and SILLY. I think it would be a great read aloud to share with young children.
163. I Am Wriggly. Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Robert Starling. 2024. 32 pages. [Source: Library] [3 stars] [picture book]
First sentence: I am wriggly. Really wriggly. Wriggly, wriggly, wriggly, wriggly. I'm so wriggly....my whiskers wiggle, my ears jiggle, I wriggle on my chair, I wriggle with my bear, I wriggle around and around, I wriggle on the ground.
Premise/plot: Michel Rosen's new picture book features a pink bunny with a LOT of energy. He's an energized bunny, for sure.
My thoughts: This one is a silly book featuring some rhymes and little punctuation. (The use of commas instead of periods was a choice for sure. Will kids care about this horrible run-on sentence? Definitely not. Probably.) This one could work with children as a read aloud if you, the reader, bring all the energy and drama.
164. Merry Whatmas? Eoin McLaughlin. Illustrated by Polly Dunbar. 2023. 34 pages. [Source: Library] [3 stars] [picture book, holiday, animal fantasy, friendship]
First sentence: "Merry Christmas!" said Fox. "Merry what-mas?" said Hedgehog. "Merry which-mas?" said Tortoise. It was their first Christmas, so they didn't know what Christmas was.
Premise/plot: Apparently this is the sixth book in a series starring lovely animal characters. This one in particular is holiday-themed. Hedgehog and Tortoise are not at all sure they approve of this thing called Christmas--at least not as described by each of their friends. It's all a bit much...can these two friends find a way to make it work?
My thoughts: I wish I'd been familiar with other books in the series. I think I might have had more attachment to the characters and their friendships. I do know that I still LOVE AND ADORE Polly Dunbar's illustrations. I am not new to her work. The illustrations of this one are so super cute and adorable.
© 2024 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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