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Children's Reviews

Ist Teil von

• Publishers Weekly, 2021, Vol.268 (18)

Ort / Verlag

New York: PWxyz, LLC

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• “Wet,” Dino-Gro responds, wearing a shy-pleased grin.) And indeed the house is full of wet—the dog’s bowl, a flower vase, a sprinkler—and the dinosaur finds it all in a slow march toward mammoth proportions. Hoping to insinuate himself as a way of grabbing power, the pug-like Bloop gets adopted by a loving interracial family; their adoration and service persuades him that he is now “supreme leader” with all the benefits—“including something called ‘bacon,’ ” writes Lazar (The Upper Case: Trouble in Capital City). With its goofy narrative energy, skewed perspective, and accumulating visual gags, the story instantly brings to mind a classic cartoon; indeed, Boldt’s (Bad Dog) protagonist has the googly-eyed expressiveness and boundless, roly-poly physicality of a Warner Bros. animation, with a core joke that’s on human readers. (July) Unti Picture Book - Rt HarperCollins, 14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-304974-1 Featuring the humanoid creatures and amusingly literal lexicon for which Pyle is widely known via Instagram, this addition to the Strange Planet oeuvre follows Lifegiver and Offspring, two family members intent on learning more about a creature in their home.