Wednesday, 30 March 2022

Babyliography XXXI

Michael Rosen and Robert Starling, I Am Hungry

2022 / Library book / 32 pages / UK

**

It probably worked better as a poem. Padded out with variably-literal illustrations, it comes off as a weak Hungry Caterpillar.


Rod Campbell, Where's Teddy?

2016 / Library book / 16 pages / UK

***

The domestic helper theme was relatable and she found the Junior Where's Wally satisfying. I contemplated the conspiracy that's halved board book page counts since the 80s.


Lucy Cousins, Little Fish and Friends: A Touch-and-Feel Book

2020 / Library book / 14 pages / UK

**

The puny piscine swims through more genre shallows like a YouTube whore. I thought we'd done this one already, but there were some new fishy faces like the bumblebee fish amid the lazy reuse.


Katie Hewat and Geraldine Rodriguez, The Wizard of Oz

2018 / Paperback / 14 pages / Australia/Mexico

***

Shelved for future reference when it came with a jigsaw, she's watched the film now, so can enjoy another distractingly alternative take on what she knows (though any confusion seems limited to needing a reminder that Yellow Lion and Brown Lion are the same person). Nice drawings, at least.


Frann Preston-Gannon, Sloth Slept On

2014 / Library book / 32 pages / UK

***

Lessons in paying attention, the value of book learning and sloths.