  | Have you seen this book? Author: DiTerlizzi, Angela | |
| Price: $22.58 | ||
Summary:
A boy's favorite book is missing, and he describes it to the reader in great detail, including all the changes he made to it (like hedgehogs covering the pictures of the scary monsters) until you realize his missing book is in your hands.
| Illustrator: | Booth, Tom |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (-) (07/15/21)
School Library Journal (07/01/21)
Booklist (08/01/21)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/07/21)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 07/01/2021 PreS-Gr 3—A bespectacled African American boy searches for his beloved book, The Book of Yore. As he continuously asks the reader about the book's whereabouts, they will spy it within every spread. There are three components to this book: the boy's search, the plot of his book, and things added to the book (drawings, new pages to compensate for missing ones) or the boy (stickers). Booth's illustrations and the book-in-a-book format requires readers to suspend disbelief and it also begs some questions, such as "Why is the book floating there?" and "Why doesn't the boy notice it?" The digital illustrations convey the action well; The Book of Yore is in color while the surroundings are in white and blue. The fervor of search, along with the alternate story, creates enough excitement for reluctant readers. VERDICT A solid purchase, and perhaps a chance to acquaint readers with meta-storytelling.—Jessica Ko, Los Angeles P.L. - Copyright 2021 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
Booklist - 08/01/2021 The humor of this book within a book is evident: a round-eyed brown-skinned boy with oversize glasses asks plaintively if you have seen his missing book. He explains that you’ll recognize it because it has a rosy dragon on the cover, and the insides include a ripping good story about a missing princess named Verbena. You’ll know it because it has some words like putrid (stinky) and hideous (gross) to describe the big, ugly, green troll who snatches the princess with the help of his pointy-teethed goblins. Things get more terrifying when a one-eyed hairy wizard appears, wanting to marry the princess. He’s got a really, really, really, really long beard and is missing a tooth, and he locks her up. Fortunately, a hamster named SUPERNIBBLES and a handsome knight arrive to unlock her cage. Turns out that by showing us page after page, we have, of course, actually found the book! Perceptive readers will love the insider status they gain as they enjoy the bold cartoon illustrations. - Copyright 2021 Booklist.
