  | Full Text Reviews: School Library Journal - 03/01/2017 K-Gr 2—The protagonist from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School is back in a new adventure, this time at a museum. Young Henry works his way through the museum, trying to rejoin his classmates, creating havoc all along the way. While running from a herd of buffalo, he knocks down a dinosaur and puts it back together in his own stylish way. Henry also washes a whale, trims a woolly mammoth's hair, makes balloon animals for a Neanderthal family, and finishes a few paintings. He doesn't consider himself an artist, but nevertheless a line of people gather to see his work. Chaud's cartoon illustrations have a surreal, sometimes chaotic feel to them, and readers will enjoy following Henry's dog through these scenes as well. VERDICT Best for one-on-one sharing and for fans of the series.—Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA - Copyright 2017 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission. Booklist - 05/01/2017 Young Henry, the protagonist from The Truth about My Unbelievable Summer (2016) and several earlier adventures, arrives late for his class field trip to the museum and decides to catch up by moving quickly through the exhibits. Prompted by his teacher, Henry later recounts being charged by a triceratops, making balloon sculptures for some Neanderthals, encountering a volcanic eruption, breaking apart a dinosaur skeleton, and becoming lost in an Escher-like stairwell leading to a basement full of “unfinished” art. As in the earlier titles, the story’s humor derives from the contrast between the deadpan text and the chaotic scenes depicted. “I discovered a way to reach them his class really quickly,” Henry relates, as illustrations show him climbing into a catapult, flying through several exhibits, and landing next to the waiting bus. Chaud’s busy, slightly retro-style illustrations depict Henry and a dog pal progressing calmly from one calamitous situation to the next. Similar in tone to Denys Cazet’s Are There Any Questions? (1992), this will be popular with tall-tale fans. - Copyright 2017 Booklist. Loading...
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