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Tabby McTat the musical cat - Julia Donaldson
Booklist Reviews
While American readers might struggle with the British term busker, they should quickly catch on to its meaning as it relates to a street musician, Fred, and his talented companion, Tabby McTat. Kids should also have no trouble tapping into the emotions of the pair when they become separated by circumstances. Tabby ends up with the better end of the stick in his solo career, having met a female cat that he starts a family with. Still he wonders about his former partner before the rollicking text reunites them—with a twist. This pleasant rhyming venture is illustrated by Scheffler with bright, detailed vignettes that carry the story from scene (Tabby "hiding the car keys under the mat") to scene ("keeping the newspapers nice and flat"). A fun frolic about musical duos who aren't quite the same without each other. Like their trademark tune, it all ends "PURRRR-fectly." Copyright 2012 Booklist Reviews.
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Tap the magic tree - Christie Matheson
Booklist Reviews
"There's magic in this bare brown tree. Tap it once. Turn the page to see." Tapping the page, and rubbing and touching starts the fun of watching a bare tree sprout one leaf, then many, then buds, flowers, and finally apples. After jiggling, wiggling, and swishing the pages, the flower petals fall and apples appear; shaking the book causes the apples to drop with a "Plop! Plop! Plop!" Whooshing makes the leaves cascade, and clapping causes snowflakes to flutter down. The tree is bare and brown again, but "Be patient . . . Close your eyes and count to ten," and the mystery begins again with two bluebirds building their nest in the spring. When each season changes, a full page of color introduces it—green flows to pink to red to orange to wintery blue and white. Although simple in presentation with ample white space, the artwork provides a glorious rendition of the four seasons of a tree. No iPad is needed to make this interactive book totally satisfying. Pair with Lizi Boyd's Inside Outside (2013), another seasonal interactive title. Copyright 2013 Booklist Reviews.
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Nov 5, 2015
King of the zoo - Erica Perl
Horn Book Guide Reviews
Chameleon Carlos believes he's king of the zoo, until he sees signage at other zoo animals' enclosures claiming each is ruler; ultimately an admiring little girl boosts downtrodden Carlos's ego right back up. The slight story is dominated by Carlos's repetitive ranting ("The King of the Zoo is ME, that's who!"), but Urbanovic humorously pictures the creature's emotion-induced color-changing.
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Eggday - Joyce Dunbar
Booklist Reviews
Ages 3-5. Dora the duck declares tomorrow is Eggday. She wants her friends Gideon the goat, Pogson the pig, and Humphrey the horse to bring a goat egg, pig egg, and horse egg, respectively. In a laugh-inducing double-page spread, the animals try to lay eggs, obviously to no avail. Hetty the hen sets them straight and gives them eggs to decorate. When the eggs are finished, each looking like its decorator, the animals run over to Dora's, but it's not Eggday any more. It's Duckling Day! The story is on the silly side when you examine it too closely, so the key is not to look closely but just enjoy the wonderful, childlike art. With backgrounds that look as though they have been finger painted, and animals that seem to have been painted by very talented seven-year-olds, the bright pictures exude playfulness and good cheer. This will work especially well for story hour. ((Reviewed April 1, 1999)) Copyright 2000 Booklist Reviews
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