A fine review of The Book That Eats People from Lee Littlewood. Under the title – Books That Foster a Sense of Humor in Your Child. I’m just glad she referred to the illustrations as “super-active” and not a negative combo of adjectives.
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“The Book That Eats People” by John Perry; illustrated by Mark Fearing; Tricycle Press; 32 pages; $15.99.
A book that eats people? What could be more ridiculous? And kids love the ridiculous. Perry’s boldly red-and-yellow picture book warns, “This is NOT a storybook. It is NOT a book of rhymes. It isn’t a how-to book or dictionary. It’s a book that eats people,” with a picture of a saliva- and sharp-toothed-filled mouth. It gets funnier and more outrageous after that, delivering warnings about how a Judge tried to reform the book and how the book burped after gobbling down little Victoria Glassford.
Similar to a comic book with super active illustrations, the visual oomph adds to Perry’s completely wacky but hilarious picture book.
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