Publish Date |
July 03, 2018 |
Category |
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Manners & Etiquette Juvenile Fiction / Legends, Myths, Fables |
Price |
$8.99 |
ISBN: 9781481463836
Format: Paperback
Pages: 112
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: July 03, 2018
"[These books have] gorgeous art and extremely simple but highly literary writing — the kind of writing that shows a young reader what an inner life can sound like.... These books let new readers know they have fully embarked on the journey to independent reading.... These ultrashort, ultrawitty tales of naughty children and badly behaving animals won a cult following when they first appeared in the 1980s, but went out of print. Now they’ve been reissued with wily new art by Sergio Ruzzier that perfectly suits their offbeat sensibility...it’s great to see [Heide's] dark, winking take on the eternal conflicts between children and parents sally forth for a new generation.""These two cheeky collecitons of very brief stories feature realistically self-centered children or anthropomorphic animals with one thing in common: they know how to game the system and/or play adults.... These new editions are sized perfectly for a child's hands.... Ruzzier's interpretation here is entirely original, yet he is surely [Victoria] Chess's heir apparent: their work shares the same insouciance and subversiveness.""The title says it all in this updated edition...not to be shared with the faint of heart.... The oversized text and simple format is a comfortable mix of short and more complex sentences, appropriate for new readers looking for stronger vocabulary and a challenge. VERDICT: A tongue-in-cheek offering, best shared one-on-one with older readers who can appreciate sarcasm."